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Peers can now charge taxpayers for hotel stays for the first time.

Members of the House of Lords have been given permission to claim up to £100 a night when they have to stay in London on parliamentary business.

Their overnight allowance comes on top of the £342 they already receive for each day they appear in the Upper House.

It has been agreed by all three major political parties after concerns from peers that the high cost of staying in the capital is unfair to those who live elsewhere.

'We recommend that a new allowance should be introduced for overnight accommodation for Members from outside Greater London,' a report published yesterday by the House of Lords Commission stated.