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Andy Burnham Accused of Using Taxpayer Funds for Kennington Mortgage

5/25/2026

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Andy Burnham, mayor, is accused of hypocrisy for using MP-expenses to pay mortgage interest on his Kennington flat.
He bought the flat in 2005 for about half its current £480,000 value.
In 2015 he charged taxpayers £17,000 a year for a former council flat.
Kevin Hollinrake called the deal a “whiff of hypocrisy,” labeling Burnham the “self-styled King of the North,” while saying his rent-control proposals profit from taxpayer-subsidised property.

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Andy Burnham, mayor, is accused of hypocrisy for using MP-expenses to pay mortgage interest on his Kennington flat.
He bought the flat in 2005 for about half its current £480,000 value.
In 2015 he charged taxpayers £17,000 a year for a former council flat.
Kevin Hollinrake called the deal a “whiff of hypocrisy,” labeling Burnham the “self-styled King of the North,” while saying his rent-control proposals profit from taxpayer-subsidised property.