SHAMED former Labour MPs David Chaytor and Jim Devine kept claiming parliamentary expenses even after they had been charged with fiddling the system, it was revealed last night.

Former Calderdale councillor Chaytor, who is now serving an 18 month jail term, put in bills for hundreds of pounds in subsistence and mortgage interest.

Devine, who is waiting to be sentenced, also received money for household costs such as utility bills.

The claims for living costs came after February 5 last year, when both men were charged with false accounting, and continued until just weeks before the general election.

Both men were barred from standing as Labour candidates after the allegations of abuses emerged.

The spending was disclosed in new details of expenses published by the House of Commons.

On February 18, Chaytor – who stood for the Calder Valley in one election – put in a claim for £525 in subsistence. No receipts were required, because MPs could claim a flat rate of £25 per night.

The same day he asked for £334.96 in mortgage interest, and on March 3 he charged £109 for a gas bill.

The former member for Bury North was subsequently convicted of filing thousands of pounds worth of bogus invoices and claiming rent for a home he actually owned.

Devine put in for £775 in subsistence last March, and another £283.22 in assorted bills and other costs.

TaxPayers’ Alliance spokeswoman Emma Boon said: “It beggars belief that Chaytor and Devine had the audacity to continue to submit expenses claims after they had been charged.

“This revelation is a slap in the face to taxpayers whose money they wrongly took. This disgraced pair clearly had no shame.”