It is not known which element of Mr Ali’s claims are being investigated. In the 2023-24 financial year he claimed more than £59,000 in expenses, including £12,651.77 on accommodation, £9,850.54 on travel, £685.20 on dependant’s travel, £35,691.63 on office costs and £326.33 on staff travel. This is in addition to staffing costs.
The MP, first elected in 2019, has been under fire for campaigning for a new airport to be built in Mirpur, in Pakistani-administered Kashmir, along with 19 other MPs.
He claimed the failure to build an airport in Mirpur caused “significant issues to a number of my constituents who are having to drive over three hours to get to the nearest airport in Pakistan”.
In April 2020 he was given a formal warning by police after he broke Covid restrictions by attending a funeral with up to 100 mourners.