As the extent of the largess the our political class graze upon continues to be revealed, I spied this excellent suggestion, made in the letters page of the Saturday Torygraph

Sir
To assist MPs find suitable affordable accommodation, they could use the housing system adopted by the Armed Forces. MPs would be assigned accommodation for their time in Parliament & would be offered the option of having it furnished or unfurnished. Provision of furniture would of course be entirely at their own expense.
Lt Col Jeremy Prescott (Retd)
Oadby, Leicestershire

Indeed, better still, because the MoD has a large London estate, why not billet MPs in forces quarters. After all, if a quarter is good enough for a member of the Armed Forces, it is more than adequate for a pondlife politician