Picking up £300 a day for doing virtually nothing usually goes like clockwork for money-grabbing baron Lord Hanningfield.

The 73-year-old peer is ripping off taxpayers to the tune of thousands of pounds by simply turning up and clocking in to the Lords.

He often spends barely half an hour there before turning on his heels and leaving again – racking up his £300 daily attendance allowance without taking part in any votes, discussions or meetings.

But now he was facing a Parliamentary probe – after the Mirror exposed his shameless scam.