Meet Fred Walker, Wigan Labour’s answer to Brian Coleman

Step one: you are a Labour local councillor serving on the local fire authority and you oppose the axing of first class train travel for members of the fire authority.

Step two: you put in a back claim for three years worth of travel, including numerous first class travel trips, totalling £20,000.

Step three: your embarrassed Labour colleagues say they’ll vote you out of office if you don’t resign first.

Details here and here.