THREE Tory ministers were “named and shamed” by Parliament’s expenses watchdog yesterday for failing to repay public money to which they were not entitled.

A parking fine was among payments worth £167.50 made with official credit cards by Tobias Ellwood, Edward Timpson and Caroline Dinenage.

Chancellor George Osborne’s aide Chris Skidmore was among 23 other MPs who ran up debts of up to £500 owed to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa).

MPs can use their credit cards to cover expenses such as accommodation and travel, but must repay the money if they cannot prove any connection to their Parliamentary duties.

Ms Dinenage claimed not to have been aware of the sum, but Ipsa insisted that it had made repeated requests for repayment from all MPs — and warned them that debts would be publicly exposed.

Taxpayers have now been forced to pick up the tab for the Tory trio and other MPs who failed to pay off their debts.

People’s Assembly national secretary Sam Fairbairn said that members of the public struggling to cope with Tory cuts would not have been afforded the same treatment.

“Up and down the country we are seeing some of the most vulnerable people in our society being sanctioned for not following strict benefit rules,” he told the Star.

“They are being left hungry, depressed and in some cases go on to take their own lives.

“But once again we see evidence of one rule for the few and another for the rest.”

Foreign Office Minister Mr Ellwood, who recently wrote to Ipsa backing a 10 per cent pay rise for MPs because he was “watching the pennies,” owed for three claims worth £26.50.

Minister for Children and Families Mr Timpson put a £127.50 “public transport” bill on his card before later indicating that he did not want to claim the sum as a business expense.

Equalities Minister Ms Dinenage owed £13.50 for a constituency office telephone bill that was deemed ineligible.

A Downing Street spokeswoman said yesterday morning that the Prime Minister expected all the ministers to repay the money in full.

They later contacted Ipsa to say they would repay the amounts.