BURNLEY-born Communities Minister Shahid Malik faces another probe into his use of Commons allowances, it was revealed today.

Parliamentary standards commissioner John Lyon has accepted a complaint about the Dewsbury MP’s accommodation and office costs.

Mr Malik was cleared of breaching the ministerial code last week, after allegations that he was paying below market rates.

A spokeswoman for Mr Lyon said: “The commissioner has accepted a complaint into Mr Malik.”

The minister stepped aside from the Government while Sir Philip Mawer, Gordon Brown’s adviser on the ministerial code, examined his housing arrangements.

Sir Philip’s report concluded there had been no “preferential rent”, paving the way for Mr Malik’s return as a minister.

The adviser later said there was no need to look at fresh allegations over Mr Malik’s use of taxpayer-funded expenses to pay for office space within his constituency home.

However, the Standards Commissioner stepped in after receiving a complaint from pressure group the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics.