Disgraced former Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne is challenging an order that he must pay £77,750 costs from his prosecution for passing speeding points to his ex-wife.

Three judges at the Court of Appeal in London will hear his case today.

The costs order was made in May by Mr Justice Sweeney at London's Southwark Crown Court.

Prosecutors had claimed more than £100,000 from Huhne, who pleaded guilty last February.

Former cabinet member Huhne's ex-wife, economist Vicky Pryce, who was convicted by a jury, was ordered to pay £49,200.

Huhne and Pryce have served prison sentences for perverting the course of justice after she took speeding points for her then-husband in 2003.

Mr Justice Sweeney said he had ''no hesitation'' in rejecting Huhne's legal team's original offer of £25,000 towards costs.

The speeding points scandal brought about the end of Huhne's political career, forcing him to stand down as a cabinet minister and later to resign as an MP.