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NOTTING HILL HOUSING TRUST - DESTRUCTION OF BRITISH DEMOCRACY

m | 03.01.2007 16:18 | Analysis | Indymedia | Repression | London | World

BLAIR SUPPORTS NOTTING HILL HOUSING TRUST

NOTTING HILL HOUSING TRUST IS AT THE CORE OF BLAIR'S POLICY

LET'S LOOK AT THE GRACE & FAVOUR PERKS OF THE CRONIES

TONY BLAIR [PRIME MINISTER]: CHEQUERS IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
WORTH 10 MILLION POUNDS
FLAT ABOVE 11 DOWNING STREET
MYROBELLA IN SEDGFIELD
[HE CLAIMED 8,339 HOUSING ALLOWANCE]

GORDON BROWN [CHANCELLOR]: FLAT ABOVE 10 DOWNING STREET
FLAT IN WESTMINSTER
HOME IN FIFE [18,681 CLAIMED]

JOHN PRESCOTT [DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER]: FLAT IN ADMIRALTY HOUSE
[WORTH 200,000]
DORNEYWOOD [UNTIL JULY 2006]
HOME KNOWN AS PRESCOTT TOWERS [12,826 CLAIMED]

JACK STRAW [COMMONS LEADER WAS FOREIGN SECRETARY UNTIL
MAY 2006]
FLAT AT 3 CARLTON GARDENS [BUILDING USED BY MI6]
[WORTH 2.5 MILLION]
CHEVENING [WORTH 4 MILLION]
SECOND HOME BLACKBURN [17,717 CLAIMED]

MARGARET BECKETT [FOREIGN SECRETARY WAS ENVIRONMENT
SECRETARY UNTIL MAY 2006]
FLAT IN ADMIRALTY HOUSE WORTH 200,000
SECOND HOME IN DERBYSHIRE AND LONDON FLAT
RENTED OUT
ALLOWANCE CLAIMED: 21,415
INHERITING CHEVENING FROM JACK STRAW
INHERITING 3 CARLTON GARDENS FROM JACK STRAW

GEOFF HOON [MINISTER OF EUROPE [LEADER OF THE HOUSE UNTIL MAY
2006]
FLAT IN ADMIRALTY HOUSE WORTH 200,000 UNTIL MAY
2006
SECOND HOME IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
FLAT IN LONDON RENTED OUT [14,921 CLAIMED]

DAVID BLUNKETT [WORK & PENSIONS SECRETARY UNTIL NOVEMBER
2005]
FREE HOME BELGRAVIA FLAT WORTH 500,000
SECOND HOME SHEFFIELD
RENTS HOME ON CHATSWORTH ESTATE
RENTAL INCOME FROM HOUSEIN SOUTHFIELDS,
LONDON [ALLOWANCE CLAIMED 21,634]

MINISTERS WITH GRACE-AND-FAVOUR HOMES SHOULD BE BANNED FROM USING TAXPAYERS MONEY TO FUND THEIR CONSTITUENCY RESIDENCES - AS THEY CAN CURRENTLY CLAIM UP TO 22,000 POUNDS A YEAR FOR THIS PERK. [THIS HAS TO CHANGE AND WILL CHANGE]

LAST YEAR SENIOR MINISTERS CLAIMED A TOTAL OF 115,000 FOR THE RUNNING COSTS OF SECOND HOMES. IT IS ONLY FAIR THAT THEY PAY FOR THE RUNNING COSTS OF AT LEAST ONE HOME OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS. ALL MINISTERS & MP's ARE ALLOWED TO CLAIM BACK THE COSTS OF A SECOND HOME. IT COVERS MORTGAGE INTEREST, COUNCIL TAX, UTILITY BILLS, WHITE GOODS, FRIDGES, COOKERS, OTHER EXPENSES, FURNITURE AND REPAIRS.

TOGETHER THE 646 MP's CLAIMED 86.7 MILLION POUNDS IN EXPENSES AND OFFICE ALLOWANCES OF 134,000 POUNDS EACH.
THEIR 60,000 POUNDS ANNUAL SALARIES COST TAXPAYERS A FURTHER 39 MILLION POUNDS.

THE COSTLIEST MP WAS THE LABOUR MP ERIC JOYCE WHO RACKED UP EXPENSES OF 174,000 POUNDS [CITIZEN BROTHER JOYCE!!!]
HE CLAIMED THE MOST IN TRAVEL ALLOWANCES AND SPENT 45,000 FLYING BETWEEN LONDON AND FALKIRK NEAR GLASGOW
THE BILL WAS HIGHER THAN THAT FOR MP's IN THE MOST REMOTE CONSTITUENCIES OF THE SHETLAND AND ORKNEY ISLANDS.

JUST AS TAXPAYERS MONEY IS WASTED AROUND WESTMINSTER SO TAXPAYERS MONEY IS WASTED ON THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF NOTTING HILL HOUSING TRUST - AS THE TAXPAYERS MONEY IS UNACCOUNTABLE AND COMES OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITIES & LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET RUN BY THE DISCREDITED RUTH KELLY. [SHE IS SOON TO LOSE HER PARLIAMENTARY SEAT]

MP's POCKETED AN AVERAGE OF 204,000 POUNDS IN PAY AND ALLOWANCES IN 2005-2006 EQUIVALENT TO 124 POUNDS FOR EACH HOUR

THE BIGGEST SPENDER OF MANAGEMENT AT NOTTING HILL HOUSING TRUST IS UNQUESTIONABLY THAT BY THE DISCREDITED CHIEF EXECUTIVE - A RATHER UNHELPFUL AND UNCOMMUNICATIVE WOMAN CALLED KATE DAVIES - IT IS UNDERSTOOD SHE RELIES ON AN EXPENSIVE PR COMPANY - AS HER COMMUNICATION SKILLS ARE SO LACK-LUSTRE



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