Stop The Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill
cannon fodder | 03.06.2007 19:28
please sign the petition to put pressure on the house of lords to stop MP's from being able to hide their expenses.
please sign the petition to put pressure on the house of lords to stop MP's from being able to hide their expenses at the 10 downing street web site.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/foiparliament/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1875531.ece
"The Sunday Times
June 3, 2007
Fish tanks and iPods ... what MPs claim on their allowances.
MEMBERS of parliament are using their taxpayer-funded expense accounts to buy iPods, plasma screen televisions and even, in one case, a fish tank, insiders have alleged.
Finance administrators have been approving a wide array of executive gadgets despite widespread public concern about abuses of the parliamentary expenses system. MPs routinely claim thousands of pounds a year without having to produce receipts or other evidence that they have made any purchases.
MPs have also remortgaged their homes to release thousands of pounds and then used their allowances to cover the repayments.
The names of MPs who have received the extravagant items have not been revealed but one well-placed insider said: “There has been a successful claim for a very expensive, large plasma television and for a fish tank. After discussion among officials in the fees office, both were waved through."
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/foiparliament/ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1875531.ece "The Sunday Times
June 3, 2007
Fish tanks and iPods ... what MPs claim on their allowances.
MEMBERS of parliament are using their taxpayer-funded expense accounts to buy iPods, plasma screen televisions and even, in one case, a fish tank, insiders have alleged.
Finance administrators have been approving a wide array of executive gadgets despite widespread public concern about abuses of the parliamentary expenses system. MPs routinely claim thousands of pounds a year without having to produce receipts or other evidence that they have made any purchases.
MPs have also remortgaged their homes to release thousands of pounds and then used their allowances to cover the repayments.
The names of MPs who have received the extravagant items have not been revealed but one well-placed insider said: “There has been a successful claim for a very expensive, large plasma television and for a fish tank. After discussion among officials in the fees office, both were waved through."
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