Another MP expenses related story:
http://ift.tt/19qLtqn
My view is that even if you thought that it was a chargeable expense, a moment's thought would have shown how this would play out in the media. Both thought and action were ill-judged.
That said, our MPs, although decently rewarded are hardly rolling in money. To the average working person £67k sounds like a lot of money but for the job they do, the scrutiny they have to endure and indeed the circles in which they move then it's not that great. I can understand the temptation to try and max out the expenses but if I was influential in a party I'd try to ensure all claims were run past an internal reviewer before they are submitted.
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An MP claimed £17 on expenses for the cost of a Remembrance Day poppy wreath. Sarah Champion, Labour MP for Rotherham, billed the taxpayer for the tribute as "office costs", describing it as "necessary expenses". |
http://ift.tt/19qLtqn
My view is that even if you thought that it was a chargeable expense, a moment's thought would have shown how this would play out in the media. Both thought and action were ill-judged.
That said, our MPs, although decently rewarded are hardly rolling in money. To the average working person £67k sounds like a lot of money but for the job they do, the scrutiny they have to endure and indeed the circles in which they move then it's not that great. I can understand the temptation to try and max out the expenses but if I was influential in a party I'd try to ensure all claims were run past an internal reviewer before they are submitted.
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