MP's expenses, what would you do?

Vino2007

I think there is a real difference between a private company's fund and the "funds" made available by tax payer's money for expences. One should be put to better use!

chuckcork

Maybe, given the number of MP's fiddling their expenses, its time for all MP's to have a full audit undertaken by IR?

frenchfighter

MP who have claimed little to nothing for second homes:

Adam Afriyie (£0 over four years; commutes from Windsor)
Anne Milton
Ann Widdecombe
David Howarth (£0 over four years; 60 mile commute)
Ed Milliband
Geoffrey Robinson (£0 over four years; he is a millionaire but still puts other 'wealthy' MPs to shame)
Kelvin Hopkins (Lives in same street as the 'dry rot' MP)
Martin Slater (£0 over four years; 50 mile commute)
Philip Dunne (£0 over four years; wealthy)
Theresa May

guilliano

What about the retiring MP who thought it legitimate to claim £18,000 to buy book cases for the stuff he was taking from his office upon retirement? How was that essential in his day to day job? He got £7,600 in the end and felt it a perfectly reasonable claim...... what a chancer!!!!!

As I said before.... there are a lot of decent ones, but there are a minority fiddling the system for personal benefit and those that are should be investigated for tax evasion or fraud where expenses were not essential to their job

frenchfighter

guilliano wrote:

As I said before.... there are a lot of decent ones, but there are a minority fiddling the system for personal benefit and those that are should be investigated for tax evasion or fraud where expenses were not essential to their job

One of the main issues for me is that this 'minority' is not very small. Ok if there were a handful but as I said before, there are about 80 un-ethical claims so far and will be many more to come.

jimmypippa

Richard Taylor (independent)seems to have pretty reasonable expenses:

Mastineo

If you were caught committing benefit fraud, you'd be prosecuted. Whats the difference?

El Gordo

Frank the tank wrote:

Second homes, what's wrong with having a high security hotel type complex near the houses of parliament where MP's can base themselves when away from their constituencies.

Perhaps the Tower of London could be converted?

dilemna

The guillotine?

Porgy

El Gordo wrote:

Frank the tank wrote:

Second homes, what's wrong with having a high security hotel type complex near the houses of parliament where MP's can base themselves when away from their constituencies.

Perhaps the Tower of London could be converted?

or Wormwood Scrubs

guilliano

Or Buckingham Palace? A lot of rooms there and nice and close to the House of Commons

kingroly

cee wrote:

for me....the 'it is within the rules' defence doesn't hold water.

just because it is not against a rule doesn't make it right....

just because something is not unlawful.........does not make it morally right.

To me...the fact that they are rushing to pay it back says that they know fine well they were caught with their fingers in the till....if they really thought it was all above board, they would argue that fact.....

and as above...if you or I fiddled our capital gains tax, there wold be very serious repurcussions.

yeah you have the point , there some reasons why they not much like the capital gains tax..



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