Background to Caroline Spelman / Simon Cawte Expenses Irregularities

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Background to Caroline Spelman / Simon Cawte Expenses Irregularities

Posted on Aug 19, 2008 in Expenses, projects

We have been looking into Caroline Spelman’s expense irregularities for some weeks. On the basis of what we have discovered we are considering making a formal complaint to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, John Lyon.

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With Sir Christopher Kelly's Committee on Standards in Public Life's official review intended to placate the public over the expenses crisis, the Sunlight Centre has released an independent shadow report, with a foreword by Douglas Carswell MP, laying out a system to stop MPs' abuse of expenses once and for all. The report, "Disinfecting Parliament" provides a tough benchmark by which to judge Sir Christopher Kelly's recommendations. It includes proposals to pay MPs' expenses from a single bank account with public statement, to give MPs housing in the Olympic village, and to let the press and public into the hallowed halls of Parliament.

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