Double our salaries, says Tory MP

Posted on Aug 19, 2009 in blog, frontpage The Evening Standard has a front-page splash today about Tory MP Patrick Cormack suggesting the best solution to the expenses crisis is to simplify the system by taking away most allowance. To support this, he says, "the salaray of Members would have to be doubled at least." Of course, Cormack actually said this about two months ago in his submitted evidence to the Committee on...
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Has Mandelson broken the Ministerial Code?

Posted on Aug 18, 2009 in frontpage, projects The Sunlight Centre for Open Politics has today placed a complaint with the Cabinet Office querying Lord Mandelson’s Corfu meeting with Colonel Gadaffi’s son, Saif al-Islam Gadaffi just days before the announcement was made that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was to be sent home on compassionate grounds as he is suffering from terminal cancer. Officials in Scotland, where the final...
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Martin Bell and Terry Waite organising anti-sleaze MPs

Posted on Aug 17, 2009 in blog Martin Bell the former BBC war reporter and independent MP for Tatton has teamed up with the former Beiruit hostage to co-ordinate up to 25 anti – sleaze local candidates to stand against MPs who have been involved in the MPs expenses scandal.  It has not been confirmed yet which constituency Mr Bell or Mr Waite will stand in Mr Bell ran a successful campaign in 1997 as an independent...
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Alan Duncan ‘rationing’ poll

Posted on Aug 13, 2009 in blog, Uncategorized Should Alan Duncan be allowed to remain in charge of reforming Tory MP expenses?(survey)
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Former Civil Service Mandarin reported to Civil Service Commissioners

Posted on Aug 13, 2009 in blog The Sunlight Centre for Open Politics has reported Sir Kevin Tebbit the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence to the Civil Service Commissioners over recent allegations surrounding his new employment since leaving his post in the civil service in November 2005.  Sir Kevin retired from the MOD in November 2005 to take up posts in academia and industry.  The Sunlight...
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