Sunlight Centre Event Tuesday 6th October 14:15 – 15:15 – Barborolli Room, THE FREEDOM ZONE, The Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3WS

‘DISINFECTING PARLIAMENT’
Panel Discussion on the Shadow Report into MP’s expenses
 

The Sunlight Centre released an independent report on the 21st September, with a foreword by Douglas Carswell MP, laying out a system [...]

Posted on September 30th, 2009 by chris
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It was revealed today by the Daily Telegraph that they paid a mole in the Government’s stationary office £110,000 for its expenses exclusive.
It was revealed that the mole who was working in the government stationary office to ‘redact’ mp’s expense details that the motivation behind their actions was their concern for British armed forces in [...]

Posted on September 25th, 2009 by chris
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You can now buy a glossy, bound cover of our Shadow Kelly Report, Disinfecting Parliament for £10. The report gives the most comprehensive overview available of the internal system that generates the expenses rules and gives radical recommendations for the overhaul needed toopen up Parliament to the British people.
Buy it on Lulu.

Posted on September 25th, 2009 by Juliet
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Last night the Sunlight Centre reported Baroness Scotland to the Bar Standards Board.  The Bar Standards Board must now decide whether or not to call Lady Scotland before a disciplinary tribunal.
The Sunlight’s complaint was based on the fact that Baroness Scotland is a qualified Barrister and we believe that she has breached the Barrister’s Code [...]

Posted on September 23rd, 2009 by chris
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++According to Sky News the Attorney General who the Sunlight Centre reported to the UKBA over employing an overstayer last week has been fined £5,000++

The UK Border Agency began an inquiry into Attorney General Baroness Scotland after it emerged she had employed an illegal migrant.
Lady Scotland fired 27-year-old Loloahi Tapui, from Tonga, when it was [...]

Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by chris
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We all know that the attorney-general is facing questions about the employment of her overstaying housekeeper who she sacked on Wednesday last week and we subsequently reported to the UKBA as an employer of an overstayer/illegal immigrant.  However there were further developements in the Times yesterday, it has come to light that for years she [...]

Posted on September 21st, 2009 by chris
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Today we launched "Disinfecting Parliament," a policy paper to clean up the expenses system in Westminster. You can read it at sunlight-cops.org.uk/shadowreport & hard copies are available on request.
Contact: 
Juliet Samuel (Author) 07500 960 931 / 020 7837 3312 
Harry Cole (Media): 07826 855 190 / 020 7837 3312 

DISINFECTING PARLIAMENT 

Sir Christopher Kelly’s Committee on Standards [...]

Posted on September 21st, 2009 by Juliet
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It has been reported by the Daily Telegraph today that expenses claims for the forthcoming financial year will go into far greater detail than previous years.
The newly elected speaker John Bercow said the electorate would be able to find out if their MP had changed the property on which they claimed second home expenses on [...]

Posted on September 18th, 2009 by chris
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After contacting Baroness Scotland this morning and due to the lack of response from her we feel that it is in the public interest to report this incident to the proper authorities.  This is the letter that we sent to Lin Homer the Chief Executive of the UKBA putting forward our case against Baroness Scotland.
Lin [...]

Posted on September 17th, 2009 by chris
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It was reported in the Daily Mail today that the Attorney General Baroness Scotland has been employing an illegal immigrant for the past six months.  Loloahi Tapui 27, from Tonga worked in Baroness Scotland’s home as her housekeeper.  Even unknowingly employing an overstayer is still an offence punishable by a fine up to £10,000 under [...]

Posted on September 17th, 2009 by chris
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