Lord Taylor of Warwick the Conservative Peer that the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics reported to the House of Lords authorities on the 6th August 2009 is according to the Daily Telegraph now facing a fraud inquiry from Scotland Yard. Lord Taylor is the fourth peer to face an investigation by the police along with [...]
Posted on September 14th, 2009 by chris
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It has been reported in the Daily Mail today that Sir John Stanley the senior Tory MP for Tonbridge and Maling in Kent is in agreement with the vast majority of the electorate over the issue relating to MPs expenses and the purchase of their property. In a letter to the Committee on Standards in [...]
Posted on September 10th, 2009 by chris
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Heather Brooke from the Citizen’s Guide to the FOI gave evidence to the Committee on Standards in Public Life regarding MP’s expenses but recieved a letter from the same committee which has been censored considerably. According to Ms Brooke all the requested ‘redactions’ are already in the public domain: Keith Vaz’s wheelie bin bill and [...]
Posted on September 9th, 2009 by chris
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Baroness Hayman, the Lord Speaker who is in charge of the House of Lords expenses reform it has been reported in the Times at the weekend that she has claimed £200,000 by designating her home in Norfolk as her main address She receives £38,000 a year to help with the cost of accommodation in London, [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2009 by chris
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