Make Jacqui Pay

Posted on May 6, 2010 in blog, frontpage, Jacqui Smith As a follow-up to our Ed Balls attack ad yesterday, the Sunlight Centre has used money raised from your generous donating to today purchase Google Ads on all terms relating to Jacqui Smith, urging voters to Make Jacqui Smith Pay for her expenses abuse: Here’s a reminder of some of Ms Smith’s expense claims: She became the expenses scandal “poster girl” after her husband...
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Make Them Pay

Posted on Apr 29, 2010 in blog, frontpage, Jacqui Smith, projects As election day gets closer and closer it is vital that the expenses crisis isn’t drowned out in promises and spin. Over the last two years the Sunlight Centre’s largest campaigns and investigations have been into the Smith Institute and former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. With your help we want to remind voters about this in the run up to polling day. Not many people, and certainly...
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Minister Sadiq Khan “faces a fraud investigation”

Posted on Apr 8, 2010 in blog Labour MP Sadiq Khan has been reported to the Metropolitan Police over his expenses. The Met have confirmed they are considering the allegation and this morning’s Times suggest that the Minister is “facing a fraud investigation”. Mr Khan had expenses claims rejected for birthday cards for constituents after the Fees Office explicitly told him such a claim was against the...
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Labour’s Shahid Malik Attacks Sunlight Centre

Posted on Apr 3, 2010 in blog, frontpage, projects, Shahid Malik Controversal MP Shahid Malik has today attacked the Sunlight Centre for what he saw as a politically motivated complaint against him put in to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. In response Harry Cole from the Sunlight Centre said: “For Mr Malik to suggest that the complaint by the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics was politically motivated shows, even now, how out of touch he...
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PEOPLE’S OINK PROTEST

Posted on Mar 26, 2010 in blog, Expenses TUESDAY 10AM Next Tuesday 30th March, 3 MPs and one Lord will attend the first formal day of their trial for fraud or false accounting. This is the culmination of many months’ outrage, investigation and fury at our parliamentarians’ rank abuse of the expenses system. Hundreds have promised to turn out in protest and the Sunlight Centre and other friends hope you will join us. IT WILL...
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Fire Byers!

Posted on Mar 22, 2010 in blog, frontpage, projects Stephen Byers MP, former Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1998), Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1998–2001) and Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (2001–2002) was caught in a Sunday Times sting operation in which he offered access to the British government for up to £5000 per day. He referred to himself as a “cab for hire” and has...
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