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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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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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 [...]
Posted on August 19th, 2009 by Mike Rouse
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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 [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2009 by chris
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An article by Chris Galley, our Research Director, appeared on the Index on Censorship today in response to the Public Administration Select Committee’s newly released proposals to protect civil service whistle-blowers: When it was discovered, in November last year, that I was the source of a series of Home Office leaks that caused considerable embarrassment [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2009 by Mike Rouse
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The Sunlight Centre has recieved a rapid response to our FOI request on Mr Speaker’s pay. John Bercow’s total pay is £141,647. His salary consists of £64,766 for his salary as an MP for Buckhingham and £79,754 for his salary for the office of speaker. Both these rates are agreed by the House of Commons after [...]
Posted on July 23rd, 2009 by chris
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Chris Galley research director of the Sunlight Centre writes on The Red Rag with an update on the "Bringing Jacqui to Justice" campaign for a private prosecution of Jacqui Smith MP: "We are very happy that the first day of fund raising collected something like 100 donations online and raised £7,000. We wait to see [...]
Posted on July 20th, 2009 by chris
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Press Release For Immediate release Chris Galley research director of the Sunlight Centre says of the "Bringing Jacqui to Justice" campaign for a private prosecution of Jacqui Smith MP: "We are very happy that on the first day of fund raising we have had something like a 100 donations online and raised £7,000. We wait [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2009 by chris
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As revealed exclusively in this morning’s Daily Mail, The Sunlight Centre for Open Politics have instructed Bark and Co solicitors to prepare to prosecute the former Home Secretary for fraud. The Sunlight COPs are now raising thousands of pounds for the case. Please donate to our cause by cheque, card or paypal here. Here is what the [...]
Posted on July 15th, 2009 by Sunlight Team
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The Sunlight Centre for Open Politics has reported Lord Rennard to the House of Lords Privileges Committee over his alleged misuse of House of Lords Allowances for his ‘second’ home. A shame you missed us at the beach party outside your ‘holiday’ home a few weeks ago! Rennard Headed
Posted on June 28th, 2009 by chris
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