Jim Devine the MP who the Sunlight Centre reported to the police for abusing his expenses is considering legal action against the Labour Party after it barred him from standing again as a candidate because of his expense claims. The Sunlight Centre originally reported Mr Devine to the police over bogus claims he made for [...]
Posted on October 14th, 2009 by chris
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The Bar Standards Board the body which regulates Barristers has accepted the Sunlight Centre complaint dated 29th September regarding Baroness Scotland’s employment of an illegal overstayer. The complaint was based on the fact that Baroness Scotland is a qualified Barrister and we believe that she has breached the Barrister’s Code of Conduct by: ‘acting in [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2009 by chris
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The Sunlight Centre had we hope to be an annual event at the Conservative Party Conference on the 6th October in The Freedom Zone. We would like to thank the Freedom Zone team of Simon Richards, Jane Broadhurst and all their volunteers based in the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester for the smooth running of the [...]
Posted on October 7th, 2009 by chris
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According to an article in the Daily Mail yesterday Baroness Scotland had not provided her cleaner with the appropriate tax deductions in accordance with employment laws. This is on top of the £5,000 she has already been fined by the UKBA for failing to photocopy her housekeeper’s passport. Now she could also face criticism from [...]
Posted on October 5th, 2009 by chris
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2009 by chris
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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 [...]
Posted on September 18th, 2009 by chris
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