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Come Inside... => The Commons => Topic started by: Snoopy on March 30, 2009, 03:31:22 PM

Title: It's All Here Folks!
Post by: Snoopy on March 30, 2009, 03:31:22 PM

Read All About It! Troughers Claims in Full:

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/HoCallowances0708.pdf

Title: Re: It's All Here Folks!
Post by: The Moan Ranger on March 31, 2009, 09:05:00 AM

Take up OH's idea?

http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/03/cut-and-paste-to-your-mp.html

Title: Re: It's All Here Folks!
Post by: Snoopy on March 31, 2009, 10:00:36 AM

 rubschin: Ah don't tink sooooooo!

I don't usually just paste a link but that is just too humungous to post the whole thing.

I did notice that our local Labour Trougher is well up the stakes in housing allowances etc but then it is a fvck of a long way to commute daily from Rhyl.
I favour a flat rate accommodation allowance for all with more than a fifty mile journey to make. Most of those I worked with in the City (OK Holborn) travelled that distance by car and got into the office each day by 8 am and left about 12 hours later. If you time it right you miss most of the traffic and get home by about 9 to 9.30. I did spend some 6 months commuting by car from Ipswich (85 miles) but that was a bit too far and really piled the miles on the car + of course meant facing the dreaded A12 morning and night.
No ~ a flat rate accommodation allowance (they already get subsidised meals in the HoP) of £50 a day should cover it. B&B is available in London (of an acceptable quality) for that sort of money ..... payable only on those days when they actually attend the house. Travel warrants for rail travel to and from home are already available to them on application and other expenses should be covered by production of a receipt and, if necessary, an explanation.

Title: Re: It's All Here Folks!
Post by: Grumpmeister on March 31, 2009, 10:57:05 AM

I notice that Labour MP's are throwing their dummies out because someone is apparently selling details of their claims to the tabloids for £300k.

Fair play to whoever is doing it, after all the money these corrupt grasping gits have taken from us its's about time someone got some money at their expense.