Outrageous!! Have they learned NOTHING?!
11 April 2011, 01:01 PM
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Outrageous!! Have they learned NOTHING?!
MPs who repaid expenses got money back in secret deal.......
MPs who repaid money amid public outrage at their expenses claims were quietly refunded under a secret deal with the Commons authorities, it has emerged.
Sir John Butterfill, a former Conservative backbencher, received £15,000 back after previously announcing that he would return money which he had received to help run the servants’ quarters at his Surrey mansion.
The MPs were offered the expenses deals following the Legg audit of claims dating back to 2004 which was ordered in the wake of the expenses scandal.
Under the terms of the review’s remit – which was determined by the MPs themselves – the audit team could only ask for money back if claims were in breach of the notoriously lax rules at the time.
As many MPs had voluntarily repaid sums in excess of the amounts identified by Sir Thomas Legg, head of the audit, they were secretly offered the opportunity to claim the money back.
Have they no shame?
MPs who repaid money amid public outrage at their expenses claims were quietly refunded under a secret deal with the Commons authorities, it has emerged.
Sir John Butterfill, a former Conservative backbencher, received £15,000 back after previously announcing that he would return money which he had received to help run the servants’ quarters at his Surrey mansion.
The MPs were offered the expenses deals following the Legg audit of claims dating back to 2004 which was ordered in the wake of the expenses scandal.
Under the terms of the review’s remit – which was determined by the MPs themselves – the audit team could only ask for money back if claims were in breach of the notoriously lax rules at the time.
As many MPs had voluntarily repaid sums in excess of the amounts identified by Sir Thomas Legg, head of the audit, they were secretly offered the opportunity to claim the money back.
Have they no shame?
11 April 2011, 01:13 PM
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Its an indication of what we can expect from MPs these days Pete. They no longer seem to be honourable people as they used to be and are out for themselves in every way.
It is utterly disgraceful that they are receiving the money that they paid back. The very fact that they repaid it, while telling us all all that it was claimed in error,was an indication that they themselves were admitting that they did not deserve it in the first place.
They are at the same game now of course, whining that they don't get enough in tax free allowances at the same time that their allowances are increased and the regulations are relaxed.
To put it mildly...they are the bitter end!
Les
It is utterly disgraceful that they are receiving the money that they paid back. The very fact that they repaid it, while telling us all all that it was claimed in error,was an indication that they themselves were admitting that they did not deserve it in the first place.
They are at the same game now of course, whining that they don't get enough in tax free allowances at the same time that their allowances are increased and the regulations are relaxed.
To put it mildly...they are the bitter end!
Les
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Tony, sorry, Pete (it's getting hard to distinguish one from the other these days), no-one is taking the bait anymore.
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