400 MPS TOLD TO HAND BACK THEIR DODGY EXPENSES

"Commons sources revealed that the total number of letters being sent out in an attempt to recoup taxpayers’ cash is more than double the amount previously thought.
Financial auditor Sir Thomas Legg is understood to be demanding return of sums up to £90,000
It follows his investigations into the disgraced Westminster allowances system.
The revelation confirms the shocking scale of the Commons expenses scandal."

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This latest revelation confirms what I have known all along.
The vast majority of our MP's are guilty of abusing the system in order to line their own pockets.
All parties are involved so a vote for any of the main parties at the next election will be a vote in support of criminals.

VOTE FOR AN INDEPENDENT AT THE NEXT ELECTION

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100 peers claim more than £50,000 expenses a year

More than 100 peers claimed in excess of £50,000 in expenses to work in the House of Lords last year, new official figures show.
They include 18 members of the upper chamber who claimed more than £30,000 in housing costs – significantly more than the maximum of £24,000 which MPs receive to run a second home.
The figures disclose that 17 peers claimed above £60,000, 11 more than £65,000 and one, the cross bencher Lord Laird, a total of £73,000. More than 300 claimed in excess of £25,000.

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Xmas Message To Our MP's

A goodwill message to our hard-working MPs who are already into their three-week Christmas break: I hope Santa brings all 646 of you (especially Hazel Blears) everything you’ve put down on your list. Mainly because, this year, you won’t be able to claim any of it back on expenses.

Tory MP Michael Jack claims for loo roll

I think it's safe to say the Expenses Scandal has finally reached the bottom.
Michael Jack's Additional Costs Allowance shows he asked for soft toilet tissue which cost 75p each.

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BILLERICAY MP PUTS FOOD PARCEL FOR TROOPS ON EXPENSES

"THE MPs expenses scandal plumbed new depths last night when it emerged a Tory politician claimed for a charity parcel donation for troops.
John Baron, MP for Billericay in Essex, said the £18.21 claim for a food parcel was an “admin error”.
But his paperwork also shows how he tried – and failed – to claw back a £10 Christmas tip for his gardeners".


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MPS ARE COMMONS CRIMINALS

SHAMELESS MP Lembit Opik

Lembit Opik called an electrician from his constituency in WALES to work in his flat in LONDON - landing taxpayers with a £1,791 bill.
The firm made two trips to carry out repairs for the Lib-Dem - racking up a huge petrol bill for the 788 miles.

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"A Labour MP 'maxed out' his expenses by going on a spending spree at the upmarket department store John Lewis in the days running up to the deadline for claims.
Former defence minister Doug Henderson, who is standing down at the next election, was one of 60 MPs to claim the maximum £24,006 in second-home allowances last year.
In February and March this year he racked up bills totalling £2,128".

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