View Full Version : 80 millions pounds!
truckiebloke
27th Oct 2005, 19:26
Our beloved leaders each claimed on average over 120,000 in expenses totalling a massive 80 million in all for the year....
Would be nice to see some of it come our way, we might even be able to buy some more armoured landrovers for all the VIP's in iraq.... and if very lucky some more ammunition for everyone out patrolling...
Widger
28th Oct 2005, 10:08
Never mind the MPs...what about the MEPs...that will really get you all going!
Talking Radalt
28th Oct 2005, 10:23
...and the uvver 'alf of a well-known but not especially popular Western european Prime Minister being allocated an official car costing £50k+. I don't recall voting for Tiny, and I certainly don't recall voting for the Gargoyle.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The Times: MPs get £400 a month food perk
MANY MPs benefit from a previously undisclosed perk, it has emerged — a monthly allowance of £400 to buy meals and groceries, write Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Abul Taher.
If their main home is in their constituency outside London, they can claim the food and grocery allowance without any need for restaurant bills or receipts. Further grants are available if receipts are furnished.
The allowance is on top of the £200 a month that MPs can claim for car mileage without providing fuel receipts or any details of their trips.
Officials in the Commons department of finance and administration released details of the £400 food allowance when MPs’ expenses were published last week.
It is the latest in a line of perks to emerge. MPs are able to claim for their TV licences for a second residence, and they can buy fridges on expenses.
Ian Liddell-Grainger, Conservative MP for Bridgwater, argues on his website that the expenses system is “crazy”.
He writes: “In many cases the authorities do not demand proper receipts . . . it is crazy. MPs should not set their own pensions, salaries and expenses.”
Other MPs says that they work long hours and the allowances are justified. Nick Harvey, the Liberal Democrat MP for North Devon, said: “When MPs are away from home, they are away from their domestic set-up. The MP is going to have lunch and dinner and the allowance is to cover that.”
Green Bottle 2
30th Oct 2005, 05:18
I can't wait. Its going to be great. We in the military will now be able to set up our own home at the tax payers expense just as the MPs do - free food, free TV licences, motor mileage without the forms. O happy days.
'Cos its only fair we get it as well.
Or B.
GB2 :E
Role1a
30th Oct 2005, 17:32
Why have posts been removed from this thread
R1a
truckiebloke
30th Oct 2005, 18:22
very good question!
pprune please answer!!
Roguedent
30th Oct 2005, 20:46
Hit a nerve!!:mad: :mad: :mad: