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MPs await expenses reform plans

Source: BBC
London : United Kingdom | 28 days ago  
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Sir Christopher Kelly is believed to want to end claims for mortgage payments, employing relatives and "golden goodbyes" for retiring MPs. His findings, to be announced at 1000 GMT, follow a tumultuous year in which expenses have been heavily criticised.
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  • News Source: Star Tribune | 27 days ago
    Drain the moat, tear down the duck house, fire the housekeeper. British lawmakers face strict new allowance rules following a scandal over their outrageous expense claims. The rules published Wednesday will ban legislators from using expenses to fund...
  • News Source: Daily Nation | 27 days ago
    Leaders of Britain’s main political parties backed plans today to curb perks for lawmakers after a scandal over lavish expense claims shocked taxpayers and undermined public trust in parliament. Under the proposals, an independent regulator would...
  • News Source: Times Online | 27 days ago
    Members who have used the expenses system to pay for mortgages on houses in Victoria and London Bridge will expected to rent one-bedroom flats in areas like Camberwell and Battersea where they are able to secure accommodation for less than £1,250.
  • News Source: The independent | 27 days ago
    Claims for mortgage interest should be brought to an end with "appropriate transitional provisions" of one more Parliament, or for five years. The report said that there should be no further capital gains at public expense, and the controversial...
  • News Source: Seattle Times | 27 days ago
    Britain published new rules Wednesday after a scandal over lawmakers' expenses, banning politicians from using taxpayers' money to pay for mortgages on second homes or hire family members as staff. Lawmakers also won't be able to claim expenses...
  • News Source: ITN | 28 days ago
    It says any money made from capital gains should be paid back to the taxpayer, ending the controversial practice of "flipping" properties. The committee said politicians with constituencies within "reasonable commuting distance" of Parliament should...
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  • Blog Source: www.goodasis.com
    MPs await expenses reform plans. November 3rd, 2009 | Author: admin. Houses of Parliament. The review comes after hundreds of revelations about MPs' allowances. MPs are expected to face a radical overhaul of their expenses when an ...
  • Blog Source: canveybeat.wordpress.com
    The first task of the IPSA is to deal with the recommendations of Sir Christopher Kelly's report into MPs' expenses. The body will draw up and police the system of allowances. Over the next five months, the chairman and his four-strong board will
  • Blog Source: arfans.wordpress.com
    MPs await expenses reform plans. Posted on November 4, 2009 by arfans. MPs are expected to face a radical overhaul of their expenses when an independent review of the system is published later. Sir Christopher Kelly is believed to want ...
  • Blog Source: constantlyfurious.blogspot.com
    Yes, MP's are going to hear - as if they hadn't been thoroughly leaked already - Sir Christopher 'Ned' Kelly's proposals for a brave new world of expense policies. This chilly and austere regime will include a ban on claims for mortgage ... The
  • Blog Source: linlithgow-libdems.blogspot.com
    Are the proposals Harman is objecting to any less transparent, accountable or reducing tax payers expenses? The only one that may reduce costs is paying second home mortgage payments rather than rental value. However, when it comes to ... Kelly
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