The good news is that the MP’s expenses scandal in the UK seems to be spawning a new growth industry. The bad news is that it is going to cost the taxpayer a fortune and appears to be another case of jobs for the boys.
It’s business as usual
Did anyone really expect that MP’s in the UK would really change their ways after the recent expenses scandal? There was much talk of a ‘clean-up’ and transparency in the future, a new Speaker pledging to reform the system as part of his election campaign. So what has happened? It would appear that the only regret was being ‘found out’, …
The pocket-lining saga continues
As the MP’s expenses row continues, an interesting article in the Telegraph about former Agriculture Minister Elliot Morley, who claimed for a mortgage that didn’t exist. This was not his only bit of ‘dubious’ dealing it would appear and despite the fact that lawyers say that the claims may constitute a criminal offence under the 2006 Fraud Act and the …