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Old 23-05-2009, 18:22   #187
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Re: £10,000 offered to leak MP's expenses

Expenses latest:

Story 1) Andrew MacKay has just said he's stepping down as a Tory MP at the next election after a punishing constituency meeting last night in which he was barracked by voters.
He's the man who together with his wife, Julie Kirkbride MP, managed to get the taxpayer to pay for both the couple's homes using the allowance system.
He was parliamentary aide to David Cameron until the story broke.

Story 2) Sir Peter Viggers' duck house is in storage. The Tory MP who is stepping down at the next election has apologised and said he feels humiliated over his expenses. And the ducks didn't even like their palatial quarters apparently.

Story 3) The Archbishop of Canterbury has written a very thoughtful piece in the Times about MPs revealing their lack of integrity over expenses. However he warns the humiliation should now stop - the point has been made, he claims.
He worries that the continuance of it will damage the very notion that politics should be a calling worthy of the most generous instincts.

Story 4) Lots of MPs at the cleaner end of the spectrum have started publishing their own expenses, before they get turned over by the Telegraph. First in the shadow cabinet is Dominic Grieve, and there's not a lot to get excited about in his.

Story 5) Channel 4 news have been filming one of the most vilified Tory MPs, James Gray - he's the one who claimed for decorating his ex-wife's home after admitting he had an affair with his diary secretary while his wife had cancer. He is distinctly unapologetic.

C4 News also talking live to communities minister, Sadiq Khan about the scandal, the Archbishop's worries and the future of Mr Khan's boss Hazel Blears.

Another minister, Caroline Flint, leapt to her defence today in The Times suggesting she'd done nothing wrong technically and shouldn't be punished.



MPs' expenses - what they claimed: http://tinyurl.com/o555sl

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