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garinda · 01-06-2010, 12:21

'New Treasury minister Danny Alexander has charged taxpayers more than £13,000 for his wife to make 62 journeys between London and Scotland. '

'The Chief Secretary, who stepped in after David Laws resignation for abusing his expenses, ran up the highest bill of any MP for using the little-known perk last year.
Mr Alexander's wife, 35-year-old magazine writer Rebecca Hoar, used public money to travel between Westminster and their family home in the North-East Highlands.'

'The average cost of the trips – by rail and by air – between London and Inverness was £209.'

Read more: Treasury minister Danny Alexander and his wife's 62 freebie trips on taxpayer | Mail Online

Oh great.

This new broom we have is sooooooooooo much better than the old one.

NOT.

01-06-2010, 12:21	#146
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Re: Conservatives and Liberal Democrat Coalition Government 'New Treasury minister Danny Alexander has charged taxpayers more than £13,000 for his wife to make 62 journeys between London and Scotland. ' 'The Chief Secretary, who stepped in after David Laws resignation for abusing his expenses, ran up the highest bill of any MP for using the little-known perk last year. Mr Alexander's wife, 35-year-old magazine writer Rebecca Hoar, used public money to travel between Westminster and their family home in the North-East Highlands.' 'The average cost of the trips – by rail and by air – between London and Inverness was £209.' Read more: Treasury minister Danny Alexander and his wife's 62 freebie trips on taxpayer \| Mail Online Oh great. This new broom we have is sooooooooooo much better than the old one. NOT. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.