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Originally Posted by accysimon
I don't see why you should be able to do this either. How many businesses allow staff to claim travel expenses to their place of work? which, effectively, is what Councillors could be classed as doing.
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Partly, but as most meetings require an interruption to the working day it could be looked on as a sweetener that at least the petrol is covered. If you get elected you'll come to realise that you're quite often out of pocket by attending meetings if you work full-time.
I don't have too much of a problem with mileage expenses because the amounts are quite small and the officer who looks after the forms won't let you get away with anything which you are't entitled to.