More MPs are busted in spending money for personal us on expenses. Eight ministers bought digital cameras or camcorders using their office expenses. Jacqui Smith bought a 240 pound iPhone for her husband on expenses, he works as her assistent. Labour officials reacted furiously last night after eight cabinet ministers came under attack for using accountants at public expense to ensure forms they declared their office costs were properly filled out. Alistair Darling chancellor of Exchequer claimed more than 1,400 pounds for accountancy advice. A senior official also angrily denied that claiming for accountants´ fees is cheating the public. "This is not for personal use or family finances. It's specifically for their office costs, which have to go on their self assessment forms. This is actually about cabinet ministers behaving responsibly and making sure they are honouring their tax liabilities as they should."
It's ridiculous that this is happening. Great Britain is in an economic crisis and these MPs just spent the money shamelessly, the money that is so badly needed in this country. And some senior official is even defending these MPs. Of course the claim for accountants' fees is personal use. The normal people in Britain pay these fees all by themselves, they can't claim these costs. Why should the MPs get these costs compensated?
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More MPs are busted in spending - should be " have been accused of "
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhat do you think should be done about these MPs? If we commit fraud, we go to jail. Why shouldn't they?
It is indeed ridiculos. If we see how many people in Great Britain can not pay their daily costs and on the other side the MPs are using the money which does not belong to them. instead they have to use it to help poor people and improve the economy in the UK.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThis can really piss me of, thank god this does not happen in Holland (I think) but they should be ashamed of themselves. In this time of an economic crisis! In most societies you have to take care for yourself cause nobody else will do it, but that does not give you the right to spend money this way. Why does nobody check the applications? the people who haven't that should be punished as well. Punishing the MP's could be by taking their second houses away and sell them.
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