My MP's expenses

[FoolOnTheHill]

Just having a look now. Jeremy Wright, Rugby, Conservative.

How boring. Not a line of coke or whoore in sight. It's all toner cartridges and reasonable phone usage.

[elster]

FoolOnTheHill said:

Just having a look now. Jeremy Wright, Rugby, Conservative.

How boring. Not a line of coke or whoore in sight. It's all toner cartridges and reasonable phone usage.

He obviously has a creative accountant.

[FourWheelDrift]

FoolOnTheHill said:

Just having a look now. Jeremy Wright, Rugby, Conservative.

How boring. Not a line of coke or whoore in sight. It's all toner cartridges and reasonable phone usage.

That would be the 2 strippers at the Spearmint Rhino, Toni Cartridge and the Thai/French girl Phon E Usage.

[unrepentant]

I have quite a lot of time for my MP, Anne McIntosh. But I'm fairly disgusted to see that she claims £399 (max £400) for food every month. This is claimable without receipts and is a disgrace.

[Jasandjules]

Well, sounds like there is at least one MP who might actually get re-elected then !

[esselte]

unrepentant said:

I have quite a lot of time for my MP, Anne McIntosh. But I'm fairly disgusted to see that she claims £399 (max £400) for food every month. This is claimable without receipts and is a disgrace.

Does she even claim that for the months that parliament isn't sitting?

[dan1981]

Really really imprwessed with our guy,

Clive Betts. for Attercliffe in Sheffield.

I've emailed him a couple of times and had very promt and detailed responses that he has also followed up with, further investigation and letters.

And from a brief look over his expenses they allseem pretty normal.

His food bill varies, but he's never spent the full £400, his mortgage is reasonable,

Very impressed with tthe guy.

[elster]

Where are you checking these out at?

[esselte]

elster said:

Where are you checking these out at?

www.parliament.uk

[unrepentant]

esselte said:

unrepentant said:

I have quite a lot of time for my MP, Anne McIntosh. But I'm fairly disgusted to see that she claims £399 (max £400) for food every month. This is claimable without receipts and is a disgrace.

Does she even claim that for the months that parliament isn't sitting?

I haven't looked through every month. I guess she can though if she claims her constituency home as her 2nd home as Parliamentary recesses are not meant to be holidays but opportunities to work in the constituencies.

[unrepentant]

esselte said:

elster said:

Where are you checking these out at?

www.parliament.uk

The BBC have them all as well.

[dan1981]

elster said:

Where are you checking these out at?

http://mpsallowances.parliament.uk/mpslordsandoffices/hocallowances/allowances-by-mp/

[FourWheelDrift]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8106044.stm

I tried to check Winky there but it didn't work....so typed in Gordon Brown and a pop up window said it wasn't a valid MP.

Who said the BBC aren't impartial

[Kaelic]

Ahh good to see my MP is claiming his limit each month without deviation for both his mortgage and his food allowance...

Every month without fail he has claimed

1400 mortgage
400 food


fking nose in the trough ....

[elster]

Dave Davis managed to get through 3000 litres of heating oil in 2 months! What is he doing with it?!

I know where he lives, he can't use 1500 l a month!

ANyway he seems to claim around £1k for his second home allowance. With the exception of the heating oil. Which takes it up to 3k. So I would guess an average of 1.5k.

Edited by elster on Thursday 18th June 12:30

[maxrider]

Why the fk can they claim for food? Every other mere mortal pays for it out of their salary, what the fk has eating got to do with the type of job/how many homes they've got?
You've only got one fking belly!

[esselte]

Telegraph said:

....Other invoices submitted by Mr Blair in 2007-08 included £305.50 for shredding...

You couldn't make it up could you....

Edited by esselte on Thursday 18th June 12:46

[madbadger]

My MP claimed:

2007-08 Total Expenses £148,542
of which second home allowance £19,811

To me the best part of £150k seems a fair bit. Relatively though is that good or bad?

[Stevenj214]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/opensecrets/

£99 per month for Sky TV. Can a Sky bill even be that high without 5 multirooms?

[paulmurr]

Jim Devine, Labour MP for Livingston, West Lothian

2007-08 Total expenses £169,133
of which second home allowance £22,898

Disgusting.