byjove
03-14-2008, 09:05 PM
According to yesterday’s Guardian:
“MPs are allowed to claim up to £10,000 for a new kitchen, more than £6,000 for a bathroom and £750 for a television on their parliamentary allowances, it was disclosed today.
They can also claim reimbursement from the taxpayer for stereos worth up to £750, £300 air-conditioning units and £2,000 for a furniture suite for their second homes.
The figures came as the Commons released the so-called “John Lewis list” that finance officials use to approve or reject MPs’ expenses claims.
It is a list of precedents for spending on household items under the parliamentary second-homes allowance, based on prices at the John Lewis department store.
The document, released to the Press Association news agency under the Freedom of Information Act, was not even known to most MPs until recently.”
Before perusing the “John Lewis List” outlining what the Parliamentary parasites can claim at our expense - in order to equip “their” second homes, we suggest you sit yourself down and think calming thoughts for a few minutes.
Now are you feeling calm and relaxed? You are! Good!
You see – Labour isn’t spending all the receipts from budget increases on foreign aid after all – they’re keeping just a little back for deserving cases nearer home as well!
“MPs are allowed to claim up to £10,000 for a new kitchen, more than £6,000 for a bathroom and £750 for a television on their parliamentary allowances, it was disclosed today.
They can also claim reimbursement from the taxpayer for stereos worth up to £750, £300 air-conditioning units and £2,000 for a furniture suite for their second homes.
The figures came as the Commons released the so-called “John Lewis list” that finance officials use to approve or reject MPs’ expenses claims.
It is a list of precedents for spending on household items under the parliamentary second-homes allowance, based on prices at the John Lewis department store.
The document, released to the Press Association news agency under the Freedom of Information Act, was not even known to most MPs until recently.”
Before perusing the “John Lewis List” outlining what the Parliamentary parasites can claim at our expense - in order to equip “their” second homes, we suggest you sit yourself down and think calming thoughts for a few minutes.
Now are you feeling calm and relaxed? You are! Good!
You see – Labour isn’t spending all the receipts from budget increases on foreign aid after all – they’re keeping just a little back for deserving cases nearer home as well!