So Gordon Brown’s new period of openness starts with all the detail of MPs’ expenses being blacked out. So much for his repeated “wait and see comments” of recent weeks. If ever there was doubt about the Telegraph initiative in revealing the expenses fiasco detail, events of today justify every word of every article published. [...]
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Tax Payers Alliance submits evidence to the MPs’ expenses inquiry
Today, we submitted our evidence to the Committee on Standards in Public Life’s investigation into MPs’ expenses. The inquiry is pretty wide-ranging, with a number of questions to be answered on a wide variety of topics, so it’s enabled us to set out a pretty comprehensive manifesto for how best to reform the system. Here [...]
Hazel Blears resigns – Pressure mounts on Gordon Brown to step down
The domino factor rolls on as Hazel Blears adds her name to a list 0f Government Ministers who have decided to remove themselves from the UK MP’s expenses scandle spot lights. Prime Ministers question time later today looks as if it could be a defining point. 24 Plus News survey yesteday indicated a complete loss [...]
