Comments on: Mortgage claim MP under pressure http://www.star-one.org.uk/mortgage-claim-mp-under-pressure/ comment on the news of the day & other things Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:25:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sismum http://www.star-one.org.uk/mortgage-claim-mp-under-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-26 sismum Thu, 14 May 2009 23:32:06 +0000 http://www.star-one.org.uk/?p=989#comment-26 The Parliamentary "Fees Office" needs serious investigation too - they do not seem to have audited these claims, just passed them through on the nod without any checking as to the legitimacy of their content. Fair enough they asked for receipts but they didn't seem to read them or notice that some of the items bore little relevance to parliamentary business. The Parliamentary “Fees Office” needs serious investigation too – they do not seem to have audited these claims, just passed them through on the nod without any checking as to the legitimacy of their content. Fair enough they asked for receipts but they didn’t seem to read them or notice that some of the items bore little relevance to parliamentary business.

]]> By: simon http://www.star-one.org.uk/mortgage-claim-mp-under-pressure/comment-page-1/#comment-25 simon Thu, 14 May 2009 17:59:53 +0000 http://www.star-one.org.uk/?p=989#comment-25 Update - <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8049096.stm" title="Brown suspends mortgage claim MP" rel="nofollow">Elliot Morley now suspended</a>: <blockquote>Former minister Elliot Morley has been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party after claiming £16,000 expenses for a mortgage he had already paid off. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the decision was taken because of the "serious" nature of the allegations". </blockquote> Update – Elliot Morley now suspended:

Former minister Elliot Morley has been suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party after claiming £16,000 expenses for a mortgage he had already paid off.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the decision was taken because of the “serious” nature of the allegations”.

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