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Meer dan 100 Afgevaardigden stellen familieleden op uitgaven tewerk
Vrijdag, 25 April, 2008
Meer dan honderd Afgevaardigden - met inbegrip van twee kabinetsleden - stellen familieleden tewerk zoals de belastingbetaler gefinancierde medewerkers, het Lagerhuis heeft onthuld. De eerste officiële lijst, die in het spoor van het schandaal wordt gepubliceerd dat vroegere MP Derek Conway van Tory zijn politieke carrière kostte, toonde aan dat Afgevaardigden van alle partijen dichte verwanten op de openbare loonlijst hebben. Het omvat hogere cijfers zoals de Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken, Jacqui Smith, de Secretaresse van het Milieu, Hilary Benn, de minister van de Huisvesting, Caroline Flint, de schaduwMinister van Binnenlandse Zaken, David Davis, en de vroegere leider Michael Howard van Tory. Vijf Afgevaardigden stellen meer dan één lid van hun familie tewerk. De nieuwe Democratische leider van de Partij van de Unionist, Peter Robinson, en zijn vrouwenIris, die ook MP is, wenden alle drie van hun kinderen evenals een schoondochter aan. Anderen inbegrepen op thelist zijn MP van Tory de Heer George Young, voorzitter van het Comité van de Normen en van de Voorrechten van het Lagerhuis, en de Heer Stuart Bell, MP van de Arbeid die onder de hogere politici is die de uitgaven van het Lagerhuis herzien. Het huidige register is vrijwillig, en er zijn aanwijzingen dat vele Afgevaardigden hebben om hun familiewerknemers nog te verklaren. In Februari, zei David Cameron meer dan 70 Conservatieve Afgevaardigden tewerkgestelde familieleden, maar yesterday lijst toonde slechts 39 Conservatieven die hun verwanten' registreren werkgelegenheid. Het is vrijwillig voor Afgevaardigden geweest om de familieleden te noemen die zij sinds 1 April tewerkstellen, hoewel de partijleiders hen om hebben aangespoord dit te doen. De registratie zal vanaf Augustus verplicht zijn. Het register werd vrijgegeven laat gisteren middag toen vele Afgevaardigden Westminster voor de week hadden verlaten. Zijn publicatie werd vroeger op het jaar goedgekeurd nadat M. Conway van het Lagerhuis werd opgeschort en gestript van Conservatief voor het verkeerd gebruiken van openbaar geld om zijn zoonstientallen duizenden ponden als onderzoeker ransel te betalen terwijl hij een full-time student in Newcastle was. Mej. Smith is het meest hogere kabinetslid op de lijst. Zij stelt haar echtgenoot, Richard Timney, als hoger onderzoek/parlementaire medewerker tewerk. Hij zal tussen £27,780 en £40,052 verdienen. Haar kabinetscollega Hilary Benn stelt zijn vrouw, Sally Clark, als onderzoek/parlementaire medewerker tewerk. De loonswaaier voor zulk een post is tussen £14,212 en £34,240. Ms Flint, who attends the Cabinet, employs her husband, Phil Cole, as her office manager on a salary of between £21,320 and £40,052. Mr Howard discloses that his wife, Sandra, acts as a part-time secretary, while Mr Davis employs his wife, Doreen, as executive secretary. Liberal Democrats on the register include Malcolm Bruce, Paul Burstow and David Heath, who all employ their wives. There is no suggestion that employing family members breaks any parliamentary rules. Many MPs insist that close family members are well suited to the awkward hours and highly personal nature of political work. MPs say their relatives often work far longer hours than other employees would be prepared to accept. Some backbenchers privately argue that their marriages have been strengthened by working alongside their spouses in the highly stressful environment of the Westminster village. But Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “This is a completely outdated practice that raises people’s suspicions about politicians’ motives. To ordinary taxpayers, Parliament is an excessively generous gravy train at the best of times, but the fact that so many MPs employ family members is simply unacceptable. To dispel any suspicion that they are taking advantage of taxpayers’ generosity, this practice should be banned once and for all.” See More:UK NewsHave Your Say: More than 100 MPs employ family members on expenses Please note, only selected comments will be published. Or discuss this report in our our new forums One Response to “More than 100 MPs employ family members on expenses”
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This has been suspected for some time but now that it is a confirmed fact it just proves too me the extent of the blatent corruption in the system . Although as far as i know ( and please feel free to correct me ) it is not against the law to employ any direct relatives , it shows that M.Ps in the U.K. are more interested in their own financial gain and in feathering their own nests than serving the people who put them in a position of power in the first place ! . There should be a law in place too make sure that a M.Ps accounts are open to all the public and this should be MANDATORY and not VOLUNTARY ! . After all if we cannot trust the lawmakers of the land with something as simple as their accounts then how can we who are subject too their laws have trust in the bigger issues that they have complete control over our lives , and how can we have faith that they are operating with our best interests in mind!!! .