Pounds 1.4m Five-Star Free Trips for Globe-Trotting Mps ; Taxpayer Funds 'Excessive' Spending by Committees On Fact-Finding Overseas Visits [Edition 2]
Evening Standard - London › April 08, 2009
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BACKBENCH MPs racked up almost Pounds 1.4 million of free trips last year with a further Pounds 1million of excursions already booked this year.
An Evening Standard investigation has found that the taxpayer is funding dozens of overseas "fact-finding" missions with many committee members staying in five-star hotels, flying first class and receiving a daily cash allowance to spend on "extras".See the full content of this document
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Pounds 1.4m Five-Star Free Trips for Globe-Trotting Mps ; Taxpayer Funds 'Excessive' Spending by Committees On Fact-Finding Overseas Visits [Edition 2]
The news comes as the Committee on Standards in Public Life began its inquiry into MPs' expenses following a series of revelations that ministers have been spending lavish amounts on their second homes while living in taxpayer-funded flats.
Between April 2007 and April 2008, globetrotting MPs -- many members of committees concerned with domestic policy -- visited California, Washington and New York, Canada, Beijing, Bali, Bermuda and the Grand Cayman Islands. Documents prepared by select co...See the full content of this document
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