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THE newly disclosed Parliamentary expenses claims show that not all members of the House of Lords felt the need to take their allowances. Lord Ashcroft, worth an estimated Pounds 750 million, and his fellow Tory Lord Heseltine (Pounds 260 million) didn't bother. Nor did the billionaire Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury. But Labour peer Lord Gavron, worth an estimated Pounds 60 million, did pocket Pounds 3355 in "day subsistence" allowances and Lord Saatchi (estimated fortune, with his brother, of Pounds 127 million) also claimed Pounds 992 from the public purse. Presumably, if Gavron and Saatchi ever get seriously rich like Heseltine and Ashcroft, they too will be able to manage without it.
KEN LIVINGSTONE has been forced by Brussels to drop his idea for a preferential toll for local businesses using the planned London Gateway Bridge. The European Commission has told Transport for London a reduced charge would contravene EU regulations on State aid. A furious Livingstone claimed in Mayor's Question Time at City Hall that the ban was "a major mistake", adding: "The best governments are those who are best at circumventing EU rules." This is the man who once declared: "I've always been pro-Europe. I want to see the end of the nation state, and a United States of Europe" - and launched, and chaired, the London in Europe campaign.See the full content of this document
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