Jul
04
2008
UK MPs vote to keep £24,000pa housing allowance
Posted by: delusional in Economy, Fantasy House Prices, News, PoliticsBritish MPs have voted to keep their £24,000 a year housing allowance which allows them to buy, furnish and service a second home in the capital.
The allowance, worth over £2,000 more than the average British salary on it’s own is on top of an MPs existing salary of £61,181.
MPs will also be able to spend £400 a month expenses on shopping and to add insult to injury, expenses will be internally audited rather than given to an independant body.
The purpose of the votes was apparently to reform MPs expenses and yet they appear to have votes to keep their noses in the trough. Wonderful.
Guido Fawke’s blog has the voting list.
Tags: expenses, housing allowance, living allowance, mps, westminster
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