Via The Sunday Times:
One of Britain’s least active MEPs has been receiving more than £40,000 a year for office expenses despite having no office in his constituency.
David Sumberg, a Conservative MEP for the North West of England, has already declared he pays £54,000 a year for secretarial support from his wife.
Since the current European parliament was elected in 2004, Sumberg has made just two set-piece speeches and 12 one-minute “explanations of votes”. He has tabled five questions and sits on a committee but has not written any of its reports or tabled any resolutions.
“If there was a competition for laziest MEP in Britain I don’t doubt he would make the shortlist,” said Chris Davies, a Liberal Democrat MEP who also represents the North West…
Sumberg’s decision not to maintain an office in the northwest was described as an “insult” to voters by Davies, who added: “David Sumberg represents a region of 7m people, bigger than 10 member states of the European Union.
“Most people would expect an MEP in receipt of such generous expenses would maintain an office in a region of this importance.”
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Another in a long line of Tories misusing expenses – and that’s just this year: Spellman, Dover, Chichester, Atkins, Sumberg, and Conway. What a bunch of bloody crooks.
He’s not alone either. There are huge numbers of MEPs across Europe who claim their enormous staffing allowance without actually employing any staff.
There are indeed a bunch of bloody crooks.
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