Kitty Ussher: unrepentant over expenses

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Kitty Ussher: unrepentant over expenses

By Mark Pack | Sat 20th March 2010 - 12:50 pm

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By way of introduction, a sample of what Kitty Ussher (Labour MP for Burnley) had done:

Kitty Ussher used allowances for £20,000 house make-over
The records reveal that Miss Ussher, the MP for Burnley, contacted the Commons fees office within 12 months of being elected, with a detailed programme of work for the property she had already lived in for five years.

Kitty Ussher sacked from government over her claims
Move comes in the face of evidence that Treasury minister ‘flipped’ her homes to avoid paying capital gains tax.

So, when interviewed by Channel 4, what did she say?

Q. Is there anything you did that you feel you ought to say sorry for? The choices you made? The decisions you made?

A. No. Because I haven’t done anything that anybody else in my position wouldn’t be perfectly able and valid to do.

The exchange comes around 8 minutes 15 seconds in to this report:

Gordon Birtwistle is the Liberal Democrat candidate in Burnley. Find out how you can help his campaign here.

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2 Comments

Jock 20th Mar '10 - 2:10pm

Well, she could at least have apologised for saying that Burnley was not somewhere she would like to bring up her kids!
Mark Wright 20th Mar '10 - 4:42pm

Typical New Labour robo-clone. The sense of imperial “entitlement” that crept into young Labour MPs in the early 2000’s must absolutely disgust the likes of Kier Hardie and other Labour greats…

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