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MPs under attack again – for claiming mileage for doing their jobs

By Caron Lindsay | Fri 8th November 2013 - 4:02 pm

Having Nigel Farage on Question Time again was more than enough to make my blood boil last night. Sadly, even my Facebook timeline had little to soothe. I saw an 18 month old story being recycled again to give MPs another kicking.

In May last year the Telegraph had a go at some MPs who claimed mileage to attend Remembrance Day services, including a couple of Liberal Democrats. Why on earth should that particular engagement be any different than any other that they attend in the course of their official duties? How many people would meet work expenses out of …

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged angharad bethan jones, facebook, geoff payne, greg judge, jackie pearcey, louise bloom, mps expenses, remembrance sunday and telegraph | 41 Comments

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