MPs expenses saga set to continue
As we say goodbye to the speaker Michael Martin the controversy which is the MP's expenses saga continues to roll on. While a massive number of receipts have today been published on the Internet the "juicy" details have been blanked out. This is a bitter blow to the freedom of information campaigners who were battled for years to have the details published.
Even though much of the detail with regards to addresses and recipients of MPs expenses has been hidden from the public there are still many "questionable" receipts which have been published. What is becoming more and more apparent is the fact that there appear to be very few MPs who have managed to escape the grey area of expense claims in the view of the public. Gardens, food, council tax and other expenses claims appear to be going through as a matter of course with very few questions asked by the expenses committee.
In truth the publication, or part publication, of various receipts has prompted more questions than it has actually answered and the stench of a cover-up continues to cloud the atmosphere. Many are now asking why, for the sake of clarity, expense claims which have been funded by the UK taxpayer are not being made public in their entirety.
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