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Originally Posted by Gayle

We do have total transparency regarding MPs expenses. Their expenses are published annually. Anyone can find it out if they want to.

They all have an allowance for travel and for staff - clearly MPs who live further away from London are going to have higher travel expenses.

We do? What about that list for white goods?

What about the husband and wife MP’s who signed over their rather large house to a trust fund and then rented the property from the trust fund and claimed the allowance for it. A classic case of having your cake and eating it.

Putting it quite simply, if MP’s get an allowance for travel, temporary accommodation and running a constituency office, then every single penny should be accounted for and backed up with a bona fide receipt. After all it is public funds and we have a RIGHT to know how our money is being spent. If an MP receives a donation from someone that should also accounted.

Transparency is the new buzz word in Parliament so let it be that way.