International Law

MEP in £500,000 allowances probe

By John Hirst

The leader of the Conservative MEPs, Giles Chichester, has channelled almost £500,000 in parliamentary allowances through a family firm founded by his father, the yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester.

Company documents reveal that since 1996 Chichester has paid the company £445,000 for services ?in connection with secretarial and assistant services for the European parliament, constituency and committee work?.

Chichester has been in discussions with the parliament over whether the payments represent a conflict of interest.

Are they trying to see which one can get the biggest trough to stick their greedy snouts in?

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).