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MPs use expenses to avoid petrol pinch

By John Hirst

MPs use expenses to avoid petrol pinch

"Members of parliament are demanding extra allowances to pay for record petrol prices and rising road taxes, while voters struggle to meet the rising costs of motoring".

One law for them and another law for the rest of us!

"MPs receive 40p per mile for the first 10,000 miles by car and 25p per mile thereafter. The rate used to be 72p, but they can claim 350 miles a month ? £1,680 a year ? without receipts".

This nonsense only leads to abuse...

"Last year Janet Anderson, a Labour MP, caused a furore over her motoring expenses. She claimed £13,851 for driving to and around her Lancashire constituency, equivalent to driving twice round the world".

Disbloodygraceful!

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on June 01, 2008 (boomark / email).