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Posts Tagged: MPs’ expenses

James Frayne: Westminster’s reputation is already so poor that the harassment scandal won’t change voters’ opinions

The allegations are dreadful, and must be dealt with, but the grim truth is that few people will be surprised by them.

By James Frayne | 7 November 2017 | 108 comments

James Frayne: Right or wrong, most people bitterly oppose MPs having “second jobs”

If politicians will create a big, interventionist state, then voters will expect them to manage it on a full-time basis.

By James Frayne | 21 March 2017 | 28 comments

Putting ‘independent’ experts in control of immigration policy would be a mistake

It’s always tempting for politicians to outsource important decisions. But it doesn’t work.

By Mark Wallace | 27 February 2017 | 75 comments

James Frayne: There’s a quiet counter-revolution underway in England

Some voters are angry, but anger doesn’t define most people most of the time.

By James Frayne | 8 December 2016

Henry Hill: Brokenshire revives dispute with Dublin over contested fishing waters

Also: Demands for probe into expenses of SNP MPs as costs soar; economist says Wales no longer ‘significantly underfunded’; and more.

By Henry Hill | 23 November 2016 | 6 comments

Ryan Shorthouse: Don’t bend to this anti-establishment rage. Challenge and confront it.

Indiscriminate attacks on Parliament, the judiciary, the civil service, the media and business are anti-meritocratic and nihilistic, which should trouble those on the Right.

By Ryan Shorthouse | 11 November 2016 | 120 comments

Cameron, Osborne, Ministers, MPs, tax returns – and the fourth money laundering directive

The Prime Minister’s decision to publish his tax return has big knock-on implications for his colleagues, and perhaps for himself too.

By Paul Goodman | 11 April 2016 | 150 comments

Only the public and the press can keep MPs honest

When it comes to the Commons, who watches the watchmen? An independent regulator is impossible: it has to be us.

By Henry Hill | 22 January 2016 | 6 comments

Nadhim Zahawi MP: Our institutions suffered a self-inflicted loss of public trust – so it falls to us to rebuild

Trust is essential to the future of a country. This One Nation Conservative Government is restoring the public’s faith.

By Nadhim Zahawi MP | 27 July 2015 | 21 comments

WATCH: Cameron “disconnected with public” over expenses says Farage

“The question for leaders of parties is how do you deal with people when problems occur.”

10 April 2014 | 59 comments

MPs are increasingly wary of sticking their necks out for the Government in a crisis

Plenty have been left hanging in the breeze by sudden u-turns – and they’ve learned from the experience.

By Mark Wallace | 9 April 2014 | 20 comments

WATCH: Miller’s PPS – “This is a witch hunt by the media”

Mary Macleod MP added that “We cannot allow the media to hound someone when the allegations have been dismissed.”

8 April 2014 | 29 comments

Cameron is right to stand by Miller

The attempt by the press to bully the Culture Secretary out of public life has got completely out of hand, and must be resisted.

By Andrew Gimson | 6 April 2014 | 112 comments

Miller should resign and Parliament should reform

The public needs to know which MPs on the Standards Committee voted to cut Miller’s repayment to only £5,800.

By Cameron Penny | 6 April 2014 | 39 comments

Why Sir Ian Kennedy gets a fail for his homework

MPs will always mark theirs – and everyone else’s, since we vote them in. Which is why Sir Ian’s new idea makes no sense.

By Paul Goodman | 6 April 2014 | 43 comments

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