Mark Field is Conservative MP for Cities of London and Westminster. I guess even David Cameron must have been surprised how quickly his prescient warnings last month of the impending scandal over lobbying came to pass. Our national campaign rightly identifies that the UK’s broken politics requires urgent repair. Which is why I believe it [...]
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Human rights warning over MPs’ expenses regulation
Who is going to press the button to scrap all this human rights nonsense which is materially affecting the rights of the suffering tax payers ??? Human rights warning over MPs’ expenses regulation new bill runs into more trouble By Daniel Bentley – Press and Journal Published: 01/07/2009 PLANS for the independent regulation of MPs’ [...]
UK Mp’s expenses fiasco rumbles on
More expenses revelations as the saga rumbles on. “A Labour MP says he will stand down at the next election if his constituents demand it, following allegations over his second home expenses claims. The Daily Telegraph says Dr Ian Gibson, Norwich North MP, claimed for a London flat while his daughter and her partner lived [...]
Lords to vote on EU reform treaty
The House of Lords will vote later on whether to ratify the EU reform treaty – its final Parliamentary hurdle. All 27 members states must ratify the treaty before it becomes law. It comes amid calls for the treaty to be abandoned after it was rejected by the Irish in a referendum. Conservative peer Lord [...]
