More MP claim shame
14/05/09 08:36 Filed in: Personal
I read today on the BBC website that ex-minister Elliot Morley is repaying some £16,000 he was paid on expenses he mistakenly claimed for a mortgage he didn’t have.
The story goes on to explain how the mortgage was repaid but he continued to claim for another 18 months before being made aware of the error.
So you wouldn’t notice £800 was still ending up in your bank account.
What appals me most about this, if it was somebody cheating their benefits, they’d be pilloried and heading for jail.
The story goes on to explain how the mortgage was repaid but he continued to claim for another 18 months before being made aware of the error.
So you wouldn’t notice £800 was still ending up in your bank account.
What appals me most about this, if it was somebody cheating their benefits, they’d be pilloried and heading for jail.
