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MPs to lose Communications Allowance
Among the Kelly Report's recommendations for reforming MPs' expenses and allowances is the abolition of the £10,000 annual Communications Allowance. And quite right too. The report states: 8.20 The Committee believes that effective engagement between an MP and his or her constituents is of the utmost importance, particularly in the wake of recent events. The [...] read on »
Let freedom of information ring
It would appear that the plan to exempt MPs and Lords from Freedom Of Information provisions has been ditched. The Mail's Benedict Brogan is trying to unpick what just happened: Gordon Brown claims that Tories have pulled out of a cross-party deal to introduce the change. The suggestion from No10 is that up until yesterday [...] read on »