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we know from the last four years, you have repaid £2000 but what about the previous ten years how much did you claim,then and if you have overclaimed willyou repay it
Submitted by: sydney | 3 votes for this..
0 comments | Topic: Politics | Report |
Do you believe that it would be in the interests of the Labour Party for Gordon Brown to resign?
Submitted by: mahrani | 3 votes for this..
1 comment | Topic: Politics |
Dear Mahrani Thanks for your question. I believe the PM should stay. Those who can’t work with him are right to go. It’s a bit like football, if you can’t back the manager and accept his tactics then... Show more »Dear Mahrani Thanks for your question. I believe the PM should stay. Those who can’t work with him are right to go. It’s a bit like football, if you can’t back the manager and accept his tactics then there’s no point in being in the team. All managers need to change the team from time to time and no player is bigger than the team. As we’ve just seen there are plenty of talented people waiting in the wings to take over from those who have just gone. It’s really important that Labour politicians remember it is the party not the individual that matters because we exist to represent the interests of the majority and that means putting others first. All the speculation about the PM and the government is bad for our economy as evidenced by the recent drop in the pound. The financial markets trust the PM and they realise that the last thing our economy needs right now is the uncertainty which a surprise election would provoke. Obviously David Cameron continues to demand a General Election because that is the mantra of all opposition leaders but closer inspection of the council elections and latest opinion polls suggest that the Tories cannot guarantee that they would win the election or achieve a working majority. The last thing we need is a government which can’t be certain about its economic policies because it can’t command parliament. Gordon Brown needs to concentrate on two things: sorting out the expenses disaster which has affected all parties and disappointed the public; and, getting us through the recession and setting us on a prosperous course for the future. That’s the really important stuff not who likes who or who is good looking or who sounds nice on TV. I care that the person with the most knowledge is in the right job and at the moment the man with the best ability to steer our economy through the recession is Gordon Brown. Best wishes Steve McCabe Show less »
I'm not going to ask you about your expenses Steve. But I do want to know if you ever criticised the system, and what you propose should be done about it?
Submitted by: kerrypeel | 2 votes for this..
0 comments | Topic: Local Issues |
Hi Kerry, I'm quite happy to talk about my expenses and have already given them all to the Evening Mail's John Walker. In 2004/5 I claimed too much in mortgage interest relief (2300 pounds) I paid the... Show more »Hi Kerry, I'm quite happy to talk about my expenses and have already given them all to the Evening Mail's John Walker. In 2004/5 I claimed too much in mortgage interest relief (2300 pounds) I paid the money back a few months later, as soon as the fees office discovered it. This wasn't too hard for them as I submitted my mortgage interest certificate along with the claim. Not the action one would normally associate with an attempt to commit fraud but this hasn't stopped a local Conservative councillor trying to brand me as some kind of crook. Incidentally in the same year, I was the lowest claiming MP in the entire country. Obviously, many of us have not paid enough attention to our expenses claims. Had I realised that they would be the subject of such scrutiny I'd have taken a week off work to ensure that I had everything perfect. The reality is that I often found myself rushing to fill them in after midnight on the day before the deadline. There are a number of problems with parliamentary expenses and allowances. Firstly I believe there should be an allowance for staying away from home. My home is in Birmingham, my partner and I share the costs at our home like most other couples and i don't claim a penny expenses for my Birmingham home. I'm happy to be reimbursed in any way for the costs of having to stay away from home. I don't agree with David Cameron's solution that it should be soley an accommodation budget as I think this would turn the clock back to an era when only rich people could become MP's. It can be no accident that Mr. Cameron has claimed the maximum allowance - virtually double what I have claimed in most years but he has claimed it as mortgage interest on a very big mortgage. I also think that issues like staff wages, office accommodation, heating and light should be paid directly by the House of Commons. Instead, I am expected to manage this like a small business while the newspapers describe it as an allowance as if its money that goes into my pocket. I want a simple set of rules. A decent salary determined by an external body which is entirely free of parliamentary influence. I want the minimum expenses necessary to do my job so that I am not out of pocket as an MP and i want the fees office to check all fees before any payments are made and to query anything that doesn't seem to make sense rather than pay expenses which frankly look ludicrous and leave us all gasping at stories about duck ponds, gardening and tennis courts. You may be interested to know that I have not taken any pay rise this year either as an MP or as a Government whip. Finally, I have already voted for a set of interim measures to restrict the amount of mortgage interest that can be claimed and to restrict the number of items which can be claimed as expenses. I've also voted for a register so that all MP's have to disclose any second jobs they may have and how much they earn from that activity. I will be more than happy to accept whatever recommendations are made by the independent Kelly Committee on salaries and allowances for parliament. Hope this answers your question, Best Wishes, Steve McCabe Show less »
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