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[CYNthesys]

MPs make last ditch high court bid to keep publication of expense claims secret
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=544468&in_page_id=1770

[enaid]

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IMHO the one and only reason you wouldn't want to declare what you spend the publics money on, is if you were "fiddling". As a few have been found out to be "fiddling" then you should all be made to place your cards on the table. Maybe and only maybe then people of this country may start to get a little bit of faith back in the people we put in power.

[Amy]

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Maybe and only maybe then people of this country may start to get a little bit of faith back in the people we put in power.

Originally posted by Amy "I did not put them in power."

This bit later said by Enaid I wasn't just talking about present government Amy. I meant anyone of the Parties we put in power, they are all proving to be as bad as one another and over the years are getting far worse.

[Happyolddog]

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I hate all MP's, I hold them in the lowest esteem. They are all corrupt, with their own well being at heart, when they should be fighting for the well being of the people. Every government becomes more corrupt than the previous one. They send our young boys and girls off as cannon fodder, to foreign lands to fight unjust wars; without the right equiptment.
Your rights have been taken away by the introduction of nearly 4000 new laws. Which equates to one new law for every day this government has been in power and what good are they? Whilst our population has nearly doubled in a decade, our health service, schools, prisons and infrastructure are shrinking and failing.

As George Orwell wrote in Animal Farm.

All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.

[enaid]

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The House of Commons has lost its High Court battle over an information watchdog's decision to force disclosure of MPs' expenses.

The Commons challenged the Information Tribunal's "unlawfully intrusive" demand that a detailed breakdown of MPs' additional costs allowances (ACA) must be provided under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Commons also attempted to overturn the Tribunal's decision that MPs' addresses should be disclosed, arguing they should be kept secret for special security reasons.
But Sir Igor Judge (President of the Queen's Bench Division), Lord Justice Latham and Mr Justice Blake ruled at London's High Court that they could not interfere with the Tribunal's decision and dismissed the challenge.
The allowances cover expenditure incurred when an MP is away from home on parliamentary duties. They include the cost of running second homes and general household bills.
They have come under sustained criticism in recent months following the publication of the "John Lewis list" of household items MPs can purchase under their £23,000-a-year second homes allowance.
The list includes £10,000 kitchens and £6,000 bathrooms.
The legal challenge, expected to cost more than £100,000, was instigated by a Commons committee chaired by Speaker Michael Martin.
The ruling has been welcomed by pressure group the TaxPayers' Alliance, whose chief executive Matthew Elliott said: "This is a victory for taxpayers and democracy in Britain.
"People have a right to know what their elected representatives are doing and taxpayers deserve to know how their money is being spent. This verdict will boost transparency and bring Parliament closer to the people."