As part of his review following on from the recent MP’s expenses scandal Sir Christopher Kelly – Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life – is suggesting that MP’s that need to have a house close to Parliament, adopt the same process that the Ministry of Defence uses for personnel stations in the London area.
Can’t see anything wrong with that to me. The rental money then goes straight from the MOD to the landlord and not into the deep pockets of the MP’s. Of course there would have to be some very good safeguards in place to make sure these rules could not be broken.
It will be interesting to see how this story runs over the coming months, however I bet some of the MP won’t be too happy about this potential change.
Beasley's Place 