Correction – this is the most inflated ego award
The never ending UK MP expense saga just keeps giving and giving. One of the latest casualties of the public anger over the indulgences was Conservative MP Anthony Steen. He is stepping down and will not run again after it was revealed he dinged the public purse for £87,729 over a 4 year period. The [...]
Wanted: Basic accounting skills
Another UK MP bit the dust today. Labour MP David Chaytor was suspended for submitting claims for a phantom mortgage. Sounds familiar? You are right, Labour MP Elliot Morely was suspended for the same accounting errors. Chaytor has been received nearly £13,000 for a mortgage paid off in 2004. He issued this statement: In respect [...]


