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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: *Mr Tumble on May 24, 2008, 12:12:49 pm

Title: MPs expenses
Post by: *Mr Tumble on May 24, 2008, 12:12:49 pm

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Stevenage MP Barbara Follett, the wife of millionaire novelist Ken Follett, claimed more than £1,600 for window cleaning at her London home, with the cleaners visiting on 18 occasions at £94-a-time during 2003-04.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7417017.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7417017.stm)

Title: Re: MPs expenses
Post by: Ian W on May 24, 2008, 03:18:48 pm

Glad to hear the tax payer's money is being spent wisely...  >:(

Title: Re: MPs expenses
Post by: jeff1 on May 24, 2008, 04:57:34 pm

One section I read made me smile.

Stevenage MP Barbara Follett, the wife of millionaire novelist Ken Follett, claimed more than £1,600 for window cleaning at her London home, with the cleaners visiting on 18 occasions at £94-a-time during 2003-04.

Title: Re: MPs expenses
Post by: *Mr Tumble on May 24, 2008, 05:12:24 pm

and that was five years ago! Imagine the bill now with wfp.

Title: Re: MPs expenses
Post by: Tim82 on May 24, 2008, 05:27:47 pm

Quote from: jeff1 on May 24, 2008, 04:57:34 pm

One section I read made me smile.

Stevenage MP Barbara Follett, the wife of millionaire novelist Ken Follett, claimed more than £1,600 for window cleaning at her London home, with the cleaners visiting on 18 occasions at £94-a-time during 2003-04.

That was the bit he quoted in the first post!v ;)

Title: Re: MPs expenses
Post by: jeff1 on May 24, 2008, 05:29:54 pm

Well I'm a GONK and never seen it  ;D ;D ;D