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*Mr Tumble

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MPs expenses
« 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

Ian W

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Re: MPs expenses
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2008, 03:18:48 pm »
Glad to hear the tax payer's money is being spent wisely...  >:(
Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible.
Charles Dickens

jeff1

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Re: MPs expenses
« Reply #2 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.

*Mr Tumble

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Re: MPs expenses
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2008, 05:12:24 pm »
and that was five years ago! Imagine the bill now with wfp.

Tim82

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Re: MPs expenses
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2008, 05:27:47 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 ;)

jeff1

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Re: MPs expenses
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2008, 05:29:54 pm »
Well I'm a GONK and never seen it  ;D ;D ;D