MPs should not be forced to sack their husbands or wives even if a wholesale review of Westminster's pay and perks regime recommends a ban on employing spouses, Commons Leader Harriet Harman said. Asked whether Ipsa could... [read full story]
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MPs are expected to lose the right to charge mortgage interest payments to the taxpayer and employ their own relatives on parliamentary expenses, under the recommendations of an eagerly-awaited report.
MPs are expected to lose the right to charge mortgage interest payments to the taxpayer and employ their own relatives on parliamentary expenses, under the recommendations of an eagerly-awaited report.
Harriet Harman, Andrew Marr, U.K. Government, U.K. Cabinet and Departments, U.K. Leader of the House of Commons
