Sentences with phrase «erg claims»
ERG claims to achieve savings of at least # 20 billion in the financial year 2014 to 2015.
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In an interview with ConservativeHome in July, the ERG's then chairwoman, Suella Fernandes MP, claimed their «communication group» had more than a hundred members.
The government has denied that ERG membership is a breach of the code, claiming that group whose chair, Jacob Rees - Mogg, dramatically attacked government policy in the past week, is in fact nothing more than a research group.
The full spreadsheet of those who have claimed expenses to pay for their ERG subscription is here, although it is not clear that this is the full membership of the organisation, as a number of people listed on ERG letters and other publications — including office holders — are not included, and the list is significantly shorter than the 50 - 100 members that its leading figures sometimes claim to have.
Andrea Leadsom, the former Tory leadership contender who is currently Leader of the Commons, has claimed almost # 10,000 for ERG research.
Five other subscriptions from former Tory cabinet ministers and whips, plus the current chair of the ERG, means this group alone have claimed more than # 32,000 from the public purse.
Michael Gove, the environment secretary, Penny Mordaunt, the newly - promoted defence secretary, David Gauk, the work and pensions secretary, Sajid Javid, the communities and local government secretary, Andrea Leadsom, the Leader of the House of Commons, and Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, have all used official expenses claims to pay for «ERG subscriptions» over the last 12 months.
The «we will burn every last erg of fossil fuel» claim fails even a basic reality check.