Sentences with phrase «expenses watchdog»

Expenses watchdog's ban to take effect after 2020 election, but family members who are already employed will be allowed to stay on

Confusion over whether the newly - established expenses watchdog will accept Sir Christopher Kelly's recommendations in full is overshadowing the build - up to his report's publication.

Parliament's expenses watchdog is set to loosen up the allowances regime later this week, according to a report.

The Unite union is pressuring parliament's expenses watchdog to make paternity leave claims unconditional.

The parliamentary expenses watchdog will not be forced into making changes by critical MPs, its chairman has insisted.

As a poll found that 82 % of Tories believed that Miller should lose her job over her expenses, the work and pensions secretary said he was «very open» to a proposal by parliament's expenses watchdog to introduce independent regulation of MPs.

Mid-Bedfordshire MP Nadine Dorries is facing an investigation into her expenses claim by the parliamentary expenses watchdog.

She claims IPSA, parliamentary expenses watchdog, targetted her to justify the money they received for their work.

A pledge to end MPs» generous final - salary pension scheme has not come to fruition just yet, as expenses watchdog Ipsa is taking its time.

Nadine Dorries attacked the parliamentary expenses watchdog for opening an investigation into her allowances this afternoon.

The MPs» expenses watchdog will recommend a pay rise for MPs to # 74,000 but will say there should be cuts to other allowances, the BBC has learned.

A by - election is taking place in Rotherham on Thursday following the resignation of Labour's Denis MacShane, who was condemned by the parliamentary expenses watchdog over his expenses claims.

«MPs have been forced to borrow money from their parents because the Commons expenses watchdog is trying to «screw them into the ground», a Tory backbencher claimed yesterday.

«Fundamentally we believe the current system whereby [expenses watchdog] Ipsa pays MPs» rent is deeply flawed, both because it is open to abuse and because it does not represent good value for the taxpayer,» Unlock Democracy's director Peter Facey said.

Not exact matches

Others, such as consumer watchdog Public Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiatives.

The charity watchdog states that Clinton Foundation program expenses have grown at a rate of 17 percent.

The competition watchdog has warned that the privatisation process for Fremantle Ports could deliver a high price to government, but that it may come at the expense of port users.

Nonprofit consultants and watchdog organizations generally recommend that a minimum of 60 % of donor dollars go to program expenses.

A researcher for government watchdog groups said the district should have done more to reduce expenses.

Perhaps the only rival for the public's hatred of MPs in the wake of the expenses scandal is MPs» hatred for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, the watchdog set up to monitor their allowances.

Democratic Unionist Party MP Jim Shannon is being investigated by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority's compliance officer over expenses claims, the watchdog has said.

Patronage jobs for relatives, personal holiday cards printed at taxpayer expense, and lavish weddings for the fair director's daughters were among the shocking examples of «flagrant, chronic abuse» detailed yesterday by a watchdog's probe into mismanagement at — of all places — the Great New York State Fair.

And standards watchdog Sir Christopher Kelly, who is holding an independent inquiry into expenses, warned against a «quick fix».

Fiscal watchdogs question the expense and cost of subsidizing the film industry, especially in New York City, where a number of movies and TV shows have already been made due to the iconic locations.

It means the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) watchdog, set up in the aftermath of the original expenses scandal, faces criticism for failing to stop the overall cost to the taxpayer rising.

A total of 44 MPs had their expenses claims rejected in the final two months of 2010, the parliamentary watchdog has revealed.

Among his recommendations, Astorino favors switching elected officials from the defined - benefit pension plan to a defined - contribution plan; replacing the per diem system for lawmaker expenses to one requiring stricter bookkeeping; and scrapping the state Joint Commission on Public Ethics in favor of a new independent ethics watchdog appointed by the judiciary.

A former anti-sleaze watchdog said it was now time for an overhaul of the entire expenses system for MPs - including the way relatives are employed.

A COMMONS watchdog set up to curb MPs» expenses spending has blown more than a quarter of a million pounds on a new website.

The peer, whose expenses claims are being examined by a watchdog, insisted she had stuck by the rules for declaring shareholdings.

A fiscal watchdog group is questioning the state's century - old prevailing wage law for construction workers, saying it unnecessarily costs taxpayers billions of dollars a year in added expenses for big road, bridge and other projects.

Sir Ian Kennedy, chair of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority watchdog set up in the wake of the expenses scandal, has declared the practice of MPs «marking their own homework» has got to end.

Committee members criticised for watering down watchdog recommendations over amount Miller should repay in expenses

Last week Westminster's anti-sleaze watchdog John Lyon launched an inquiry into Employment Minister Tony McNulty's expenses over claims he pocketed # 60,000 on his parents» home only 11 miles from Westminister.

A parliamentary watchdog found she broke the ministerial code for failing to co-operate fully with an inquiry into her expenses.

Former Labour minister Denis MacShane has quit as an MP after a watchdog ruled he had fiddled his expenses.

The watchdog is set to review MPs» expenses rules this autumn, after a tumultuous few months of the new parliament.

Mr Martin is currently conducting his own «root and branch» inquiry into MPs» expenses but now faces his own investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog.

The watchdog also criticised MPs» system of perks and benefits, claiming it is too easy for them to claim expenses and questioning the generosity of MP pensions.

Home secretary, Jacqui Smith, is to have her expense claims investigated by parliament's standards watchdog.

Legislation imposing an external watchdog on MPs» expenses completed its rushed journey through parliament yesterday.

Frustrations with the new expenses system have already prompted retreats from the watchdog charged with overseeing the new regime.

Mnuchin's use of the plane at taxpayers» expense prompted an outcry from Democratic lawmakers and interest groups and spurred a government watchdog to begin examining whether it violated travel or ethics policies.

The Audit Commission — the spending watchdog supposedly in charge of overseeing value for money in town halls — has been exposed hiring a vanity photographer to snap drink - fuelled parties at taxpayers» expense, and spending public money on a lavish series of events for friends of the quango.

«I don't buy the argument that the incentive with regard to any particular company is diluted, because so many issues - like backdating, expensing options, etc. - apply across the entire sector,» says corporate - governance watchdog Nell Minow, co-founder of the Corporate Library research firm.

«Internet freedom must not come at the expense of children who are sex trafficked,» said John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog Privacy Project Director.