Sentences with phrase «from ipsa»

This attitude won't sit well with most, but I'd bet my # 20 gift voucher from IPSA that each and every parliamentary staffer would sign an e-petition for it, were I bored enough to create one.

The posh and quite forthright lady from IPSA said I had attempted to submit a two - page invoice but had forgotten to enclose the second page.

I had a call from IPSA asking me to call them urgently about a claim my MP had submitted via their oh - so - simple online system.

Not exact matches

And as per usual, the monthly update from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA)...

On the rare occasion that I reach my underground station and realise I've left my Oyster card at home, I get a Travelcard and claim it back through IPSA, justifying it by saying that I'd had to travel from Westminster to the constituency that day.

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) intends to stick to its plan of increasing MPs» pay from # 66,396 to # 74,000, it was reported this weekend.

The total bill for MPs» expenses rose from # 98 million to # 103 million last year, according to figures released by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa.)

IPSA (cue pantomime hisses and real frustration from MPs) also breaks cover.

However, the deputy prime minister admitted he was powerless to stop Ipsa recommending a pay rise or preventing his MPs from accepting it.

The practice was permitted to continue by Ipsa but 155 out of the Commons» 650 MPs now employ a family member, up from 145 last year.

Judging from the complaining that still emanates from the body politic about IPSA and its practices, the notion that statutory underpinning in its case at least did not equal «entirely controlled by politicians.»

Sir Ian Kennedy, chairman of that body of responsibility and accountability dreaded and derided by MPs, IPSA, has received a strongly - worded letter from a mysterious «senior parliamentarian».

In a sign that the government acknowledges the damage from another row over expenses, Duncan Smith said he was open to a proposal by Sir Ian Kennedy, the chairman of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), to end the right of MPs to sit in judgment on their peers.

It read: «IPSA continues to listen to feedback from MPs and the public on the rules.

We are concerned that Ipsa's approach could deter some MPs from hiring female staff.»

IPSA, set up in the wake of the expenses scandal, has faced a backlash from some MPs claiming the new rules are overly complicated and draconian.

Mr Bercow's official spending is not subject to the same rules as other MPs - who are banned by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) from claiming meals or alcohol on expenses

Analysis from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) also showed that staff members related to MPs were paid on average # 5,600 more than unrelated staff members during the last parliament.

There's Constantine Cannon's band called Nunc Pro Funk, and Jazz Ipsa Loquitor, a creation of lawyers from Foley & Lardner and Lerman Senter.

And the odd «balductum,» hailing from 1593, is Latin for pressed milk: res, as they say, ipsa loquitur.