Aside from the original issue of both Mr Mackay and Miss Kirkbride claiming second
home allowances for different homes - for which David Cameron said Miss Kirkbride's situation was different - further issues have since been raised:
The Conservatives are prepared to support certain measures such as the removal of second
home allowances for ministers in grace and favour properties - a reform which was in fact first proposed by David Cameron - but want voters to be able to Google MPs» expenses.
Second
home allowances for MPs could be replaced by an annual housing grant worth up to # 24,000, the Sunday Times claims.
Relatively uncontroversial expenses claims include maximum second
home allowance for past two years.
At present 51 of the AMs are entitled to a second
home allowance for attending the assembly in Cardiff.
He added that he had not claimed any second
home allowance for his country house in Shropshire, which would have cost the taxpayer far more.
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There's also an
allowance for setting up a
home office, and an ergonomic consultation to go along with that.
Perquisites are intentionally limited and may include a car
allowance, paid parking, financial planning, certain club dues,
home security systems, and benefits under a Relocation Program
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These perquisites may include a car
allowance, paid parking, financial planning, certain club dues,
home security systems, and benefits under a Relocation Program
for team members who relocate at our request.
Perquisites have intentionally been limited and may include a car
allowance, paid parking, financial planning, certain club dues,
home security systems, and benefits under a Relocation Program
for team members who relocate at our request.
In lieu of a car
allowance, under our security policy
for our Chairman and our CEO, we provide a car and driver to Mr. Kovacevich and to Mr. Stumpf that each of them used primarily
for business and occasionally
for commuting from
home to office or to outside events.
The HRC has intentionally limited perquisites to executive officers and in 2010 reduced or eliminated almost all executive perquisite programs, including those providing
for relocation - related
home purchase expenses and reimbursements
for financial planning services, automobile
allowance, club dues, parking, and
home security systems.
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home you propose to buy, be sure to make adequate
allowance for these items.
As the largest virtual company in the world, Automattic's 100 percent distributed workforce enjoys perks such as a
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In order to receive the government «birth
allowance» payment, a
home birthing mother must bring her baby in to a hospital within 24 hours of the birth, and then be admitted
for at least 12 hours.
«The emergency regulation upholds the State's position that
home care workers should be paid
for 13 hours of a 24 - hour lift - in shift, provided
allowance is made
for sleep and meal time.
In May 2009, The Daily Telegraph revealed Lidington had claimed nearly # 1,300
for his dry cleaning and had also claimed
for toothpaste, shower gel, body spray and vitamin supplements on his second
home allowance.
The coalition's plans include capping housing benefit at around # 400 - a-week
for a four - bedroom
home, and cutting the benefit
for anyone on jobseeker's
allowance for more than a year by 10 %.
The shadow
home secretary also proposed a habitual residence test
for jobseekers»
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Conservative leader says MP and wife of aide Andrew Mackay, who has resigned, has to answer
for second
home allowance
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He had allowed his daughter and her boyfriend to live in the London flat
for which he claimed a second
home allowance.
Further revelations that the peer has received a second
home allowance of # 38,280 a year
for the last five years - despite having her main
home in the capital - meant many within Whitehall had predicted an imminent departure
for the peer.
They've pledged to raise the tax - free personal
allowance to # 12,500, the top rate of income tax to # 50,000 and sell 100,000 new
homes at 20 % below asking price
for first - time buyers under 40.
Tomorrow second
home allowance details come out
for the year.
Claim: The Conservative leader claimed a total of # 82,450 on his second
home allowance over five years - mostly on mortgage interest payments and utility bills
for his constituency
home in Oxfordshire.
• No doubt Mark Simmonds is aware the maximum housing benefit
for a three - bed flat in inner London, the largest
for which he'd be entitled to claim, is # 350.95 a week, or # 18,249.40 annually, just over half of the # 35,375 he can claim as a rental
allowance on a second
home as an MP.
David Howarth, MP
for Cambridge, is alone among Lib Dem MPs outside greater London in not claiming
for a second
homes allowance last year.
As well as not claiming a second
home allowance, Mr Afriyie - elected in 2005 - was not reimbursed
for any travel costs.
Claim: It is claimed the junior minister had a # 450 widescreen television delivered to his family
home in Wales and then claimed it on his
allowance for his second
home in London.
Three cabinet members in particular are singled out
for their «modest» claims under the second
homes allowance by the Telegraph.
He says the second
home allowance should only be used
for paying
for hotel accommodation or rental property.
Mr Cameron told the Lib Dem leader not to «put himself on a pedestal» over MPs» expenses, after Mr Clegg repeated his claim that politicians from «both of the old parties» had not been held to account
for flipping their second
home designations to maximise their income from
allowances.
Housing
allowances Housing benefits will be capped at a maximum of # 280 a week
for a one - bedroom property to # 400 a week
for a four - bedroom or larger
home.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has called
for the immediate disclosure of MPs» expenses relating to their second -
home allowance.
But the couple denied leaving the house vacant and insisted that married MPs were entitled to separate claims
for a shared property, under the second
home allowance rules.
Second
home allowance would be replaced with a flat daily rate
for MPs attending parliament, basing their
allowance on «actual attendance in Westminster».
Taking advantage of an
allowance which permitted Lords # 174
for every night they spent in the capital while attending sessions of the Lords, he actually spent those nights in his
home in Essex.
We called
for a ban on ministers claiming second
home allowances when they enjoy a grace and favour
home.
Sky report that the Conservatives will table a motion in the Commons next week proposing the
allowance as described by Mr Camron above, which will only allow MPs to claim
for rent, utility bills, council tax and mortgage interest payments on a second
home.
«David Cameron has sought to embarrass Gordon Brown over his expenses bill by pledging he will not claim the «second
homes»
allowance for MPs if he moves into Downing Street.
There is no suggestion of anything illegal but the newspaper's Vincent Moss is noting a substantial capital gain
for Mr Grayling on the flat
for which the
allowance is claimed plus the fact that his # 1.5 m constituency
home is just 17 miles away.
«Gordon Brown was dragged into the Westminster expenses row last night after questions were raised about his claims
for more than # 100,000 in second -
home allowances despite having two grace - and - favour properties.»
It will also propose that MPs living within an hour's journey of London should not be able to claim
for a second
home, and also call
for a reduction in the
allowance for London MPs.
[43] «The Committee issued a second report on 17th March 2005 criticising Sayeed
for failing to apologise
for his conduct as the first report had ordered,
for sending out a circular on House of Commons stationery to members of the Mid Bedfordshire Conservative Association asking
for their support in his reselection, and misuse of
allowances to pay
for work on his
home.
If you look,
for instance, at the issue of the stay - at -
home mother, we do talk in the coalition government about having some sort of transferable tax
allowance to help couples in that way.
Jacqui Smith, the
Home Secretary, who has faced criticism recently over claiming more than # 16,000 of taxpayers» money for a second home allowance, fared ba
Home Secretary, who has faced criticism recently over claiming more than # 16,000 of taxpayers» money
for a second
home allowance, fared ba
home allowance, fared badly.