Sentences with phrase «politicians claiming expenses»

Fewer MPs would cost us less - with fewer politicians claiming expenses.

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Despite claims from politicians and economists that trade deals yield universal benefits, the protesters argued that such agreements serve only to make corporate masters wealthier at the expense of the rest of the population.

The issue of an MP claiming expenses for a mortgage that has already been paid off really does matter to people, and politicians can not defend extra-marital affairs by pretending that the public isn't interested.

I have already published my councillor expenses on my website for some time and I have been critical of those politicians making frivolous claims.

And, referring to Mr Clegg's expenses claim for a cake tin, Mr Cameron said: «Frankly, Nick, we all had problems with this, whether it was moats or politicians claiming on phantom mortgages or kitchens and cake tins.

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.