The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has now been set up and a Chairman appointed, but just how independent is Ipsa?
Ipsa
Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, was appointed to »»
Filed under: uncategorized | Alastair Campbell, Cindy Butts, Commissioner for Parliamentary Investigations, David Curry, Don Touhig, Felicity Huston, Harriet Harman, House of Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges, Ian Kennedy, Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, Ipsa, John Bercow, Liz Blackman, Martin Sinclair, Nick Harvey, Parliamentary Standards Act 2009, Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, Sir Christopher Rose, Sir George Young, Sir Ian Kennedy, Sir Stuart Bell, Speaker of the house of commons, The Speakers Committee|2 Comments
The current Green Book, A guide to members allowances, entitles MPs to receive a daily un-receipted allowance of £25 a day as a ’subsistence’ allowance.
MPs will just have to state how many nights they have spent away from their main home ‘on parliamentary business’ to receive the flat-rate sum.
Filed under: Politicians | Alan Duncan, David Maclean, Harriet Harman, John Bercow, Members Estimate Committee, MPs allowances, Nick Harvey, Stuart Bell, unreceipted allowances|No Comments