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GBP1600 on 23 rail trips and 20 quid on hand gel? Scandalous.

Will it ever stop ?

1st class rail trips.

I think you missed the point that all MP’s can still work harder to reduce their expense claims following that expenses scandal
 

People don't read links, I forgot. Text from Private Eye

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No 10's flat denials
Downing Street donations , Issue 1563

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WHEN the Daily Mail first reported the Downing Street refurbishment last February, the Cabinet Office categorically denied that Boris Johnson had taken any money from outside donors. Like many claims from his administration this turned out to be an inverted pyramid of piffle.
Thanks to last week's Electoral Commission probe we now know a lot more about the sequence of events. The commission fined the Conservatives £17,800 for their "lack of regard for the law": small beer for a refurb which has so far cost at least £140,000 to transform the prime ministerial penthouse into party central.
Johnson had the wheeze of commissioning a non-charitable trust to act as a vessel for secret cash donations for the flat. The snag was that at least two sets of legal advice seen by the Cabinet Office poured scorn on the idea. Not to be deterred, on 10 July 2020 the PM appointed millionaire Tory donor Lord Brownlow as "Chair of the Trust". But the trust never existed.
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The commission may have concluded its work but this subject is far from closed. One of the most baffling questions is how the perennially cash-strapped PM, who was too broke to stump up £52,000 in June 2020, was suddenly so flush with cash that he paid Lulu Lytle £112,000 in March 2021, within a fortnight of the first Daily Mail article – when his register of members' interests and ministerial list of interests didn't declare any cash windfalls or loans during that time.
 
People don't read links, I forgot. Text from Private Eye

"
No 10's flat denials
Downing Street donations , Issue 1563

wallpaper.jpg


WHEN the Daily Mail first reported the Downing Street refurbishment last February, the Cabinet Office categorically denied that Boris Johnson had taken any money from outside donors. Like many claims from his administration this turned out to be an inverted pyramid of piffle.
Thanks to last week's Electoral Commission probe we now know a lot more about the sequence of events. The commission fined the Conservatives £17,800 for their "lack of regard for the law": small beer for a refurb which has so far cost at least £140,000 to transform the prime ministerial penthouse into party central.
Johnson had the wheeze of commissioning a non-charitable trust to act as a vessel for secret cash donations for the flat. The snag was that at least two sets of legal advice seen by the Cabinet Office poured scorn on the idea. Not to be deterred, on 10 July 2020 the PM appointed millionaire Tory donor Lord Brownlow as "Chair of the Trust". But the trust never existed.
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The commission may have concluded its work but this subject is far from closed. One of the most baffling questions is how the perennially cash-strapped PM, who was too broke to stump up £52,000 in June 2020, was suddenly so flush with cash that he paid Lulu Lytle £112,000 in March 2021, within a fortnight of the first Daily Mail article – when his register of members' interests and ministerial list of interests didn't declare any cash windfalls or loans during that time.

Sorry, were you expecting some sort of defence of this ?
 
The Daily Mail, very good 🤣🤣🤣. The Taxpayers Alliance (who are they exactly? 🤔) even better 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Did you get any other comics for Christmas?

Rayner paid back her "personalised Air Pods" but the lass must travel 1st Class to keep her away from the "working classes" she purports to fight for. 🤷‍♀️
 
Did I call this a scandal ?

I said all MP‘s can still work harder to reduce their expense claims.

You don’t agree?
You posted a dog whistle Daily Mail article with no comment other than “Will it ever stop”.
 
Travelled a bit on trains and never got the point of first class, it’s pretty much exactly the same as cattle class.
 
Travelled a bit on trains and never got the point of first class, it’s pretty much exactly the same as cattle class.
I guess it guarantees her a bit of space to work plus freedom from trolls. Not a story.

My niece works for xxx, she reckons they’re considering yyyy from zzz. But she was disappointingly discreet so I don’t have a scoop!
 
You posted a dog whistle Daily Mail article with no comment other than “Will it ever stop”.

Yes, will we ever stop reading articles about MP’s taking advantage. Doesn’t mean it has to be a scandal.

So, do you agree?
 
Rayner paid back her "personalised Air Pods" but the lass must travel 1st Class to keep her away from the "working classes" she purports to fight for. 🤷‍♀️
Yeah, out of order. What she should have done was chartered a private internal flight to get her around, assuming her destination was a jolly of course. 🤷‍♂️
 
Yeah, out of order. What she should have done was chartered a private internal flight to get her around, assuming her destination was a jolly of course. 🤷‍♂️

What she should have done was go cattle class with the “workers” and not 1st class with these JRM types 😉
 
Does your service still use the Bradford Index/Factor to calculate absence?

And just for @MarkG there are targets set after 3 episodes or 10 days absence in a rolling 12 month period at our Trust.

How "firm" those targets are is a matter for debate but they seem to work.
Not Bradford, but similar.

8 days absence or 3 periods within a 12 month period trigger an absence warning that runs from stage 1 through to stage 4 dismissal. Even without exhausting all attendance warnings it is possible to meet the threshold for dismissal under medical inefficiency.

The days of getting a free ride in the civil service are long gone. That's not to say that people don't take the P**s, but that's hardly exclusive to state funded employment.
 
The days of getting a free ride in the civil service are long gone. That's not to say that people don't take the P**s, but that's hardly exclusive to state funded employment.

It does still seem a decent holiday entitlement though.

30 days holiday after 5 years civil service plus bank holidays plus 1 privilege day.
 
What she should have done was go cattle class with the “workers” and not 1st class with these JRM types 😉
Yes because none of their work is confidential and they are not bound by the official secrets acts. I know this because their partners are allowed to attend their meetings.
 
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