How Gorbals Mick Used Our Money to Pulp Guide to Mps' Expenses ; ... Simply Because He Thought Two Innocent References to Glasgow Would Embarrass Him
Mail on Sunday › February 10, 2009
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COMMONS Speaker Michael Martin was accused last night of a 'disgraceful waste of money' after pulping a new guide on MPs' expenses over fears it would reignite the row over his own travel claims.
The Speaker ordered officials to scrap a report outlining a new regime for MPs' expenses just hours before it was due to be published when he discovered it referred to travel claims between Westminster and his home city of Glasgow.See the full content of this document
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How Gorbals Mick Used Our Money to Pulp Guide to Mps' Expenses ; ... Simply Because He Thought Two Innocent References to Glasgow Would Embarrass Him
To the astonishment of MPs and officials, the 57-page document was withdrawn at public expense and two references to Glasgow were replaced by Edinburgh - just to spare Mr Martin's blushes.
Mr Martin sparked p...See the full content of this document
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