seriousness of ourregion’s MPs about development was evident on Monday at a crucial meetingcalled by the South East Central Railway (SECR), Nagpur Division, to discussissues related to ongoing and proposed projects. Of the 14 MPs invited for themeeting, only four turned up. The four MPs who attended the meet were MarotraoKowase (Gadchiroli), Hansraj Ahir (Chandrapur), KD Deshmukh (Balaghat) andMadhusudan...
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expenses scandal allows us to reconsider the faulty logic that insists 'professionals' be paid so much more than othersMany Labour MPs already, quietly, plough much of their wages into enhancing staff numbers and staff pay. I have made a more explicit pledge both because I want to be as accessible as possible if elected as an MP (with longer office hours and more outreach), but more importantly because...
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number of MPs with assets worth over Rs one crore has doubled in the present Lok Sabha compared to the preceding one as the average worth of assets of an MP has nearly tripled, a report has said.The number of crorepati MPs has increased from 156 in 2004 to 315 in 2009, while the average worth of assets of an MP in the Lower House has gone up from Rs 1.86 crore to Rs 5.33 crore in the last five years,...
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown today accepted "in full" the Kelly report on MPs' expenses, which said MPs should no longer be able to claim for their mortgages or employ family members at the taxpayer's expense.Mr Brown wrote to Sir Christopher Kelly as his long-awaited report was published today, saying MPs should not seek to water down his controversial proposals.The chairman of the Committee on Standards...
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Sinn Fein MPs should still be allowed to claim hotel expenses when in London, a review of MPs' expenses has recommended.Sir Christopher Kelly's review committee was asked to overhaul the system after the expenses scandal.Unionist parties had said Sinn Fein should get no allowances as the party does not take its Westminster seats.But the committee said the party's MPs should be allowed to claim hotel...
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number of MPs with assets worth over Rs1 crore has doubled in the present Lok Sabha compared to the preceding one as the average worth of assets of an MP has nearly tripled, a report has said.The number of crorepati MPs has increased from 156 in 2004 to 315 in 2009, while the average worth of assets of an MP in the Lower House has gone up from Rs1.86 crore to Rs5.33 crore in the last five years, said...
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The number of MPs withassets worth over Rs one crore has doubled in the present Lok Sabha compared tothe preceding one as the average worth of assets of an MP has nearly tripled, areport has said.The number of crorepati MPs has increased from 156in 2004 to 315 in 2009, while the average worth of assets of an MP in the LowerHouse has gone up from Rs 1.86 crore to Rs 5.33 crore in the last five years,said...
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introduction to Sir Christopher Kelly's long-awaited report into MPs' expenses, published yesterday, notes there is "a profound crisis of public confidence in the integrity of MPs".After months of damning revelations about duck-house buying, dry cleaning-bill submitting, second-home "flipping" and the myriad other claims made by MPs, that seems like something of an understatement.ing to the publication...
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Bercow, the Commons Speaker, warned yesterday it would be a “catastrophic mistake” to water down tough plans for sweeping reform of MPs’ expenses.He admitted that some MPs were facing “rough justice”, but insisted that “denial, delay or dilution is simply not an option” if MPs were to regain public confidence following the expenses scandal.The veteran civil servant Sir Christopher Kelly provoked a...
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body of Rifleman Samuel Bassett is repatriated at RAF Lyneham inWiltshire on Monday. Rifleman Bassett was killed after a roadsidebomb detonated near him in Helmand province, AfghanistanGordon Brown and three cabinet ministers have moved to shore up wavering support among Labour backbenchers for the war in Afghanistan.In a joint email to the party's MPs, they insist the military action is essential...
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