Pig Ugly As Well As Pig Greedy"Janet Anderson, MP for Rossendale and Darwen in Lancashire, submitted a claim for £11,996, equating to 41,984 miles. It is the equivalent of 91 round trips to her constituency, or five round trips for each week that parliament sat.
In addition, Mrs Anderson claimed £2,987 in rail fares - enough for at least 11 round trips to her constituency - and £2,693 in air fares, together with another £715 in "miscellaneous" travel expenses.
As well as having the biggest mileage claim of any MP, Mrs Anderson claimed £23,039 for her second home, even though she lives with her partner, Labour MP Jim Dowd, at his constituency home in Lewisham during the week. Mr Dowd, meanwhile, claimed a London Supplement of £2,812 on the couple's home in the capital.
Mrs Anderson claimed a total of £173,556 in expenses and allowances in 2007-8, the seventh highest claim of any MP. It is a huge increase from the £155,610 she claimed in the previous year.
She was unavailable for comment last night."By Gordon Rayner, Chief Reporter
The Penguin
4 comments:
Oink! Oink! Oink! Oink! Oink! Oink! Oink! Etc etc ...
I thought it was a picture of Jo Brand at first glance
Grubby little thieves, all of them. I wouldn't employ a single MP, MEP or professional Lord to even so much as sit in the bilges of my schooners and watch for leaks - couldn't trust 'em that far.
Is she related to Jo Brand?
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