Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Kelly! Kelly! Kelly!

The

BBC
seem to have been extremely well briefed last night, do they have the whole report per chance?
MPs will be banned from claiming the cost of mortgage interest payments on second homes under proposals being put forward, sources have told the BBC.
It is understood the Kelly committee, which has been reviewing MPs' expenses, will recommend MPs will only be able to rent second homes in future.

The committee is also expected to recommend MPs will not be able to employ family members in the future.

It is understood the changes will be phased in over five years.
So far so good, while the phasing in could perhaps be done slightly quicker, TB isn't complaining, yet. This better not however be an early splurge of the boldest parts of the report. While these changes are very welcome, it must not be forgotten that Parliament's problems go a lot deeper than family members and mortgages. The entire expenses culture needs up-rooting. The
Sunlight Centre's
Disinfecting Parliament, a shadow Kelly report has set the bench mark for what needs to be done.
Have a read
. Kelly cannot afford to cock this up.

Lets hope he got to see one of those copies requested by the committee.

2 comments:

scottspeig
said...

I disagree with those proposals, I think they are a knee-jerk reaction rather than a careful study. I'm with LFAT on this one Tory Bear...

Although I certainly hope that these aren't the only hard-hitting recommendations

Anonymous said...

Not sure about the proposals of "The Sunlight Cnetre" Just had a quick look on their website and it seems you may have an interest to declare? Suppose its all in a days work for a Media Director!

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