More pigs at the trough

clipped from www.timesonline.co.uk Clamour grows to reveal the secret report that throws light on EU 'fraud' Pressure was growing last night on the European Parliament to publish a secret report into the misuse of MEPs’ expenses, which whistleblowers claim shows widespread abuse of taxpayers’ money. There was disbelief among the few MEPs who have been allowed to see the internal audit after officials at the Parliament said that they had not called in EU anti-fraud investigators because they did not think that it showed fraud. The Times understands that the audit of 167 MEPs’ staff expenses found seven who had set up companies to pay staff who did not seem to exist and others employing unqualified family members or paying the whole allowance of €15,496 (£11,710) a month to one person. In addition more than 20 appeared to have paid excessive Christmas bonuses, which the auditor felt were hard to justify. Just click on the supplement and read for yourself.