New Labour Unplugged have spotted a little lordly looting of the public coffers going on. Peers who say their main residence is outside London can claim an overnight allowance of ₤154.50 for staying in the capital on parliamentary business. A clutch of New Labour peers have paid their mortgages on so-called second homes at the expense of taxpayers.Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde (the former trade union leader Brenda Dean) received ₤57,944 in overnight subsistence payments between 2001 -05 after claiming her main home was a waterfront pad in Falmouth while the £900,000 Islington town house she shares with her husband, former CBI press chief, Keith McDowall, was merely their second home.
Don't you just love politicians, trade Union officials et al?
It's better then winning the lottery, this public service lark. Any shop stewards out there want to defend this?
Lucky theivin' bastards.
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I bet she's a good shag cos she's been fuckin the ordinary union member for long enough.
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