Nigel Gooding has left his job as operations director of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) following a series of rows with MPs, some of whom have been left up to £20,000 worse off under new stricter rules.
The 46-year-old civil servant was employed on a six-month contract to launch IPSA and implement cuts including an end to public subsidies on lavish second homes and first-class train trips.
However, he has stood down from his role, telling the Mail on Sunday: "I have left the job for the sake of my health and sanity."
IPSA was forced to erect a sign at its Commons offices warning MPs: ‘We will not tolerate abuse of staff.’
Many MPs have complained about IPSA's handling of their expenses and the implementation of the new rules.
Paul Farrelly, a Labour MP, sent a complaint to Mr Gooding and said the new system was "prehistoric, amateurish, self-defeating and bureaucracy gone mad".
So much for Parliament! This says more about the powers that be than their servants, which is telling enough. The sign outside the office should read “You can’t obey the rules,that’s why we are here.”
If MP Paul Farrelly has complaints then he ought to try the real world where a job move entails all the problems he encounters here.
Why employ a spineless character in any case? So you can bully him/her. Fetch back Elizabeth Filkin and give her a big stick.
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