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MPs in Oxfordshire yesterday backed away from awarding themselves an inflation-busting pay rise.
None of the county's six MPs were among the 155 who supported an unsuccessful backbench attempt to raise salaries - currently £61,820 - by up to 2.3 per cent this year and about 4.7 per cent next year.
Tory leader David Cameron, MP for Witney, and Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, were among 196 MPs who voted against the rise, which would have exceeded pay deals for police, nurses and teachers.
The rest of the county's MPs - Tony Baldry (Banbury), John Howell (Henley), Andrew Smith (Oxford East) and Ed Vaizey (Wantage) - did not vote.
The House of Commons later decided without a vote to back a 2.2 per cent pay rise for this year and the next two years.
MPs threw out a series of reforms of their expenses regime and defiantly held on to the John Lewis list, which allows MPs to use taxpayers money to buy furniture and household goods for their second homes.
They also rejected calls for independent scrutiny of their allowances.
8:44am Friday 4th July 2008
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CommentPosted by: Ken, Witney on 11:32pm Fri 4 Jul 08
Nice headline, but "MPs threw out a series of reforms of their expenses regime and defiantly held on to the John Lewis list, which allows MPs to use taxpayers money to buy furniture and household goods for their second homes."
"They also rejected calls for independent scrutiny of their allowances."
If we are to emerge from what is still considered to be a murky world of politics, if we are to encourage folk to get back to the polling stations then we have to ensure that there is transparency with regard to public spending!
I want to know what MP's spend, what they are paid as a salary, what expenses they can claim, I want to consider whether I believe this to be fair!
I want to know if there is a point in voting, or are they all as bad as eachother?
Nice headline, but "MPs threw out a series of reforms of their expenses regime and defiantly held on to the John Lewis list, which allows MPs to use taxpayers money to buy furniture and household goods for their second homes."
"They also rejected calls for independent scrutiny of their allowances."
If we are to emerge from what is still considered to be a murky world of politics, if we are to encourage folk to get back to the polling stations then we have to ensure that there is transparency with regard to public spending!
I want to know what MP's spend, what they are paid as a salary, what expenses they can claim, I want to consider whether I believe this to be fair!
I want to know if there is a point in voting, or are they all as bad as eachother?
Posted by: j, Oxfordshire on 9:00am Sat 5 Jul 08
Ken wrote:I want to know if there is a point in voting, or are they all as bad as each other?
Ken- your last sentence summed it up really!
Ken wrote:I want to know if there is a point in voting, or are they all as bad as each other?
Ken- your last sentence summed it up really!
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