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British MP of Jamaican heritage in pilfering scandal
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Dawn Butler, a British Member of Parliament of Jamaican parentage, has been caught up in a pilfering scandal of the British Treasury, by political leaders in England.
The scandal has so far resulted in the resignation of one politician and others paying back or pledging to pay back thousands of pounds they claimed.
Ms. Butler, the Labour MP for Brent South in London, has been implicated in the scandal for claiming 60,000 pounds for a second home.
She is reported to have pocketed the money despite having homes close to Parliament.
Ms. Butler along with hundreds of other British MPs' are now facing the threat of having to repay expenses overlooked in the past four years by the British parliament.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman, have called for a review of the claims to ensure they were made within the rules.
Opposition leader David Cameron called for all MPs' expenses to be published online and for the 10,000 pounds annual communications allowance to be axed.
Over 100,000 pounds have so far been pledged in pay back to the British Treasury by the MPs'.
One Conservative MP Andrew MacKay has already quit as parliamentary aide to David Cameron over what the party said was an "unacceptable" expenses claim.
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Dawn Butler, a British Member of Parliament of Jamaican parentage, has been caught up in a pilfering scandal of the British Treasury, by political leaders in England.
The scandal has so far resulted in the resignation of one politician and others paying back or pledging to pay back thousands of pounds they claimed.
Ms. Butler, the Labour MP for Brent South in London, has been implicated in the scandal for claiming 60,000 pounds for a second home.
She is reported to have pocketed the money despite having homes close to Parliament.
Ms. Butler along with hundreds of other British MPs' are now facing the threat of having to repay expenses overlooked in the past four years by the British parliament.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman, have called for a review of the claims to ensure they were made within the rules.
Opposition leader David Cameron called for all MPs' expenses to be published online and for the 10,000 pounds annual communications allowance to be axed.
Over 100,000 pounds have so far been pledged in pay back to the British Treasury by the MPs'.
One Conservative MP Andrew MacKay has already quit as parliamentary aide to David Cameron over what the party said was an "unacceptable" expenses claim.
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