UK MPs abuse watchdog staff over new expenses regime
Image by Jessicamulley via Flickr MPs abuse watchdog staff over new expenses regime
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has revealed the way their staff were treated by MPs as a result of the new rules on expenses.
The scheme came into effect on 7 May 2010, and was devised by the independent watchdog to ensure that expenses are based on reimbursement as opposed to “paying allowances”.
As a result of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, the IPSA has published a document which reveals the extent to which MPs and Houses of Commons employees treated watchdog staff when they were handling their expenses. It revealed that IPSA staff reported ten separate incidents of abuse, which included an MP repeatedly calling the new systems an “abortion”, another individual striking the laptop of his facilitator’s desk and one MP using expletives to one IPSA staff member and said they would “murder someone today”.
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