PEERS are claiming hundreds of thousands of pounds in expenses for staying overnight in London when they already own homes with no mortgages near the House of Lords.
The Sunday Times has found that many London-based peers routinely claim accommodation allowances intended to finance peers based outside the capital.
Among them are two House of Lords couples who are each claiming large sums for running shared properties in expensive parts of London.
The Conservative peers Viscount and Baroness Eccles made separate expense claims on the same Westminster flat totalling more than £44,000 last year. Since 2001 they have received about £220,000 to maintain the property, which has no mortgage.
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Viscount, Baroness, Lord what century does this nonsense belong to?
ReplyDeletePermit me to acquaint one to the 21st century title, Parasite Eccles of Moulton Hall.