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MP Sarah Champion claims £17 poppy wreath expenses


Sarah Champion Rotherham MP Sarah Champion claimed for the poppy wreath as "office costs"


An MP claimed £17 on expenses for the cost of a Remembrance Day poppy wreath.

Sarah Champion, Labour MP for Rotherham, billed the taxpayer for the tribute as "office costs", describing it as "necessary expenses".

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) said MPs were not allowed to make such claims and was seeking repayment from Miss Champion.

She admitted the claim "should never have been made" and would reimburse IPSA on Monday.

The TaxPayers' Alliance described it as "downright low".

Details of the expense from IPSA show the MP made the claim on 21 October 2014 for "Wreath for Remembrance Sunday".

It said it had "mistakenly processed" the claim after Miss Champion entered it under the office costs expenses category.

A spokesman for IPSA said: "We publish everything MPs claim even in circumstances like this and we'll be seeking repayment from the MP."

Andy Silvester, campaign director at the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "Taxpayers will be outraged.

"Trying to put the bill on somebody else to honour our servicemen and women is downright low, but the fact that IPSA approved the claim shows how crushingly out of touch this overgrown monster of a quango is."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-so ... e-31895703

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

It's the thought that counts, I suppose. On more levels than one.

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http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

aye mate, and the thought being - I aint paying for that?

ffs

could these people get any f*cking lower?

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

They could be buggering kids too....

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http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

Cold hearted greedy b@$*@£#...

nowt controversial - considering she's the MP for Rotherham ffs

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

just how far is this MP's moral compass out of track ffs?

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Not sure I know what you mean because you mentioned an MP and moral compass in the same sentence

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

sad but true

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

When I spotted that yesterday that's when I stopped reading it, them cunts really can't stoop any lower.

Dont underestimate them as Im sure they can..