As you might have seen in the news, the UK Parliament has made available records of MPs’ expenses from 2004/05 – 2007/08.
Obviously these records can reach hundreds of pages for each MP and will take some time to sift through. It seems to me that by applying a bit of ‘crowdsourcing’ to the job might help us to pick out the more ‘interesting’ claims that our MPs have made.
Following that line of thought, I’ve had a look through the claims made by one MP and noted items that jump out at me.
If you’re interested in transparency in politics why not do the same? It’d be great if you could post a comment here linking back to your post so there is an easy to follow thread.
2007/08 – David Davis MP | Haltemprice and Holderness
David Davis bagged himself an 8GB iPhone along with docking station, remote and case at a cost to the taxpayer of £339.00. This is in addition to a monthly bill from Vodafone, plus a regular payment marked ‘Cellhire’ (no invoice I can see).
A 24″ HDMI LCD. Not cheap at £463.06
£100 claimed each month in petty cash.
£2820 to a paid to an invoice headed ‘People Innovation’. The only company I can find of this name is a company listed under the ‘Business and Management Consultants’ category in Horsham, West Sussex.
A claim for £705 was made for ‘data recovery’ which raises the question, why was important data not backed up or easily recoverable in the first instance?
