by Adam McCulloch

Just occurred to me that the more well-off MPs, usually Conservative, who have been claiming expenses for moat repairs, swimming pool maintenance etc, don't really require the same allowance as others.
So, as policymakers regard means testing and eligibility thresholds the best way of 'fairly' determining who gets what service, why not means test MPs and establish an income threshold above which they are not deemed to need expenses?

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/2009/05/means-test-mps-for-expense-cla.html

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Posted 13 May 2009 6:21 PM by The Social Work Blog | Report Abuse

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