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Article: MPs IN COURT FIGHT TO KEEP EXES SECRET ; (1) They dont want details of second homes made public (2) Speakers move will cost taxpayer thousands of pounds
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 25, 2008
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MICHAEL MARTIN this afternoon launched a legal bid to block an
order to reveal details of senior MPs expenses.
The move by the Speaker of the House of Commons is expected to
cost the taxpayer tens of thousands of pounds.
It comes after a three-year battle to force the Commons
authorities to publish details of how prominent MPs use public funds
for second homes.
A special tribunal had ordered the Commons Commission to make
public how 15 current or former MPs, including Tony Blair, Gordon
Brown, David Cameron, Sir Menzies Campbell and George Galloway,
spent allowances to finance their lifestyle.
But the commission, chaired by Mr Martin, was today seeking to
appeal in the High Court against the ...