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Article: 'We're all in this together' Oh yeah?
- Article from:
- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 18, 2009
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So, would-be Chancellor George Osborne says we must all share the
pain. Unemployment is at a 17-year high of 2.47 million and 65,000
face repossession, while Goldman Sachs bankers in the UK are in line
for an average 440,000 bonus, and top City lawyers are struggling on
380,000. Fair?
THE MP
Tony Baldry, 58
The Conservative MP for Banbury has 10 other paid roles outside
of Parliament. He has two homes in north Oxfordshire and London and,
despite his income from other work, claimed the maximum second home
allowance of 23,083 in 2007/8. Baldry's expenses are still being
examined and he was unavailable for comment yesterday, but has said:
"I genuinely believe my professional and outside ...