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THE House of Lords expenses system is wide open to abuse, an internal report warned yesterday.
Auditors said one peer had been recorded as attending Parliament on a sitting day — meaning the member could have claimed £300 — despite having been abroad at the time.
The report also pointed out that there was no definition of the “appropriate parliamentary work” members must have carried out in order to receive the tax-free daily allowances.
Tony Benn’s constituents chose him by an overwhelming majority — but because he had inherited a peerage, parliamentary rules declared their choice invalid, writes MAT COWARD
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP