FOI reveals MPs, Lords, commons staff try to access porn thousands of times
The Huffington Post UK report: MPs, Lords and parliamentary staff have been trying to access porn websites potentially thousands of times, official figures reveal. Following a Freedom of Information...
View ArticleNHS ‘covered up’ £4m of gag orders under FOI
Sir David Nicholson, the outgoing head of the NHS, claimed earlier this year that he had only come across a single order and said he thought it was a “one-off”. However, the Department of Health has...
View ArticleFOI reveals MP demands 25p refund from Commons vending machine as ministers...
The Mail Online report: MPs’ perks include generous expenses, long holidays – and heavily subsidised food and drink at the House of Commons. But once again it seems they are not happy with their lot,...
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More than 600 accidents reported at the Houses of Parliament
Soup spillages, scaldings, slips and even an accident outside Black Rod’s entrance have occurred by hapless people at the Houses of Parliament in recent years. There’s been more than 600 accidents...
View ArticleFOI reveals MPs splash out £250,000 of public money on vanity portraits
MPs have splurged around £250,000 of taxpayers’ money having portraits painted of fellow parliamentarians, the Evening Standard can reveal. The spree, branded “an expensive vanity project” by critics,...
View ArticleFOI reveals £33k spend on MPs’ chairs
Parliamentary authorities have been criticised for having “expensive tastes” after it was disclosed that chairs for a canteen popular with MPs and peers cost taxpayers almost £33,000. The...
View ArticleFOI reveals knuckledusters and knives seized by police at the House of Commons
A total of 139 knives were seized from visitors to the House of Commons last year, new figures show. Police also took 63 sprays, most of them believed to be self-defence canisters, and nine other...
View ArticleFOI reveals only ten MPs donate to charity through payroll giving
Peter O’Hara, managing director of Workplace Giving UK, which funds the Geared for Giving Campaign, said MPs were unaware of the tax benefits of giving from pay Only ten MPs, or 1.5 per cent of the...
View ArticleFOI reveals 28 MPs fail to pay bar bills
The House authorities are chasing 28 MPs who have dodged bills for wining, dining and entertaining in Parliament’s restaurants and bars. A total of £2,670 has been outstanding for the past three...
View ArticleFOI reveals MPs spend £160,000 of taxpayers’ cash on 1,500 new TVs in a...
More than £160,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent buying new televisions for the House Of Commons, it has emerged. According to official figures, more than 1,500 new televisions were purchased...
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