• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home Politics

Tory MP loses cool over office expenses

"What more do you need? It's made out of wood and has drawers?", he fumed.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2021-08-29 08:55
in Politics
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

A Conservative MP struggled to hide his frustration after being asked to explain an office expense for a new desk.

Karl McCartney, who has had a few run-ins with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), submitted a £100 claim for new office furniture in his constituency office.

Asked for further details on the expense, he wrote:

“What more do you need? It’s made out of wood and has drawers?”

One MP appears particularly frustrated by requests by IPSA for details of expenses claims pic.twitter.com/QniL5Vpk1P

— Henry Dyer (@Direthoughts) August 26, 2021

Earlier this year McCartney found himself in hot water after claiming nearly £10,000 of Parliamentary expenses for payments to one of his campaign donors while failing to publicly declare who was receiving the money.

He had previously claimed £21,600 of taxpayer money for “administrative services” from Anagallis Communications between January to June of 2020.

But he claimed for a further £9,600 of spending with Anagallis Communications, while not publicly declaring that Anagallis would receive the money.

RelatedPosts

Watch: Raab skewered as PM told govt to focus on ‘crime, crime, crime’ on week 126 fines handed out at No 10

PMQs 18th May – Bird crap on the PM as rest of us are left in the sh*t

Watch: First pictures and video of Kenneth Brannagh’s portrayal of Boris Johnson

Michael Fabricant calls on fellow Tory MPs to turn up to PMQs- to prove they’re not the alleged rapist

Anagallis Communications is operated by Nigel Szembel, who gave McCartney £4,000 towards his first campaign to become a member of parliament.

Related: Who owns our national debt? It’s a secret!

Since you are here

Since you are here, we wanted to ask for your help.

Journalism in Britain is under threat. The government is becoming increasingly authoritarian and our media is run by a handful of billionaires, most of whom reside overseas and all of them have strong political allegiances and financial motivations.

Our mission is to hold the powerful to account. It is vital that free media is allowed to exist to expose hypocrisy, corruption, wrongdoing and abuse of power. But we can't do it without you.

If you can afford to contribute a small donation to the site it will help us to continue our work in the best interests of the public. We only ask you to donate what you can afford, with an option to cancel your subscription at any point.

To donate or subscribe to The London Economic, click here.

The TLE shop is also now open, with all profits going to supporting our work.

The shop can be found here.

You can also SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER .

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending
Abdollah

‘Rescue us’: Afghan teacher begs UK to help him escape Taliban

CHOMSKY: “If Corbyn had been elected, Britain would be pursuing a much more sane course”

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

More from TLE

Mother and son fighting crime together after joining same police force

Reaction as Boris Johnson snapped at lockdown-busting Downing Street gathering

Coronavirus UK – People most at risk of needing hospital treatment urged to stay at home

UK lockdown – ‘Trust the British people and not treat them like children’

Thunderball Results for Wednesday 13 April 2022 Tonight’s winning numbers

Textbook comments as education catch-up tsar quits due to cuts to school funding

Is Woolworths set to return to UK high streets?

Shadow minister warns Corbyn not to ‘damage’ Keir’s conference

Brexit: ‘It was a wasted 23 minutes of my life’ as Business leaders slam ‘pointless’ call with PM and Gove

Petition calling for Dominic Cummings to be sacked passes half a million signatures

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.