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Elsewhere on the web: Parliamentary 'privilege'

Your guide to the most essential reading elsewhere on the web

12 May 2009

By Editors

The Idiots' Guide to Claiming MP Expenses
Actually, it's not an Idiots' Guide - it's the real thing. Download it here and compare it with your own expenses system

You've got to laugh
Or you'd cry. Check out the Daily Telegraph's Matt cartoons

No double-standards
The Treasury Select Committee's report on bankers has just been published. (No members of the Committee were 'named' by the Telegraph.)

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The Finance Bill
Read the bill and follow its progress through Parliament Click here

The Budget speech Download here

The Budget Reports Download here

The Budget press notices Download here

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G20
"A global plan for recovery on an unprecedented scale" Read the London Communiqué [3 April 2009]

G whizz
"Enhancing sound regulation, promoting integrity in financial markets" Read the plan for strengthening the financial system [3 April 2009]

G plan
"Ensuring that capital continues to flow to emerging market and developing countries" Read the plan for supporting emerging markets [3 April 2009]

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The Turner reprise
Our summary of Lord Turner's recent speech. Read our summary

The Turner speech
FSA chairman Lord Turner's recent speech on the causes of the banking crisis. Read speech

The Turner Review
Eagerly-awaited document on the future of bank regulation. Read the review

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Now is the hour
The Financial Services Authority has published the Turner review of bank regulation. Read the review

Hold on a second
The Financial Reporting Council is looking again at the Combined Code in light of the banking crisis and wit hregard to the Walker review. Read the call for evidence

Just a minute
The Bank of England’s latest MPC meeting minutes, released 18 March, explain how quantitative easing will work. Read MPC minutes

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Dear Prudence
Chancellor Alistair Darling’s statement detailing the support being given to RBS, limiting the bank’s right to claim tax losses in future and requiring it to increase its lending to housebuyers and businesses. Read statement

Dear Paul
Fred Goodwin’s letter to Paul Myners sets out why why he won't give back some of his pension. Read letter

Dear Fred
Paul Myners’s reply to Fred Goodwin asks him to think again. Read letter

Visitor comments

MPs expenses - the Green Book

The 'Green Book' on MPs expenses is surely not the same set of 'Rules' that MPs are claiming to be 'within'.

The Green Book is clear and well written but there is such a gulf between the Green Book and actual practice it may as well be work of fiction.

Whoever has allowed this state of affairs to develop, Mr Speaker, ought to be charged with aiding and abetting fraud.

Posted by Clive Weston, 01 Jun 2009

Travel Expenses

Can you imagine how much money could be saved and how much more environmentally friendly our government could be - not to mention the improvement in CSR that could be made - if only somebody could write a decent travel expenses policy!

Posted by Simone Buckley, 24 Nov 2009

Green Book

Vince Cable should look no further than inside Parliament to start saving money! 70 pages of expensive colour printing on glossy paper for an expenses policy and procedure ... and a short run to print as well. What a waste of taxpayers money by the former Government's team. No wonder the country is in debt when the former government had this attitude. Something in black and white on the Parliamentary website would have been more than adequate.

Posted by D M Marler FCIS FCMA, 21 Sep 2010

 

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