South Tyneside MPs not on the “Lewis List”
Borough’s MPs did not vote in favour of keeping current expenses.
Via Red Box
Something I’ve been meaning to mention for a few days but I’ve been a bit busy. When MP’s shamefully decided to keep themselves a huge chunk of expenses described as the John Lewis list, to help with a second home in London, neither South Shields MP David Miliband or Jarrow MP Stephen Hepburn voted in favour, to their credit.
Sadly many other Labour MPs did, and a few of them represent north-east constituencies, there was also a smattering of Tories in there too, they ought to be ashamed!
The north-east MPs still wishing to keep themselves comfortable at our expense include:
David Anderson (Blaydon), Roberta Blackman-Woods (Durham, City of), Nick Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend), Stephen Byers (Tyneside North), Alan Campbell (Tynemouth), Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley), David Clelland (Tyne Bridge), John Cummings (Easington), Bill Etherington (Sunderland North), Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead East & Washington West), Kevan Jones (Durham North), Phil Wilson (Sedgefield), and Iain Wright (Hartlepool).
At a time when Gordon Brown is appealing for pay restraint as the credit crunch bites harder I find it appalling that Cabinet ministers have failed to heed his call and voted with those wishing to keep their snouts in the trough – Brown clearly has no control over his ministers any longer!
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