Do you know what the rules are for housing benefit? Can someone working a minimum wage job and on Universal Credit claim housing benefit if they own a home they're choosing to let to someone else? If… (View Post)

I'm probably alone in thinking it'd be better if MPs all had second jobs (remembering that Ministers etc is a second job) and that MPs were paid as the part-timers they are for the MP job. It would k… (View Post)

They're not. An expense isn't supposed to be a payment for their benefit, but to cover a cost. (View Post)

That's up to voters to judge if its what we need or not, but it is what some people do in the real world, yes. A bigger issue for me is why we as taxpayers have apparently paid for a mortgage for him… (View Post)

It is interesting that under the law drawn up by politicians that those on housing benefit are compelled to pay rent, even if its cheaper to have a mortgage, but those rules don't apply to MP expense… (View Post)