Council housing for MPs

[SueW]

I've jsut seen something on the news about how much in expenses a local MP has claimed. ISTR that they get around £20k pa to fund a second home in London. So I wondered why the govt doesn't just buy a block of flats and house MPs in them? Would be great capital investment and would mean that MPs wouldn't get to fund a second home at the state's expense (whic presumably they get to keep when they leave office and sell on at a massive profit?)

[Freckle]

Well, I second that totally. I think the whole political system (local and European) needs looking at from the point of view of the average man on the Clapham omnibus. Most of us wouldn't consider a necessity half of what most politicians claim as an absolute essential. Plus wives paid as secretaries would have to prove that they actually provide such services, etc.

[Tortington]

supposing one played music too loud? or supposeing one of the kids kicked the football repeatedly at another MP's window - no it would not do

next thing you know we have an ITV special on MP'S WITH ASBOS

[Tortington]

then tony blairs son comes home - leo - pissed off his head at nine years old and they complain to the HA or council - then the council think - oh shit to evict or not to evict - after all 400 million pounds worth of funding is at stake

[Tortington]

oy we could do like the guinness trust do and put all the troublesome MP's in a towerblock with razor fencing.

[expatinscotland]

Oh, they get more than that to buy a home here in Edinburgh, which many of them have then sold on for huge profits at the expense of the Executive. And Parliament sits next to a lovely council area officially called 'Dumbiedykes' but affectionately known by many locals as 'Junkiedykes'.