How much did your MP claim in expenses for energy bills?
 

A little research online revealed shocking figures on just how much MPs have claimed for energy expenses on second homes.   You can go onto the IPSA website,  which enables you to check any MPs claims. https://www.theipsa.org.uk/mp-staffing-business-costs/your-mp  

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) confirmed to Full Fact that there is no upper limit on how much MPs can claim back on heating and fuel costs.  

https://fullfact.org/online/MPs-no-upper-limit-heating-expenses/

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Open democracy revealed that British MPs have charged taxpayers £420,000 for energy bills in their second homes over the last three years despite MPs’ wages continuing to rise.   That’s equivalent to over 2000 pensioners receiving £200 winter fuel allowance.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/parliament-mps-claim-expenses-on-energy-bills-for-second-homes/

open Democracy is an independent international media platform.

 

I am a pensioner, having worked hard for over four decades, contributing to our nation's National Insurance and paying taxes faithfully. Although fortunate enough to have a small work pension supplementing my state one, I can still barely meet the necessary - managing bills, keeping my car on the road, and putting food on the table.  Like many pensioners I expect, my works pension takes me over the threshold for pension credits, and it is taxed! 

 

Times are hard, and I see many pensioners in similar circumstances. It is disgraceful and, frankly, unfair to see Members of Parliament, equipped with a substantial salary, continuing to receive their winter fuel allowance for second homes, while many pensioners struggle to warm their only home.  I wonder whether the winter fuel allowance for MPs is means tested, as it will be for pensioners under this government. One rule for me and another for thee?

MPs, particularly those serving as ministers, often secure two salaries and allowances for various expenses. Given that an MP's average salary is over £80,000, nearly three times the average UK worker’s wage, their receipt of additional perks raises questions [Source: Office of National Statistics, 2021]. The winter fuel allowance, originally intended to help those in real need, like struggling pensioners, should be reallocated to those who truly need it, not to the well-paid and insulated MPs.

Let us call upon the UK Government to rethink their policies and reinstate the winter fuel allowance for struggling pensioners, whilst eliminating the, frankly, greedy winter fuel allowance for MPs' second homes.  

 

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Eliminate Winter Fuel Allowance for MPs' Second Homes

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