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MPs' expenses: Kelly announces reform proposals

Source: guardian.co.uk Politics

Nov 04, 2009

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• MPs to be banned for claiming mortgage interest
• Members will be stopped from employing family
• Stringent new rules likely to be upheld by leaders

MPs are to be banned from claiming mortgage interest on expenses after an "appropriate transitional" period, under the recommendations of Commons' watchdog Sir Christopher Kelly published today.

Members of parliament will also be stopped from employing family members by the end of the next parliament or within five years, the long-awaited report stated.

Kelly, the chairman of the committee on standards in public life, insisted his proposals were "fair and reasonable" and would bring Westminster into line with other walks of life and other legislatures.

He acknowledged that his wide-ranging proposals would mean "substantial change" for MPs and said that, where necessary, they should be phased in with a suitable period of transition.

The stringent new rules, in the wake of the expenses scandal, are likely to provoke further objections from MPs but all three party leaders have indicated their willingness to uphold Kelly'

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