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Should MPs receive a tax-free Second Home Allowance?

April 3, 2009 12:00 AM

The Palace of WestminsterNorthampton's sitting MPs are able to claim £23,083 a year tax-free to fund a second home, on top of their annual salaries of £64,766.

About right or time for change? - Join the debate here by voting in our online poll or writing in via the 'Your Thoughts' link.

Having gained enough support, we will write to Northampton's MPs - Labour's Sally Keeble and the Conservatives' Brian Binley - to press them for action now to curb MPs' expenses.

Last year, the UK's 646 MPs cost the taxpayer £93 million. Together, we can bring the 'all-expenses-paid' culture in Westminster to an end.

To read the latest on the BBC, including Nick Clegg's reaction, check out:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7984874.stm.

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