Now Ruth Kelly is caught with her hand in the jar!!!

[Dom Tuk]

�72,000 in 4 years for a house that has �20,000 mortgage repayments in 4 years. Whats the rest of the money for...gas/electricity...opus dei meetings with champagne and caviar?? wake up people, your tax is paying these rascals.

[LazyGun]

Elaborate a little if you will Dom....I am not sure I understand your point.

[Big Al1st]

The point is that MPs are allowed allowances to pay off the interest on the second homes. The interest on her �270,00 house is about �5,000. Taking into account other allowances they get for free electricity, council tax ect there is approximatetly �40,000 that is not accounted for.

Mind you she has God and Parliament on her side

[LazyGun]

ahh i c.... thanks for the explanation Al

[devilbliss]

Maybe when the other parties get into power they will award themselves the same benefits.

[Begram]

tsch. why should we subsidise their mortgages when they get all that help from italian backhanders ;-)

[Greedyfly]

And what exactly are we supposed to do about it?

Let's face it I don't believe for a second that ALL the tax I pay is going to the good of the country.