Claire Davenport: "An Austrian member of the European Parliament is under investigation over suspect expenses claims totaling 1.3 million euros, including one item listed as 'elephant'."
Lawmaker's "elephant expenses" challenged
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A fatal lack of accountability
As long as secrecy and anonymity reign, public sector bureaucracies will be the hiding places for the incompetent, lazy and corrupt. Failures will be rewarded and successes stifled. It’s easier to lie when no one knows your name. It’s easier to do all sorts of unethical, if not criminal, things when you are promised anonymity. READ THE REST
UK Tory MP added a servant's wing to his house at taxpayers' expense
The latest installment in the British MP expense scandal, in which Members of Parliament have been revealed to have spent millions in "expenses" on things like having their moats cleaned,… READ THE REST
Tory MP says it was OK to bill taxpayer for his 500 tree forest, critics are "jealous" of his private forest
People outside of the UK might have missed the huge scandal over MPs' expenses — basically, it turns out that Members of Parliament have been billing the public for all… READ THE REST
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