Should the MP weekly grocery allowance be higher than dole?

[chem1st]

MPs weekly grocery allowance = £160

Dole for 25+ year old = £71

Dole for sub-human under 25 year old = £56.25

 

Should the MPs really have a grocery allowance higher than dole?

 

Shouldn't they be paying for their groceries out of wages even? - Like everybody else!

 

What do you think?

[Happ Hazzard]

They should just get a higher wage instead of all this nonsense with expenses and allowances.

 

Most MPs take far less than the full amount anyway, many of them less than £160 a year.

[chem1st]

They should just get a higher wage instead of all this nonsense with expenses and allowances.

 

Most MPs take far less than the full amount anyway, many of them less than £160 a year.

 

Aren't their wages high enough to pay for food though? They get allowances for travel etc.

[geared]

Their wages are high enough to pay for their own food.

 

Stuff like travel is ok to claim back, just like any other person travelling on business.

[lee79]

Why do they need a grocery allowance, are they claiming for a second stomach? Surely they'd be spending money on groceries if they weren't MP's so it's not an additional expense on what they would be spending anyway.

Edited December 11, 2012 by lee79

[S10mainly]

32 MPs claimed the full food allowance.....I'll let you guess which party 23 of them represented

[whiteowl]

32 MPs claimed the full food allowance.....I'll let you guess which party 23 of them represented

 

The Greens party ?

[Thistledoo]

The Greens party ?

 

Sharp as a blade!!!

Or should that be owl?:hihi:

[WeX]

{pedant}

What's the "Dole" ?

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[Thistledoo]

{pedant}

What's the "Dole" ?

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