Cleaning up the mess : after the MPs' expenses scandal / Ian Kennedy.
By: Kennedy, Ian [author.]
.Publisher: London : Biteback Publishing, 2019Description: viii, 351 pages : 1 illustration.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781785904943.Subject(s): Kennedy, Ian, 1941- | Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Great Britain) | Political corruption -- Great Britain | Political corruption -- Great Britain -- Prevention | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2010-DDC classification: 364.13230941 Summary: "Ten years ago the MPs' expenses scandal gripped the nation, with story after story showing our elected representatives taking advantage of us, making claims for such things as a floating duck-house, moat-cleaning services and 550 sacks of horse manure. There followed a genuine crisis of confidence in our governing class. In desperation, MPs set up an independent regulator-- the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). No sooner had they done so than it came under fire: from the newspapers for not doing what they wanted, and from MPs for doing what they'd voted for but didn't really intend. Ian Kennedy was the chair of IPSA for its first seven years. Here, he describes in detail how the greatest political horror story for decades was finally laid to rest." -- Provided by publisher.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 364.13230941 KEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 018177 |
"Ten years ago the MPs' expenses scandal gripped the nation, with story after story showing our elected representatives taking advantage of us, making claims for such things as a floating duck-house, moat-cleaning services and 550 sacks of horse manure. There followed a genuine crisis of confidence in our governing class. In desperation, MPs set up an independent regulator-- the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). No sooner had they done so than it came under fire: from the newspapers for not doing what they wanted, and from MPs for doing what they'd voted for but didn't really intend. Ian Kennedy was the chair of IPSA for its first seven years. Here, he describes in detail how the greatest political horror story for decades was finally laid to rest." -- Provided by publisher.