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.
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| 364.13230941 BRY Code of conduct : why we need to fix parliament - and how to do it/ | 364.13230941 CRE An extraordinary scandal : the Westminster expenses crisis and why it still matters / | 364.13230941 GRE One man's word : | 364.13230941 KEN Cleaning up the mess : after the MPs' expenses scandal / | 364.13230941 POL The political costs of the 2009 British MPs' expenses scandal / | 364.13230941 WIL Parliament Ltd : a journey to the dark heart of British politics / | 364.13230941 WIL Parliament Ltd : a journey to the dark heart of British politics / |
"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.