Stephen Joseph, of the Campaign for Better Transport, said commuting was now the biggest expense, ahead of food and housing, for many workers.
MPs face being barred from using public money to furnish their homes as part of sweeping reforms designed to draw a line under the expenses scandal ahead of the next election.
In the last five years Keating's fund has averaged an annual return of 10.7% before expenses, about a point ahead of the 9.5% delivered by the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far East index.
Speaking hours before his office was expected to release its quarterly modification to this year's budget of roughly $44 billion, the mayor said that both tax revenues and expenses "are slightly ahead of projections".
Plan your expense-sharing strategy ahead of time -- will you chip in equal amounts for a pre-paid credit card and use that for all of the expenses, or will one person pay for everything, and you'll settle up after the trip is over?
In a fast-growth company, getting cash flow ahead of expenses is a race.
"One of our challenges and shortcomings is we don't plan ahead for expenses we know we're going to incur," she said.
On Wednesday, Mr. Chambers said Cisco had cut $1 billion in expenses a full quarter ahead of its plan, proof, he said, of "the ability of a $45 billion annual revenue company to turn quickly and move forward".
I also used a few other tricks to save money on common business expenses, and then went ahead and put together an extensive guide so other business owners could do the same.
