Sentence examples for expenses allowances from inspiring English sources

Two weeks ago Ukip only had 13 MEPs - now they have 24 to claim the maximum on their expenses allowances and take the system down from the inside.

She made the comments after a Daily Mail report on the amount of annual leave and expenses allowances granted to chief constables.

The report, however, is likely to increase pressure on Martin, who faced allegations this weekend that he had abused his own expenses allowances by claiming for taxis used by his wife, and for a second home in his Glasgow constituency on which he had already paid off the mortgage.

In France's National Assembly, after all, deputies receive, on top of their salaries, a yearly expenses allowance of €70,044 tax-free, with no receipts or questions asked.

*With a large slice of their expenses allowance remaining late in the financial year, MPs can engage in a Spring spending spree to "max out" their permitted spending.

Currently people who live in residential services can have almost all their income taken in order to fund those services – this means people are often left with only a "personal expenses allowance" of around £20 per week.

Local factors, such as the decision of Lib Dem councillors in Torbay to increase their expenses allowance by 60%, clearly help to explain some of the apparent inconsistencies in the outcome.

Even the famously upright Marcus Tullius Cicero – politician, poet, philosopher and jokester – left one overseas posting with a small fortune in his suitcase; he had apparently been "economical" with his expenses allowance.

"When the story broke that Maria Miller had abused her expenses allowance, because it was a Labour Member of Parliament that raised the issue, the Labour party faced accusations from Miller's staff of playing politics with the story for electoral gain.

In an impassioned debate in Westminster Hall before Christmas, MPs from all parties spoke of constituents who were terrified of being robbed of their freedom and left to meet transport costs from a general personal expenses allowance of just £22 a week.

For the first 12 weeks, all of his income (except for the personal expenses allowance and the pension savings disregard) will be taken to pay his contribution for the care home fees.