Sentence examples for for claiming allowances from inspiring English sources

The MPs also said they wanted to create a "robust and transparent process for claiming allowances and auditing them".

One peer, Lord Hanningfield, was suspended for a year in 2014 for claiming allowances he was not entitled to.

Second homes are a legitimate expense for M.P.s, who need to have a base in their constituencies as well as in London, but the system for claiming allowances had become lax, and was tacitly regarded as a legitimate way of boosting official pay.

Asked what the row was doing for the reputation of Parliament, Mr Lansley said "I don't think it helps" but insisted that the "discredited" system for claiming allowances in the last Parliament had been swept away.

While claiming allowances for taxes for accounting purposes in their financial reports north of 30%, many Fortune 500 companies end up paying little to no real corporate tax at all on their tax books.

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But she came under fire over her expenses this year – before the Daily Telegraph's current campaign – after accusations she inappropriately claimed allowances for her sister's home in London.

Treasury sources said the chancellor issued a firm denial of wrongdoing on Sunday night in response to a more serious allegation in the Daily ­Telegraph – that he had claimed allowances for two properties at the same time.

In 2009, in the wake of the parliamentary expenses scandal, MPs were advised to pay capital gains tax on the sale of any home for which they had claimed allowances.

In a speech in the West Midlands, the Prime Minister said migrants would have to wait for four years to claim allowances such as tax credits or child benefit.

But The Daily Telegraph revealed in 2009 that he claimed allowances to pay for furniture in his constituency home, including a £655 "Maximus" love seat in deep moss brushed cotton, with extra fabric protection from sofa.com.