Thursday, June 18, 2009

Minister quits over her expenses

|Treasury minister Kitty Ussher has quit the government after further questions were raised about her expenses.

Ms Ussher took the step amid reports she "flipped" the designation of her second home shortly before selling it in 2007, avoiding capital gains tax.

Ms Ussher denied she did anything wrong and said she was stepping aside to prevent the government embarrassment.

The move comes on the eve of the publication of all MPs' expenses on the Parliament website


BBC news



1 comment:

sibadd said...

Love the image! Stems the rage every time I see the creepy 'we're closing in' on benefit cheats ad on TV