Published Date:
03 July 2009
In a late-night Commons concession to anxious MPs, Justice Secretary Jack Straw climbs down on making a new code of conduct on parliamentary expenses legally binding (your report, 1 July). In a stroke the government has abandoned the one measure which might reassure a concerned public: making all MPs subject to the same rule of law as the rest of us.
BOB TAYLOR
Shiel Court
Glenrothes, Fife
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Last Updated:
02 July 2009 7:56 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
