Minister in cash row keeps £27,000 profit from sale of second home - Telegraph
A Treasury minister who said it was “morally wrong” to pay tradesmen cash-in-hand is keeping thousands of pounds from the sale of his taxpayer-funded second home. Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary, made £67,000 in profit from the sale of his London flat, but under parliamentary rules is not required to return all the profit he made to the expenses watchdog.
An investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches found that although Mr Gauke made tens of thousands of pounds when he sold the property in Kennington, he is understood to have repaid almost £40,000 to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa).
This is because MPs have to repay only the profit made in the previous two years.
So much for his 'morality.'
Carry on.
A Treasury minister who said it was “morally wrong” to pay tradesmen cash-in-hand is keeping thousands of pounds from the sale of his taxpayer-funded second home. Gauke, the Exchequer Secretary, made £67,000 in profit from the sale of his London flat, but under parliamentary rules is not required to return all the profit he made to the expenses watchdog.
An investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches found that although Mr Gauke made tens of thousands of pounds when he sold the property in Kennington, he is understood to have repaid almost £40,000 to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa).
This is because MPs have to repay only the profit made in the previous two years.
So much for his 'morality.'
Carry on.
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