Freeze our expenses, says MEP
8:30am Sunday 19th February 2012 in News
EURO MPs’ expenses should be frozen until 2014, Bolton MEP Chris Davies has claimed.
The Liberal Democrat wants the European Parliament to reject an inflation-linked increase in its administration costs, and says that MEPs should accept cuts in the value of their expenses budget.
He said: “To anyone who has served on a local council, or who has run their own business, it is stark staringly obvious that the European Parliament could achieve big savings in its budget without affecting its work.”
Mr Davies also claims that a huge saving of up to £200 million a year could be achieved by ending the rotation of the Parliament between separate buildings in Brussels and Strasbourg.
