Kelly's MP expenses proposals may be overruledpublished Fri, Nov 06 2009 18:15 GMT
The man appointed to oversee the future expenses regime for MPs will not necessarily implement the proposals published by Sir Christopher Kelly, but will instead conduct a wide-ranging review of his own.The three leaders of the main political parties and Kelly, chairman of the committee on standards in public life, had this week said the proposals should be implemented as a whole. But Sir Ian Kennedy, appointed this week as chairman of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), believes he has the statutory powers to look at many of the essential issues again. MPs' pay is currently set by the Senior Salaries Review Body, but Kennedy can see a case for looking at MPs' allowances, pensions and pay as a ...
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