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Expenses cheat Lord spent £286,000 on Essex Council credit card
Keeping the Lord’s end up Back in 2011, Lord Hanningfield was sentenced to nine months in prison and ordered to pay back £30,000 for falsely claiming £14,000 in parliamentary expenses. However, this is allegedly ‘small potatoes’ compared to what he … Continue reading
Financial regulatory body in administration after discovering hole in accounts
ICFR – global research for financial regulation On the 13th January 2009 the International Centre for Financial Regulation (ICFR) was launched. As a reaction to international economic and financial turmoil, the ICFR was conceived to provide a more collaborative approach … Continue reading
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Civil servants’ expenses increase in times of austerity
Civil servants spent £1.15 billion of taxpayers’ money on credit cards last year, up from £987million in the previous financial year. This is an increase of more than £160 million since David Cameron pledged to cut such spending on Government … Continue reading
Research from Ernst and Young highlights expenses fraud
Research from the Fraud Investigation and Disputes Services team at blue chip accountancy firm Ernst and Young (E&Y) has provided a deeper insight into expenses fraud. There is no doubt that employees view expenses fiddles as a serious matter. A … Continue reading
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Great new Travel Booking feature simplifies business travel expenses
Many organisations are taking control of who now books employee travel – especially plane travel, where large number of bookings offer two benefits – for every 10 tickets booked, get one free and the other where Airmiles can be used … Continue reading
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Budget 2012: Increased mileage rates are a double edged sword
Whilst David Cameron generally occupies the hottest seat in government, as the Budget approaches, it’s probably Mr Osborne who is going to be feeling the heat. For the many that drive their own vehicles for work, mileage rates are a … Continue reading
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Feel like a squeeze? Hooters, the Office of Fair Trading and taxpayer value
Last week saw the revelation of yet another embarrassing example of expenses mismanagement at a public body. The OFT (Office of Fair Trading), the Government quango with a “mission to make markets work well for consumers”, has signed off on … Continue reading
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MPs expenses scandal not over yet
Named, shamed, convicted and sent down, we thought that one of the most notorious expenses scandals of recent times was done and dusted. Not so! The scandal continues as it emerges that David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine, the … Continue reading
Expenses fiddles warnings from history: A journalists story
The high ground of journalism sets the Press as the ‘fourth estate’ – the guardian of the public interest in the tangle of government, law-making and bureaucracy. This is the basis for the idea that an autonomous and self-regulating ‘free … Continue reading
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Free Expense Policy Guide
A new free guide: ‘The quick expense policy guide’ was published last week by Expense On Demand. The guide explores why you need an expense policy, how to implement one and includes a free expense policy template for you to … Continue reading
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