Should the MP weekly grocery allowance be higher than dole?

[chem1st]

MPs weekly grocery allowance = £160

Dole for 25+ year old = £71

Dole for sub-human under 25 year old = £56.25

 

Should the MPs really have a grocery allowance higher than dole?

 

Shouldn't they be paying for their groceries out of wages even? - Like everybody else!

 

What do you think?

[Happ Hazzard]

They should just get a higher wage instead of all this nonsense with expenses and allowances.

 

Most MPs take far less than the full amount anyway, many of them less than £160 a year.

[chem1st]

They should just get a higher wage instead of all this nonsense with expenses and allowances.

 

Most MPs take far less than the full amount anyway, many of them less than £160 a year.

 

Aren't their wages high enough to pay for food though? They get allowances for travel etc.

[geared]

Their wages are high enough to pay for their own food.

 

Stuff like travel is ok to claim back, just like any other person travelling on business.

[lee79]

Why do they need a grocery allowance, are they claiming for a second stomach? Surely they'd be spending money on groceries if they weren't MP's so it's not an additional expense on what they would be spending anyway.

[S10mainly]

32 MPs claimed the full food allowance.....I'll let you guess which party 23 of them represented

[whiteowl]

32 MPs claimed the full food allowance.....I'll let you guess which party 23 of them represented

 

The Greens party ?

[Thistledoo]

The Greens party ?

 

Sharp as a blade!!!

Or should that be owl?:hihi:

[WeX]

{pedant}

What's the "Dole" ?

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[Thistledoo]

{pedant}

What's the "Dole" ?

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