frededwards Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 breakfast is a meal and shouldnt be on expenses,your wages are what you should live on not expenses You have obviously not travelled widely as part of your employment. Claiming of food costs whilst away from home/usual place of work is very much the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 breakfast is a meal and shouldnt be on expenses,your wages are what you should live on not expenses clearly rubbish-when I go away and have to buy breakfast instead of eating something at home work will pay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 clearly rubbish-when I go away and have to buy breakfast instead of eating something at home work will pay! Yep, same here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemist Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 The article mentions that it was his office that submitted the claim, not him directly. Do you have any evidence he was personally involved? If it was his office, who do you think they were putting it in for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteowl Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I believe it's breakfast and an evening meal you are allowed to claim for. Basically, meals you would normally have at home. At least, that is my understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 If it was his office, who do you think they were putting it in for? I have people who deal with my receipts. I'm not an MP. MPs would get nothing done if they had to handle their receipts and other mundane tasks themselves. Next you'll be crying he doesn't even open his own mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I believe it's breakfast and an evening meal you are allowed to claim for. Basically, meals you would normally have at home. At least, that is my understanding. I can claim for all my meals when I am working away from home (ie staying overnight in a hotel etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 If he's entitled to a breakfast, why was it rejected? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamatron Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I believe it's breakfast and an evening meal you are allowed to claim for. Basically, meals you would normally have at home. At least, that is my understanding. It depends on the business in question. I expect all my meals, travel and accomodation paid for whilst I am away-I also expect the odd coffee unless its provided during whatever the event is. Otherwise I just wouldn't go! Some people get an allowance per day. ...unless you are talking about mps allowances-in which case I am sure they get more than that. This £39 quid may have been for more than one person anyway, what if it was coffee and a croissant for 10 people? Pretty reasonable then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staunton Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 To be honest a rejected £39 claim falls into insignificance when compared to the £31,000 fiddled by Elliot Morley.. or have you all forgotten that..? No, I most certainly have not allowed Mr Morley or Mr Illsley's behaviour to slip my mind. As I said , hypocricy, 'sleeze, call it what you will, it is wrong, and we ordinary folk need to be aware of what is happening so that we can make informed decisions about MPs and politics'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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