Hoban: good with rules. |
Earlier this year, former chartered
accountant Hoban was allowed to keep nearly all the six-figure profit he made
on selling his taxpayer-funded second home. The sum is one of the biggest made
by any Government minister from sales of second homes part-funded through the
MPs' expenses system.
MPs were banned from using Commons
expenses to pay mortgage interest in May 2010, after public fury over “flipping”
allowances and other abuses. However,
transitional arrangements allowed them to keep claiming the money up to August
2012.
Mr Hoban made £144,000 profit on the sale of his Pimlico flat, while household claims included £100.00 for a shower rack, £79.00 for four silk cushion covers and £35.00 for a toilet roll holder.
Mr Hoban made £144,000 profit on the sale of his Pimlico flat, while household claims included £100.00 for a shower rack, £79.00 for four silk cushion covers and £35.00 for a toilet roll holder.
But where others are
concerned, Hoban is rather less extravagant.
Unemployed people, says the ex-minister,
have taken benefits as a way of life; they must “roll up their sleeves” and “stop
playing the system.” Those who don’t “play
by the rules” will lose their benefits. It seems Mr
Hoban has an impressive understanding of rules, and how they can best
be interpreted.
Just so we’re clear.
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