NO SECRETS FOR MPs
24/01/2009 00:00
by RAY FLEMING
WHILE Britain's banks buckled and sterling sagged Gordon Brown had to spend a good part of Wednesday coping with a parliamentary crisis over whether the public should be given access to the details of MP's permitted expenses claims. Last year the High Court ruled that these claims came within the Freedom of Information Act but the government has fought a rearguard action to keep them secret. A vote to confirm that cover-up was due on Wednesday but at the last moment Mr Brown cancelled it on the grounds that the Conservatives had withdrawn their support for it - a charge that David Cameron denied.
Also in Holiday
- UK entry visa comes into force on Wednesday
- Curtain comes down on Son Amar, the popular Mallorca nightspot
- New train service will have 10 kilometre underground section, linked with Palma airport
- Mallorca beaches at Soller and Andratx covered by thousands of 'little sails'
- The Mallorca weather forecast (April 1). Enjoy the good weather while it lasts!
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