Our Labour Government has a dreadful record when it comes to undermining democracy, and the £10000 per annum “Communications Allowance” for MPs is one of the most glaring examples of that.
The Communications Allowance is an appalling rule which allows each MP to spend £10000 of taxpayers’ money each year on newsletters and leaflets promoting themselves. It is a propaganda fund introduced by this Labour Government with the sole aim of ensuring that Labour MPs have a better chance of saving their seats – and doing it with your money.
David Cameron has already pledged that a Conservative Government would abolish the Communications Allowance and on a personal level, I’ve pledged that if elected as the next MP for Worsley & Eccles South I would make no use of the allowance. There is no justification for such misuse of taxpayers’ hard-earned cash.
I’m really pleased to hear, then, that the Kelly report is likely to recommend that the Communications Allowance be abolished. Good news. One can only hope that Labour MPs do not take the opportunity to rush out with a new taxpayer-funded newsletter before the allowance is scrapped for good. Local residents would, I’m sure, take a very dim view of such propaganda on the rates.
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