Mostly missing from the scene is the expenses issue which so dominated the last parliament.

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But before we deal with long-term plans, we have to deal with the expenses issue.

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As MPs' earnings fell over time behind those of bankers and family doctors, and as their role changed to include constituency work better done by local councillors, they could have debated, openly and from first principles, the issue of pay and expenses.

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And the issue of foreseeability may itself be contested so that significant expenses are incurred just on the preliminary issue of jurisdiction.

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What is glaringly apparent is, once again, the issue of MPs and their expenses has shown its apparently unending ability to embarrass the denizens of the House of Commons, from the prime minister down.

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An issue he is particularly concerned about is the "perceived corruption in terms of expenses and lack of accountability" in the European Union.

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They said that if pharmacists were allowed to issue prescriptions such as children's paracetamol, to save low income families large expenses, it would relieve pressure on already stretched GPs.

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On the day Lib Dem high flyer David Laws was clobbered over his expenses, no MP should be in any doubt about the lingering toxicity of this issue for parliamentarians.

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In addition, the schools that do issue living stipends often assume that part of this money will be used on precisely the type of expenses as health care and insurance costs.

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