Peers pay themselves almost a third more in expenses and attendance allowances

Peers pay themselves almost a third more in expenses and attendance allowances prompting increased calls for House of Lords reform Expenses and allowance claims by peers went up by almost a third in 2018/19 Average payment received by peers was £30,827 – more than UK worker average House of Lords insisted amount paid increased because … Read more

Fat cat bosses lap up £100,000 perks as expenses are all covered

Fat cat bosses at some of Britain’s biggest companies are raking in hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of perks on top of their multi-million pay packages, a Mail on Sunday investigation has found. FTSE 100 chiefs are enjoying what critics call ‘completely gratuitous’ payments to cover private aircraft use, school fees, family travel, chauffeur-driven cars … Read more