Esther McVey, Minister for Common Sense, and her husband talk a lot about wasteful public spending. But how careful are they with your money in their own lives? We’ve found out. 👀
Man on £90k, with a wife on £115k moans he can't afford to pay a mortgage on a flat he's owned for 20years and had 7 years of free mortgage payments. Tories gonna Tory
Well he doesn't actually claim not to be _able_ to pay, but that his _mortgage_ is a _cost._ Yeah, like for _everybody else mate!_ We all really need to ask our employers to pay our mortgages, as a perk, too! See how far we all get with that.
My question is. . . The flat they own and rent out generates 10k a year. . . . The flat they live in ( I'm making the assumption they are similar in size etc ) costs 38.4k to the tax payer. . . . Something sounds fishy here ??!!
More than this being absolutely disgusting. I actually cannot believe that up until the expenses scandal. Taxpayers were paying off these scumbags mortgages.
The thing is that there's a world that it wouldn't be an issue. The law could be that the state gets a percentage of the equity/profits to meet the expenses granted on the property on sale, or even that the state could even be the owners of the property rather than the MP privately. Or if the MP decides to let the property out (at any point) the state takes the rent until the expenses paid are recouped.
All MPs should defer to min wage Abolish expenses 100% - pay your way like we do Abolish the house of lords 400 pounds a day allowance for going to the bar ( they can take drugs at work- i cannot ) Finally EVERY MP declares their secret earnings , shares stocks investments & Bitcoin 25 % of their net shares dividends should be automatically paid into the system for levelling up . Sunaks Filipino maids dog owns the shares etc etc = abolish that totally & WHY DOES THE UK GOVT & cabinet ministers do their banking in Panama ?!!??!
I wouldn't be surprised if they still do, if only indirectly. I wonder how many MPs buy a flat or house in London then rent it to another MP, who then claims expenses for the rent which the first MP uses to pay off the mortgage. None of that would be against the rules as they currently stand.
So they get living expenses paid if more than an hour from constituency to parliament. If you're on universal credit you have to say you'll travel for up to 90 minutes each way for work and after 4 weeks looking for a job you're suited to, you have to then accept whatever is offered or lose benefits. These MP',s are the biggest scroungers
Indeed. They should be treated as benefit claimants. 90 minutes for job seekers, 90 minutes for MPs. Random drug testing for benefit claimants, same for MPs. Benefits cap, expenses cap. They should receive no more than a UC claimant. If a claimant is expected to live on that, that should be all an MP needs for subsistence living.
Just like the Royal scroungers in the Windsor family etc. It's absolutely disgusting that they expect someone to travel 90 minutes each way fir a job. It would have to pay a high salary just to cover the cost of travelling. And just imagine if your shift starts @ 06:00, what time would you have to get up in the morning, maybe 03:20 hours. Jesus christ it's absolutely disgusting. It's obvious the con-servatives don't want to pay ANY benefits, so they can give bigger tax cuts for THEMSELVES, big corporate businesses and the wealthy and higher payed at our expense and the cost to our public services including the NHS. This is i think one of the main reasons they always slash funding for all of our public services including the NHS. The tories really don't give a monkeys about us or our country, its all about self interest, greed, corporate greed full stop
@@doreenbates ......and your evidence for that is? Corruption amongst politicians is almost completely a Tory event, not exclusively but almost completely.
the 4min 57sec video 'Why our supposedly patriotic politicians are anything but' by Double Down News and the 2.15 'Stop Hunt handing Billions to the Banks' by Positive Money [uk]
The fact that they’re not breaking any parliamentary rules is probably the most disgusting thing about this. At the very least, ownership of a second home that meets the criteria for an MP’s London residence should mean they can’t claim living expenses. Although I’d go further and say ownership of any second home anywhere should void the living expense claim.
@whatplanetareweon2375 Good grief, please stop falling for that ridiculous line, that all politicians are the same .. that's exactly what the right wing wants you to believe!!
@@andrewmaccallum2367 "right wing" ... 🙄😂 Keep playing your 2-party shell game... ALL POLITICIANS are corrupt, no self-respecting person would want to be one...
Just to think, a few short years ago, she was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in charge of benefits misleading Parliament about universal credit showing no sympathy and utter contempt for the unemployed and the just about managing families having to claim benefits while living off benefits herself in the form of MP's expenses. Fast forward to the here, and now & she is still living off parliamentary benefits pontificating to the nation about fiscal matters in her role as minister for common sense. Shame!!!
I think when Tories say 'wasteful public spending' they mean things like preventing people dying early, or starving, or getting a decent education. It's not 'wasteful' to them if the public shore up one of their businesses or a donors business. And I feel it is so entrenched in Tory mindset that they don't see the poor supporting the rich as wrong.
Agree with you, Tories see the majority of the British public as servants their place is to work and pay taxes they can misuse, probably think that by raising the retirement age people will die before they reach pension age that will save more money for them.
We are not led by donkeys, we are led by cunning , conniving, shrewd, clever, self serving, don't do as I do, do as I say hypocrites. And that's right across the entire political spectrum.
I don't know about the clever bit, at least not when you get to cabinet level and above. Boris ruined that idea when he brought in all the thick as mince UKIP'res in 2019.
So Davies is claiming that because he has a mortgage on the flat, he'd have to pay it (rather than have it paid as before). Can I get the taxpayer to pay MY mortgage too?
I wonder how he has a mortgage outstanding on a property that he apparently purchased more than 7 years ago on a 7 year mortgage (unless I've misunderstood)? If that's the case then I smell nonsense. They've remortgaged, so that they can keep fiddling. They know exactly what they're doing.
@@L5GUKhe only needs to owe a Pound for his 'claim' to be try - also be maintaining a (minimal) mortgage it's always easier/cheaper to borrow again against the property.
@@L5GUK I read the original statement as he had 7 years worth of mortgage payments paid by the taxpayer. But I'm assuming the actual term of the mortgage is much longer than 7 years. Once they changed the rules on claiming for mortgage payments he's had to foot the bill himself. Since they can now only claim rent on expenses, he realised it was better to rent his flat out and then claim rent on another property. So still living in London for free.
Philip Davies, the same MP who filibustered a debate on providing first aid training to all school children. Ever since I heard that, I've had nothing but contempt for him.
So basically they get full housing allowance, whilst they work, yet people on Universal Credit have their housing allowance reduced for every pound over the threshold the dwp set. And they have the nerve to talk about people defrauding the system.
@@voice.of.reason I think highlighting hypocrisy, against the rules or not, is fair journalism. Anything that members of the government would rather keep out of the public eye is always valuable journalism. It's part of democracy. So yeah, I think so.
What crime do you believe they have committed?.....even the video said it was legal. It would be interesting to know if other MPs are doing something similar, I bet there are lots, from all parties.....Perhaps not the greens!
@@DJWESG1 US Govt has a 9 Trillion hole thats just vanished into thin air not like its down the back of the couch is it ? :/ 100 % transparency is needed here & declare all stocks shares bitcoin etc & they can all go on min wage for 10 years till we have " Levelled up "
the government prints most of its money out of thin air anyway, doesn't matter where the taxes are. taxes haven't balanced the budget for atleast a decade
Last time I looked our taxes were the highest they have ever been and the national debt was the highest it had been for over 6 decades. And there were 8 million people waiting for healthcare provision while we had 20 thousand less Police officers - yet nobody asks where our tax money has gone. It's insane how mindless so many people in this country are.
Can you put yourself in the shoes of these people…I try to imagine what they must think of us the U.K. public to even for a second, think that this behaviour is anywhere near acceptable…at best they despise us and consider us absolutely devoid of shall we say common sense! Conservative voters are the ones that need to see what is done in their name! Look and behold how they actually behave as opposed to what they say to you…incredible!!
i wonder if a funded civil case could help? money down the drain in terms of getting anything back but maybe get the message across to the small boats knuckledraggers
@alex.velasco Obviously not Scottish,and as for a tory don't be a melt,please, read the hate crime and public order bill or even just browse through it,it's coming into force in Scotland the 1st of April of all days,and come back and tell me that it makes sense,please don't comment on something you know hee haw about there's a good lad,I do accept apologies.
Uk needs complete reset. Corporate power has taken everything out, democracy is dead in the uk. They should pay thier own rent, if its too expensive, then rent caps are necessary . They should be forced to use public transport, if its slow overhaul it etc etc. they are just facilitators on our behalf. They think they are above uk people.
@@tribeoflight-ireland868 your right. They shouldn't be having pribate healthcare , maybe they would manage nhs better. Also only one house per citizen . Wealth tax aswell. Uk is broke needs drastic change. Good luck tribeo👍🏼
@@tribeoflight-ireland868 It's no wonder these people make being a politician a career 😮 money for old rope - they don't even have to turn up for work every day . . . So sick of this ☹🤬☹🤬☹🤬☹🤬
@joline2730 The very good news is the gig is up, and they know it. All of this narcissistic nonsense is because they are being exposed. I have been awake a long time and waiting for signs if a mass awakening, the last 2 years has shown it is happening. You can't unsee it once you are aware, critical mass is there i am sure. Now it is a case of where do we go with this now, because we do not accept the old anymore. 2024 will have more light shone on it than ever.
Wow, so Phillip Davies outright confirms that the taxpayers were paying for his mortgage up until the expenses scandal and because of the expenses scandal he created a vehicle so the taxpayer would still continue to pay for his London accommodation. He is also saying that until he owns his London house he thinks it is the taxpayers duty to pay for his accommodation in the capital. Also, the after the expenses scandal instead of having is mortgage paid, he now has his rent paid while accumulating a rent on his house. Which means he is very likely having an additional income he didn't have before. So in the end the public didn't gain anything from the expenses scandal being exposed, while the MPs still found a way to gain from it? The final nail would be if MPs were simultaneously tenants and landlords of each other. They would be getting their mortgage paid while getting some profit on top of it. Has this been looked into?
Lol. Yep, between labour and the Tories (aka the status quo) corruption is rife. Raynor's dodgy dealings with her council flat sale shouldn't surprise anyone
Rayner avoided paying capital gains tax on her rtb home and her husband's home by claiming they lived separately with separate main homes. Something her neighbour has called her a liar on. Believe what you want but both labour and conservatives are corrupt and complacent in my eyes
@@cheds1 but does that sounds like the kind of person that will put the common person and the country first or will they do for self? Labour and Tory expenses are enough to make my blood boil, but then I read that a Labour MP spent over 20k on Arabic lessons paid for by us.
You call this journalism, its not even anything new or against any rules. Total non story, where have you all been that you don't know this is what ALL MP's are doing especially your beloved Labour party
Is it any wonder people are sick and fed up with these self serving politicians when they are allowed to get away with this sooner these scroungers go the better.
morning LBD...I'd like to say I'm flabbergasted...but funnily enough I'm not...how can they not be breaking any parliamentary rules? Great journalism again LBD.
They should just build an MP accomodation hall of residence. Or a barge on the Thames. Nice and near parliament, so we don't get stung for all the taxis aswell.
This is absolutely priceless. Exactly the kind of exposure this type of goings on needs so as to reveal their behaviour and make everyone aware of it. Please keep this content coming and keep doing what you are doing.
Minister for Common Sense?! I've been living abroad for a few years now (hence the shock) but my word, just when I think the UK's political panorama can't go any further beyond satire...it proves me wrong with boundless hypocrisy and one absurdity after the other. It's sad to watch from afar.
We need more investigative journalism into politicians, think tanks and big business. Instead We’re fed fluff about the Royals, ‘celebrities’, and opinions masqueraded as facts in much of the MSM.
this is the equivalent of me being given a council house to live in round the corner rent free, while i privately rent out my house... his argument is that my house is technically the banks until i pay off the mortgage, which means if i live in it, I incur the cost, which since they changed the rules wouldn't be expensable. i can see how that falls within the rules set by parliament, but you'd have to be morally bankrupt to not see a problem with it... the reality is so many of the MPs in parliament are also landlords with multiple properties you'll never see any meaningful change.
