The assault on politicians continues this morning.
The Telegraph reveals that Bill Cash, a senior Conservative MP, claimed more than £15,000 in taxpayer-funded expenses to pay his daughter rent for her London flat even though he owned a home closer to Westminster.
The Independent meanwhile reports that
The dozen MPs who are quitting at the next election in the wake of the expenses scandal will receive from the taxpayer "golden goodbyes" worth more than £1m combined.adding that
The hidden cost to the voters of the expenses storm emerged as the Conservative MP Julie Kirkbride and Labour's Margaret Moran bowed to overwhelming pressure yesterday and announced that they would step down at the next election.
The Mail follows the same line,Shamed MPs cash in on golden goodbyes is its headline
By staying until an election they will qualify for 'parachute' payments of up to £129,532, depending on length of service.
The Guardian reports on a similar topic as it reveals that Gordon Brown is facing an escalating crisis of confidence inside the parliamentary Labour party as record numbers of his MPs apply to sit in the House of Lords after the next general election.
The Express reports that Barclays has ramped up its overdraft rates.The paper describes the move as
piling extra pressure on millions finding it difficult to make ends meet during the recession.
The Times takes a different direction with its front page showing an ariel shot of a refugee camp in Sri Lanka and revealing that following its investigation more than 20,000 Tamil civilians were killed in the final throes of the Sri Lankan civil war, most as a result of government shelling.
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