Augean stables to get light dusting
End is near for MEPs' "outrageous" expenses - World - Times Online
THE notorious expenses system that enables MEPs to boost their salaries by thousands of pounds a month by claiming for a set amount, rather than what they actually spend, is to be reformed. ...
MEPs admit that their expenses system is little more than legalised corruption, the Parliament has repeatedly defended it as a way of balancing the disparity in pay between the worst-paid and best-paid....
Well, it is a start I suppose. I always thought claiming expenses you didn't occur was an offence....