Local politician on benefits?

WhiteHorse

A local politician is a single mother with numerous children. She claims the full range of benefits - Housing, Income Support, Child Tax Credit and so on.

Now she has been elected, she will be claiming full council expenses. Will this affect her benefit claims? Or are such 'expenses' disregarded?

Hammyman

If they are expenses then they're disregarded.

von

She can't be much of a politician if she's working less than 16 hours per week - the limit for claiming Income Support. Are you sure you've got that right?

dmg24

von wrote: »

She can't be much of a politician if she's working less than 16 hours per week - the limit for claiming Income Support. Are you sure you've got that right?

I'm guessing they are a local councillor.

Invalidation

dmg24 wrote: »

What business is it of yours?

As a public servant, ts everyones business, sunshine !

dmg24

Invalidation wrote: »

As a public servant, ts everyones business, sunshine !

As long as she declares her overall income, it is not.

McKneff

How do you know she is claiming full benefits. You cant possibly know unless she has told you.

I agree with DMG24, it is none of your business.

melly1980

Invalidation wrote: »

As a public servant, ts everyones business, sunshine !

right, so then I have the right to know the personal finances of and benefits status of any fireman, copper, doctor, teacher, nurse etc etc?

real1314

Invalidation wrote: »

As a public servant, ts everyones business, sunshine !

Whilst my taxes pay for the wages of public servants, apparently giving me the right to know all about their activities, my purchases (which far outweigh my taxation - both direct and indurect) pay for the wages of private sector employees - Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, EDF, Shell, Admiral Group etc;
how do I get access to the same info for them?

Surely if the public sector is so full of overpaid staff, the private sector would be only too willing to publish all the wage and bonus structures within their organisations, to show how much more reasonable their approach is? :cool:

Invalidation

real1314 wrote: »

Whilst my taxes pay for the wages of public servants, apparently giving me the right to know all about their activities, my purchases (which far outweigh my taxation - both direct and indurect) pay for the wages of private sector employees - Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, EDF, Shell, Admiral Group etc;
how do I get access to the same info for them?

Surely if the public sector is so full of overpaid staff, the private sector would be only too willing to publish all the wage and bonus structures within their organisations, to show how much more reasonable their approach is? :cool:

Private businesses have no legal obligation to provide earning rates to anyone.

They arent 'Public Servants' per se. Councillors and Politicians are, and as as has been widely demonstrated lately, many are, or have been on the fiddle.

antrobus

real1314 wrote: »

Whilst my taxes pay for the wages of public servants, apparently giving me the right to know all about their activities, my purchases (which far outweigh my taxation - both direct and indurect) pay for the wages of private sector employees - Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, EDF, Shell, Admiral Group etc;
how do I get access to the same info for them?

Surely if the public sector is so full of overpaid staff, the private sector would be only too willing to publish all the wage and bonus structures within their organisations, to show how much more reasonable their approach is? :cool:

You are misinformed. You do not have the right to know all about the 'activities' of public servants just because your taxes pay for their wages. The details of what individual sundry doctors, nurses, civil servants etc earn are not normally available for your scrutiny. Only details of the remuneration of those elected to public office are generally regarded as being in the public domain. Just as the details of the remuneration of those elected to perform the duties of director of the likes of Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, EDF, Shell, Admiral Group etc are similarly in the public domain and can be obtained by scrutinising the published financial statements of the company in question, which will often also contain much information regarding the wage and bonus structures within those organisations as well.