No, not fake news. You can look up last year's expenses (before the increase) here. Don't bother wit..

All I can say is GRRH Selsey. Most of them just go in for a reduced lunch and pub bill paid again by..

While they underfund our services,our fall-back security(benefits) our NHS,our education & our polic..

Sleep is hard work ---- they have to get paid for it better than signing in and sneaking out again a..

£325 a day - what, the Brexit Free lance Consultants are on £700 - £1200 a day plus ex

Most of these `people` have plenty of money already. They should be donating it to the poor instead ..

So what how much each member has got why should anyone be told what they should do .

Do you mean people who have millions more than they can spend in their lifetime should be taking mor..

And don’t we have to pay for those expensive wigs and gowns.

@Kr... why not

I `spect so @Sa...08 😒

@Te... Because,to state the obvious,they have enough- no-more than enough! Much of it made on the b..

Many have paid bundles in tax employed many reach the top of their career then been honoured with a ..

You have no idea want they need to live on

Then they`ll know if they`ve paid `bundles` that it`s not them I`m talking about. I`m quite happy wi..

Many that are too lazy to work and live off the state

All they have to do is show their face or sign in. It's happened in the past it will always happen.

Not if the archaic HOLs is scrapped and replaced with an elected chamber, rather than failed politic..

Should add the House of Lords is not just full of Tories, there are other parties in there too. Berc..

John Prescott, no I don't want to be in the house of Lords. A lot of Labour sitting not just Tory.

Please remember that you and I pay for this!

Make it an "honorary position" . See how many turn up and care about their country. Most politicians..

So who would not take it if they were deselected as a MP ?I for one would, but would not become an M..

I don`t think it`s that easy to get benefits any more @Te... & @Sk.... Did you see Universal Credi..

I saw that TV programme on Universal Credit Krista. Felt really sorry for that lovely upbeat guy who..

In the Uk it we did not have a stack of Billionaires and 100k's of millionaires paying £m in taxes y..

No @Te... we don`t all.

Yes we do fact

Any resident and tax payer of UK and Commonwealth can apply to become a member! ( Terry?) However mo..

@Kr... I may have read this wrong your post about 3-4 pm did I say anything about Universal..

Can't evade paying TAX, if you PAYE even if you receive a pension, that you have paid into. Pay as y..

Sorry that should have read I did not say anything about Universal Credit .Predictive text again.

@Sk... We pay tax on an accumulation of our pensions, including our state one, and the tax is stopp..

@Sk... so when you pay the window cleaner barber, do you pay him or her in cash do you get a receip..

My state pension is added to any money I may earn for taxable purposes.

Thats only fair but no NI which we should all pay including pensioners

I’m not complaining as occasionally I tutor and declare the cash as earnings, all above board.

You we all get a Tax code, which informs each one of us what you can keep (for want of a simple way ..

I/we do any jobs ourselves, therefore no cash in hand. If you PAYE even through the pension you have..

I remembered reading this in the Telegraph a while agoTHE TAX SYSTEM EXPLAINED - USING A BEER ANALOG..

@Sk... having your boiler serviced you may pay cash no vat car wash cash gardener no vat barber hai..

If I pay a business such as for boiler service, which is through a company they would pay the vat @T.....

@Ve... - I half understood that, Vera, thanks! Inclined to agree with Terry that we should all pay N..

NI is taken on a % of what you receive, upper and lower limit apply, Us oldies a lot of us started w..

I doubt you'll pay tax on unemployment benefit, surely that's not over the personal tax allowance. I..

Extended retirement age, what age do people start contributing? Not the age of 15/16. The single mot..

@Sk... Sorry wrong you pay the VAT not the company they collect vat then pay the government the dif..

I/we go to a/any retailer, buy a product which either has VAT or is VAT exempt, the customer has no ..

@Sk... are you saying you A company that turns over £85k must charge VAT ? example you sell a item ..

Obviously you own a company,

Why do you say that