Watchdog launches probe into MPs’ allowances

The chairman of the government standards watchdog has launched an inquiry into MPs’ expenses and allowances.Gordon Brown requested the review in the wake of news that employment minister Tony McNulty had been claiming thousands of pounds in allowances for a second home owned by his parents.
 

Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School