Reduce the size of Parliament
Do your students understand why the proposal to reduce the number of seats in the House of Commons is a reasonable and realistic campaign promise when it comes from a candidate for PM of the UK?
Cameron vows to cut ministers' pay and end subsidised food and drinkDavid Cameron [right] today vowed to cut ministerial pay and stop MPs enjoying subsidised food and drink at Westminster in a drive to cut the cost of politics by as much as £120m a year.
In a speech in London, the Conservative leader also said he would cut the number of MPs from 650 to 585...
Cameron acknowledged that the savings he was talking about were a "pinprick" in relation to the overall amount of money that he wanted to save... But he said that politicians had to set an example...
Cameron spoke following the demotion yesterday of Alan Duncan. Duncan lost his job as shadow leader of the Commons because he was filmed complaining about MPs having to "live on rations".
It would have been highly embarrassing for Cameron to have delivered today's speech with Duncan still in post.
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posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:20 AM
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