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HMRC often decides that the income of the spouse should be disallowed, reduced or added to that of the director, so that HMRC can take top whack tax from the duo. It is seen as a diversionary tactic for tax purposes. The same should apply to MPs. The normal rules of job ads having to be publicly advertised should also apply. Expenses should only be allowed to be claimed for activities relating to the job and not for general cost of living. A collection of Westminster flats or an apartment/bedsit building in which MPs can stay the night would also do the trick as far as enabling them to do their job properly is concerned and it would save much discussion of how far they travel to parliament from their constituencies.
MPs need to be given six months to sort out second-home issues together with employment matters, as the change will cause disruption. The summer recess is a good time for that. They should all return in October with clean slates.
Naomi Langford-Wood
Tilbrook, Cambridgeshire
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