Especially when the auditors of the PA says that its accounts needs to be qualified and their questions are brushed aside …
From Bloomberg:
U.K. Culture Secretary Maria Miller resigned from the cabinet after six days of pressure from the media, the opposition and members of her own Conservative Party over her handling of an expenses probe.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who had resisted calls to replace Miller, said in his reply to her resignation letter he was sorry she was quitting, while accepting her decision. She’s the sixth cabinet minister to resign since Cameron took power in 2010.
“I am very grateful to you for your personal support but it has become clear to me that the present situation has become a distraction from the vital work this government is doing to turn our country around,” Miller wrote in her letter to the premier, released by Cameron’s office in London today.
Miller, 50, gave a 32-second apology to Parliament last week and agreed to hand back 5,800 pounds ($9,700) in expenses that a parliamentary committee accepted she had inadvertently overclaimed on her London home. The affair evoked memories of the 2009 expenses scandal that damaged the reputation of politicians from all the main parties and led to five members of Parliament serving jail terms for filing fraudulent claims.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-09/miller-resigns-from-u-k-cabinet-amid-expenses-pressure.html
From Bloomberg:
U.K. Culture Secretary Maria Miller resigned from the cabinet after six days of pressure from the media, the opposition and members of her own Conservative Party over her handling of an expenses probe.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who had resisted calls to replace Miller, said in his reply to her resignation letter he was sorry she was quitting, while accepting her decision. She’s the sixth cabinet minister to resign since Cameron took power in 2010.
“I am very grateful to you for your personal support but it has become clear to me that the present situation has become a distraction from the vital work this government is doing to turn our country around,” Miller wrote in her letter to the premier, released by Cameron’s office in London today.
Miller, 50, gave a 32-second apology to Parliament last week and agreed to hand back 5,800 pounds ($9,700) in expenses that a parliamentary committee accepted she had inadvertently overclaimed on her London home. The affair evoked memories of the 2009 expenses scandal that damaged the reputation of politicians from all the main parties and led to five members of Parliament serving jail terms for filing fraudulent claims.
For more, please click here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-09/miller-resigns-from-u-k-cabinet-amid-expenses-pressure.html
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