EMM News Explorer: Mathew Sinclair

[said:]: The public were promised that they would be given the power to kick out bad MPs but now we find out that isn't really happening.

guardian 13-DEC-11

[said:]: Taxpayers might enjoy watching the opening party for the Olympics but they won't want to wake up to the hangover of another 40 million on the bill.

dailymail 05-DEC-11

[said:]: Taxpayers will be furious. It's a ridiculous amount of money to spend.

thesun 05-DEC-11

[said:]: Taxpayers might enjoy watching the opening party for the Olympics but they won't want to wake up to the hangover of another forty million on the bill.

mailonsunday 05-DEC-11

[ said]: It was never a process where developing countries were involved in the most immediate negotiations,

dehai 02-DEC-11

[said:]: Bercow's coat of arms might say we are all equal. But spending tens of thousands of pounds on a portrait, while many families are struggling to pay their bills, shows some politicians think they are more equal than others.

thesun 29-NOV-11

[said:]: Taxpayers shouldn't be funding staff to work for trade unions, providing them with a huge activist base to support strikes and freeing up resources for political campaigns.

u 25-NOV-11

[said:]: It should be possible to arrange Parliament’s schedule so MSPs can combine their job with raising a family, but that doesn’t mean politicians can’t work decent hours like those in so many private sector jobs, to earn their well-above-average incomes.

express 20-NOV-11

[said:]: Taxpayers will be angry that so much of the money has been lost, after too many politicians tried to pretend the bailout would be almost free.

thesun 18-NOV-11

[said:]: This is fresh evidence to support longstanding concerns that the BBC is wasting huge amounts of money sustaining a massive bureaucracy.

telegraph 17-NOV-11

[said:]: This shows just how burdensome our tax system has become. It is now so complex that families and businesses are often not aware how much tax they are actually paying, a serious and unwelcome distraction from running their business or living their lives.

telegraph 12-NOV-11

[ said]: Taxpayers will be disappointed the transport select committee haven't done more to hold the government to account, and scrutinise this vanity project,

guardian 08-NOV-11

[said:]: Taxpayers will be staggered that councils facing significant pressure on their finances are spending thousands of pounds on back-patting award ceremonies.

icWales 30-SEP-11

[said:]: Taxpayers will be staggered that councils facing significant pressure on their finances are spending thousands of pounds on back-patting award ceremonies. Recognising staff who have done well doesn’t require this kind of extravagant spending.

24dash 30-SEP-11

[said:]: People will be staggered that councils, facing significant pressure on their finances, are spending thousands of pounds on back-patting award ceremonies. Recognising staff who have done well does not require this kind of extravagant spending.

express 30-SEP-11

[said:]: At times we’ve seen these rescues get absurdly wasteful.

express 12-SEP-11

[said:]: Those who are authorised to use these cards should show restraint. Spending cannot be allowed to get out of control.

express 11-SEP-11

[said:]: If the Government wants to give taxpayers a better deal, it needs to scrap this spendthrift quango.

telegraph 11-AUG-11

[said:]: While many staff work very hard, there have been enough anecdotal reports of time-wasters within the civil service that it is vital taxpayers are able to scrutinise how time they are paying for is spent.

bbc 01-AUG-11

[said:]: It is good to see justice done and Lord Hanningfield sent to jail for abusing his expenses. 'He needed to go to prison to make it clear that ripping off taxpayers is a serious offence, and that no one is above the law when they falsify accounts. 'Hopefully this can be an important step towards restoring public trust and other expenses cheats will also face justice.

mailonsunday 01-JUL-11

[said:]: It's an incredible amount of money... and with so much pressure both on families' finances and on the budgets in public services, people are going to be very worried about seeing so much money going on compensation to prisoners.

bbc 27-JUN-11

[added:]: That abuse of trust has left a bad taste in the public's mouth and makes it hard for AMs to justify employment of their family members.

bbc 24-JUN-11

[ said]: The public support alternatives that would blunt the need for some particularly painful measures and make room for lower taxes. There is strong support for cutting expensive projects like high speed rail, which they don’t see as the right use of their cash,

telegraph 24-JUN-11

[said:]: Ordinary families are facing higher taxes and huge pressure on their finances.

express 24-JUN-11

[said:]: Taxpayers will rightly be sceptical about AMs employing relatives.

bbc 24-JUN-11

[said:]: Council tax could be cut if councils stopped wasting money like this. A number of local authorities have shown that you can deliver very high quality services while still actually cutting council tax. It can absolutely be done.

express 17-JUN-11

[said:]: Yet again politicians have surrendered to draconian and inflexible EU targets.

express 15-JUN-11

[said:]: The incredible increase in the number of disability claims is a particularly unwelcome burden on taxpayers with so many other pressures on the public finances.

express 04-JUN-11

[said last night:]: Pensions are a huge budget item.

express 29-MAY-11

[said:]: It’s crazy that the BBC and S4C have spent millions in recent years on private health insurance for staff. Viewers already pay for the NHS through their taxes and if it’s good enough for us then it’s good enough for them.

icWales 28-MAY-11

[said:]: Morley’s jail sentence is justice for taxpayers whom he cheated and stole from. This sentence sends a clear message that even a former minister is not above the law

heraldscotland 21-MAY-11

[said:]: Morley’s jail sentence is justice for taxpayers whom he cheated and stole from.

express 21-MAY-11

[said:]: Morley's jail sentence is justice for taxpayers who he cheated and stole from.

telegraph 20-MAY-11

[said:]: We have a right to know the full story.

thesun 20-MAY-11

[said:]: High corporate taxes are such an economic disaster that cutting them significantly can leave workers hundreds of pounds a year better off.

thesun 25-APR-11

[said:]: Ordinary motorists who are feeling the pinch will be shocked that council staff are getting such a generous deal for their mileage claims. It simply isn't fair.

24dash 14-APR-11

[said:]: This is a march for people who think the national debt is very serious and shouldn't be left to future generations. 'The tone is going to be very calm. It was conceived partly as a response to the March for the Alternative, but I don't think anybody is going in an angry state of mind.

dailymail 05-APR-11

[said:]: This is a march for people who think the national debt is very serious and shouldn't be left to future generations. The tone is going to be very calm. It was conceived partly as a response to the March for the Alternative, but I don't think anybody is going in an angry state of mind.

guardian 04-APR-11

[said:]: Jim Devine tried to pin the blame on others after he was caught stealing from taxpayers. It is right he is facing a jail sentence for his crime, as it reflects the seriousness of lying to exploit taxpayers’ money. I hope this sentence will also go some way towards restoring public confidence in Parliament, after it was so badly damaged by the expenses scandal.

express 01-APR-11

[said:]: High-speed rail isn't the right way of getting the capacity we need. The project is set to cost taxpayers a fortune and it is increasingly clear it will be a huge white elephant.

icWales 30-MAR-11

[said:]: Too often UK Uncut has attacked targets on the basis of dubious reports of tax dodging, and seem more interested in moralising than getting a tax code that might actually limit avoidance.

independent 28-MAR-11

[added:]: The Government needs to tackle wasteful spending such as on overseas aid and climate change projects.

express 23-MAR-11

[said:]: If RBS have millions lying around, they should start buying back shares and handing the cash back to the Treasury.

sundaymail 18-MAR-11

[said:]: Councils should be scouring every inch of their expenditure to identify savings, so taxpayers will be staggered that so many council employees are still getting such a generous deal.

telegraph 17-MAR-11

[said:]: Councils insist cuts can only mean pressure on frontline services but they clearly have money to spend when it comes to paying their own senior staff.

express 17-MAR-11

[said:]: Councils should be scouring their expenditure to identify savings, so taxpayers will be staggered that so many employees are getting such a generous deal.

thesun 17-MAR-11

[said:]: Councils insist cuts can only mean pressure on frontline services but they clearly have money to spend when it comes to paying their own senior staff. 'It is crucial that some of these senior council executives set an example and ensure they have the moral authority to lead spending cuts by taking a pay cut themselves.

mailonsunday 17-MAR-11

[said:]: Providing extravagant subsidy for sources of energy that are hopelessly uneconomic will cost consumers a fortune while the scheme will allow fortunate investors juicy returns.

express 16-MAR-11

[said:]: With so much pressure on the budgets of families and businesses, it is utterly indefensible that the Government is planning on spending such an incredible amount of money on this project.

telegraph 01-MAR-11

[said:]: David Chaytor has already cost taxpayers thousands through fraudulent expense claims.

24dash 23-FEB-11

[ says]: The government has made extensive attempts to build up regimes which are now being destroyed by revolutions, whether we are looking at military aid over the years to Egypt, or whether we are looking at big deals that Tony Blair was shaking hands on just a few years ago in Libya. So we need to be really careful, particularly when we don’t know what the shape of the final governments in these areas will be, that we don’t wind up with resources ending up in the wrong hands. So if the Muslim Brotherhood tak

russiatoday 23-FEB-11

[said:]: Taxpayers will be relieved justice has been done.

express 11-FEB-11

[added:]: It is incredible that while the Government are imposing higher taxes on ordinary families, and making necessary cuts in spending on services like education, they are planning on throwing billions at a new train line that will only benefit a well-off few.

independent 04-FEB-11

[said:]: Taxpayers will be staggered to find out that the Scottish Government has spent so much money on a report with recommendations that veer between the mundane and the barmy. Breaching proper workplace standards and letting government workers shiver in their offices, on the understanding that they can wear a jumper, isn’t clever.

express 04-FEB-11

[said:]: These figures show that motorists are being unduly punished.

thesun 20-JAN-11

[ said]: Clements said. The jailing of serving lawmakers is rare in Britain, with the most high profile recent case involving ex-minister Jonathan Aitken. Aitken was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison in 1999 on perjury charges. Last week, ex-lawmaker David Chaytor was jailed for 18 months on expense fraud charges. The prosecution of Illsley and Chaytor follows the 2009 disclosure of previously secret files which revealed how politicians had billed the public for items including swank second homes, horse manure

kuwaittimes 12-JAN-11

[said:]: Taxpayers will be glad to see that justice is finally being done. But they will be outraged that any MP was able to dishonestly claim tens of thousands of pounds of their money in the first place. 'It is disgraceful that Illsley has dragged out the process and stood for Parliament again, despite knowing that he was a guilty criminal who had ripped off the taxpayers whose interests he was supposed to serve.

dailymail 11-JAN-11

24dash 11-JAN-11

YorkshirePost 11-JAN-11

dailymail 11-JAN-11

[ said]: It is disgraceful that Illsley has dragged out the process and stood for Parliament again, despite knowing that he was a guilty criminal who had ripped off the taxpayers whose interests he was supposed to serve,

AP 11-JAN-11

[said:]: Taxpayers can’t afford the economic fallout from new financial crises, but politicians are responding in ways that could increase risk.

icWales 30-DEC-10

[said:]: It is an utter outrage that someone who resigned because the service he was responsible for left thousands of Scots facing travel chaos is going to get a big payout.

sundaymail 27-DEC-10

[ said]: With council tax nearly doubled over the last decade, and pressure on council finances, local authorities need to show that they can improve their efficiency and waste less money,

irishsun 24-DEC-10

[said that:]: with [local] council tax nearly doubled over the last decade, and pressure on council finances, local authorities need to show that they can improve their efficiency and waste less money.

NEWScomAU 24-DEC-10

[said:]: This is an ongoing stain on the reputation of Parliament and justice has to be done, those responsible need to be punished seriously.

irishsun 16-DEC-10

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