Sunday, January 17, 2010

Baroness Uddin emboiled in second expenses scandal, even her relatives didn't know she used their house to claim expenses




















Dear All

How would Oscar Wilde have put it, ‘to be involved in one alleged fraud is unfortunate, to be involved in two seems like carelessness’.

Especially, if you are under Police investigation for the first!

That is the situation that Labour peer Baroness Uddin is in.

After an investigation there appears to have been discovered a second “home” address which she used to claim £91,000 expenses.

This claim centres on the home of her brother in the Essex resort of Frinton-on-Sea which she used to claim as her main residence.

So, what’s the problem; her brother’s wife has stated she could “not recollect” the Labour peer ever living there.

That means the Police are investigating a case of alleged multiple criminal fraud for public funds by Uddin both in Kent and in Frinton-on-sea!

Peers who genuinely live outside the M25 boundary can claim a daily rate of £174, this is to help them with accommodation in London.

Uddin’s home is in Tower Hamlets, four miles from the House of Lords, for which see pays £500 a month in rent.

At the same time she is claiming £2,000 a month from the Lords for living in London.

I would find it hard to believe that if Uddin ever comes before a jury then anything less that a prison sentence can be imposed.

For the Labour Party, this episode is further embarrassment of the culture of greed that has stigmatised both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

It further addresses my theme of Britain as a corrupt country, a corruption that runs to the very highest levels of the social and political elite.

The most damning evidence against Uddin is from her own family when asked did they know that Frinton-on-sea was used to claim expenses from the House of Lords, Hayhow-Khan said;

“It’s a mystery to me.”

Well, it is a mystery that might be solved when Baroness Uddin explains her financial dealings in court under oath.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

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