Quote ="Bigpev"I have to agree, she could have done it more quietly, but she was the first to pay back no arguing, unlike Tracey Laing Tory MP who made just over £1m from the sale of "second home" and owes £118,000 in tax, she has offered £25,000 as a goodwill gesture.
On the other hand the expenses scandal (seperate to the above) the Tories on Average had to pay back £3700 each and Labour £2500 each, Hazel Blears £225.
It was good of the BBC to go after all these dirty MPs and expose the expenses along with the freedom of information ACT, now it is Labour Conference in Manchester in September just ask how many rooms the BBC will have booked for its staff despite having a base here. Last time it was 81 rooms for the week at the Hilton, now these are also in a sense paid for by our "taxes" and should be subject to the same rules as Civil Servants on overnight stays which is value for money about £35 a night.
Oh not defending what the MPs did just the hypocrisy of the BBC staff.'"
Well Tracy Laing is beyond the pale but Hazel Blears has paid nothing back.
That voluntary cheque she sent off will just sit on her self assessment record as a payment on account. Assuming she has paid the correct amount of income tax on her income for the year ended 5 April 2010 then when her tax return is examined she will get that cheque back. Should she owe tax then her supposed vountary payment will be set against that.
Hazel Blears should not have been reselected we Salford voters do not want to vote for her and I am in a dilemna because I am a Labour supporter. I will vote for an Independant candidate however.
There is still time for her to do a honourable thing and go now.
