It has been reported that MPs could be banned from claiming for their mortgages on expenses, under proposed reforms to be unveiled next week. Skip related content
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According to the report Sir Christopher Kelly, the chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, will recommend MPs should in future have to rent somewhere to live if they require a second home.
According to the report, Sir Christopher will also recommend a reduction in the number of MPs who are eligible to claim the second homes allowance.
At the moment, only central London MPs are excluded from claiming for a second home, but under the proposals any MP with a constituency in "reasonable commuting distance" of Westminster will have to meet their own accommodation costs.
He is also said to be recommending a ban on MPs employing members of their families paid for out of public funds, and is reportedly advising that his reforms should be phased in over a five-year period, so that sitting MPs can adjust to the new arrangements.
Party leaders have indicated that they will accept the committee's recommendations, barring any exceptional circumstances.
Tributes have been paid to a schoolgirl who died after slipping in her high heels and falling under a train while waving goodbye to her friends.
