{"id":189715,"date":"2023-12-11T20:52:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T20:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189715"},"modified":"2023-12-11T20:52:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T20:52:28","slug":"fury-as-tory-mp-charges-taxpayers-6-for-a-pritt-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/fury-as-tory-mp-charges-taxpayers-6-for-a-pritt-stick\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury as Tory MP charges taxpayers \u00a36 for a Pritt Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>EXCLUSIVE<\/span> Fury as Tory MP Mike Freer charges taxpayers \u00a36 for a Pritt Stick among \u00a3816 stationary costs<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mike Freer\u00a0has been Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green since 2010<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In 2014 Jeremy Hunt \u2013 who was worth around \u00a320m &#8211; claimed 5p for paper clip<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>North London MP Mike Freer has charged taxpayers \u00a36 for a Pritt Stick among stationary costs that amount to more than \u00a3800.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The glue &#8211; famous for its smiling stick man logo &#8211; was purchased by the MP&#8217;s office earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear whether the glue was a single stick or a multipack, but packs of four are \u00a34.99 on Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>It appears under stationary and printing costs of \u00a3816.22 listed for 2023\/24 on the website of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, the independent body that regulates and administers the business costs of the UK&#8217;s 650 elected members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was purchased on May 10, 2023, and is simply described as &#8216;Pritt Stick.&#8217;\u00a0The basic annual salary for an MP is \u00a386,584.<\/p>\n<p>Former banker Mr Freer has been Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green since the 2010 General Election and was re-elected in 2015, 2017 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/19\/78835749-12851673-image-m-44_1702321745968.jpg\" height=\"644\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>North London MP Mike Freer (pictured) has charged taxpayers \u00a36 for a Pritt Stick among his \u00a3816 stationary costs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/11\/19\/78835745-12851673-image-a-43_1702321657837.jpg\" height=\"897\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The glue &#8211; famous for its smiling stick man logo &#8211; was purchased by the MP&#8217;s office earlier this year<\/p>\n<p>He has also served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Services since September 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But he previously worked for several fast-food chains, including Pizzaland, Pizza Hut and KFC, before he switched to a management job in the financial sector.<\/p>\n<p>He also served as Leader of Barnet Council between 2006 and 2009.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0MPs&#8217; expenses bill soars by nearly a FIFTH in two years to \u00a3138.6m as they hire more staff citing &#8216;rise in casework&#8217; after Covid<\/h3>\n<p>MPs have been routinely ridiculed for their stationary costs, with some claiming for items worth just pennies.<\/p>\n<p>It emerged in 2014 that then Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt \u2013 who was worth as much as \u00a320m &#8211; claimed 5p from taxpayers for just one paper clip.<\/p>\n<p>And David Cameron also put in a series of miserly claims, including 8p for a box of paperclips, while Cabinet Minister Ken Clarke claimed 11p for a ruler.<\/p>\n<p>It was then suggested that tiny claims would be lumped together to save MPs embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>Finchley and Golders Green Labour hit out at the glue cost.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson said: &#8216;This is maddening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Mike Freer is asking taxpayers for \u00a36 to cover the cost of a Pritt Stick &#8211; on top of his nearly \u00a390,000 MP&#8217;s salary and the allowance he&#8217;s provided to run his office &#8211; local teachers are having to dig into their own pockets to cover similar items for their students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You couldn&#8217;t make it up.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mike Freer has not responded to repeated requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12851673\/Tory-MP-charges-taxpayers-6-Pritt-Stick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE Fury as Tory MP Mike Freer charges taxpayers \u00a36 for a Pritt Stick among \u00a3816 stationary costs Mike Freer\u00a0has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189714,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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