a few more in The Manifesto

All MPs expenses must have receipts for anything over £10 (as all businesses have to do!) and they would have to file these publicly so you could see what they are claiming as a parliamentary expense and who is being paid by them. It is after all our money. MPs also don’t get a pension for life… They get paid enough that they can pay into a private pension. And if they are good at their jobs and get reelected then they have a job for life… Listening to local people and campaigning for them would therefore be the main job, not party politics. Good idea or open to more dodgy under the table deals?

All public sector bills must be paid within 30 days of invoice unless there is a problem with the service or product delivered - this complaint must be made in writing to the service provider within 30 days of invoice. Do we take it further and say that anyone not paying within the terms of credit offered gets automatically fined say 10% of the bill which can be automatically removed from their bank accounts by the service provider? I’m sick of people not paying their bills on time, it drives me nuts. Public sector are the worst for it so mainly I refuse to deal with them.

I’m loving the suggestion of an E-tax system. My thoughts on this are: If I’m earning money, I should be paying tax on it, I’m not hiding anything so why would I mind them seeing my business bank account? Totally okay with that. If it means my tax takes 5 minutes to submit and I don’t have to wait in their ridiculously long queues on the phone, I’m all for it. And on that note, we’d be moving towards an e-system for most things… Which then frees up counter/telephone services for people who really need it.