MPs Call For IPSA To Abandon 'Scrooge' Policy That Stops Them Paying Staff Early

MPs have called for a Parliamentary standards watchdog to scrap rules that prevent them from paying their staff early in time for Christmas.More than 100 Westminster politicians from all parties have lent their signatures to a letter crafted by Labour’s Faisal Rashid, who wants IPSA to relax its ‘Scrooge-like’ policy in time for the festive season in 2018.They want Parliamentary staff, including researchers, cleaners and other office workers, to be given the option to receive t