MPs want taxpayers to buy them a £700 iPad each... to save the environment.
More than a dozen backbenchers are to trial the gadgets before they are rolled out to all 650 MPs in a move likely to enrage cash-strapped voters.
A source on the Administration Committee, which is driving the move, claimed it would save cash, saying: “It will pay for itself as we won’t be printing so much.”
Parliament has already spent £5million on 7,000 computers in the past five years.
The Taxpayers’ Alliance said: “MPs have office budgets that are more than adequate to cover the cost of an iPad.
“On top of that, huge amounts have been spent on computers for MPs and their staff, so we shouldn’t have to foot another bill so MPs can have the latest gadgets.”
This came as it emerged that 12 MPs have tried to pay bonuses to family members despite rules prohibiting it.
And further shame was heaped on politics yesterday when ex-minister Dawn Butler accused former colleagues of sexism, saying: “They talked about women MP’s breasts.”
Meanwhile, jailed expenses cheat Eric Illsley was mugged on his last night of freedom, handing over cash and a phone
by Tom McTague, Daily Mirror
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