Peers 'treat allowances as pay'
Updated on 17 January 2008
Peers have been accused of treating their House of Lords allowances as "a form of pay".
An independent review of Parliamentary salaries and expenses said some members of the Upper House failed to understand that their role was unpaid.
The disclosure by the Senior Salaries Review Body is likely to raise questions about the amount of expenses currently claimed by many peers.
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