Maria Miller
Maria Miller was appointed as Culture Secretary in September 2012.[1]
Expenses controversy
In February 2014 Miller was criticised by parliamentary standards officials for claiming mortgage repayments and other expenses associated with a large detached property in south London between 2005 and 2005.
MPs on the House of Commons standards committee will decide upon her future at a meeting in February 2014. The committee has the power to suspend Miller or order her to repay the expenses. Miller has repeatedly maintained her claims were 'entirely above board', insisting they had been 'audited twice independently'. [2]
Affiliations
Nick King was appointed as special adviser to Miller in October 2012 after working just four months as a senior account director at lobbying firm Hanover Communications.
External Resources
- Steven Swinford, Holly Watt and Claire Newell, MPs' expenses: Maria Miller criticised for £90,000 claim by parliamentary watchdog, The Telegraph, 16 February 2014, acc 17 February 2014
Notes
- ↑ Juliette Jowit, Shiv Malik and Haroon Siddique, Cabinet reshuffle: who has moved so far?, guardian.co.uk, 4 September 2012.
- ↑ Steven Swinford, Holly Watt and Claire Newell, MPs' expenses: Maria Miller criticised for £90,000 claim by parliamentary watchdog, The Telegraph, 16 February 2014, acc 17 February 2014
