Lord Hanningfield.

Talk about money for old rope. He had a council credit card which he made very good use of...........£287,000 over 5 years to be precise. He claims to have done nothing wrong. Some people seem to be very liberal with public funds !

Re: Lord Hanningfield.

There are hundreds, if not thousands of these cards in circulation, purportedly to be used for government and quango business. With little or no official supervision they are all terribly abused and used for personal gain, and have been no doubt since their misguided inception. Just as shocking as the MP's expenses scandal (which hasn't changed one iota).

An absolute disgrace....

Re: Lord Hanningfield.

Bloody typical!!! - I rather guessed before I 'googled' who he was - yet another greedy little oik of a former Tory who thinks he has the right to profit from his civic offices!!!

Paul Edward Winston White, Baron Hanningfield DL (born 16 September 1940) is a member of the House of Lords and was a British Conservative Party politician until early 2010, when the whip was withdrawn from him as a result of investigations into his criminal behaviour in relation to his Parliamentary expenses claims. Lord Hanningfield sat on the Conservative side on Essex County Council until after the meeting of that body on 12 May 2011.

Re: Lord Hanningfield.

Think he served a goal sentance for fraud and served it.

Re: Lord Hanningfield.

In which case he has no right to continue 'sitting' in the House of Lords, he's a convicted criminal!!!