Peers accused of milking tens of thousands in expenses will escape criminal charges after a change in the rules left prosecutors at war with Parliament.
Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer said Labour's Baroness Uddin will not face prosecution thanks to a last-minute change in the guidelines on second homes.
He declared that it was 'absurd' for the Lords authorities to claim the move had not scuppered the case against her.
The 50-year-old peer had been accused of wrongly designating a flat in Kent as her main home - even though neighbours said she was never there - so she could claim overnight allowances payable to peers living outside London.
Former social worker Lady Uddin was accused of falsely claiming £100,000 in allowances - far more than the total allegedly obtained by three Labour MPs who appeared in court this week.
The complaint was that she claimed a flat in Maidstone as her 'main home' when in fact she lived in east London.
Police obtained evidence from neighbours and from water, gas and electric companies supplying the flat in Maidstone. Last night they said privately they were astonished that she had escaped prosecution.
So do a few hours work whilst fiddling the social security and you lose benefits, have to pay the cash back and face a criminal record; yet if your a worthless scum sucking Labour peer like this slag they amend the rules to protect one of their own.
Some animals are indeed more equal than others...
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What a fucking disgrace!
You sound surprised. After all these years, I'm used to it. What about Lord Levi: arrested but not DNA'd?
Methinks Mr Starmer protests too much.
You may, of course, prosecute her for the claims made prior to the rule change, young Keir.
The real question is, do you really want to?
She is a paid labour henchbitch who stoked up this bruhaha to give enfeebled Brown the chance to look big and hard by launching another attack on the House Of Lords hoping that dippy Dave will be trapped into defending Toffs, again.
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