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This chapter traces parliamentary reaction to the MPs’ expenses crisis, which led to the creation of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA). The Parliamentary Standards Act 2009 was rushed through both Houses in July 2009, the same time the Committee on Standards in Public Life undertook its review of MPs’ allowances. IPSA was established in record time, and had a stormy initial reception from the new Parliament in 2010. The body was seen as unaccountable and remote from MPs’ daily lives, administering an inflexible and unresponsive expenses scheme. IPSA is both regulator and administrator, and the dual role has caused tension with its customers, and there are continuing questions about its long-term viability, given the administrative overheads.
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Gay, O. (2014). The New Regime: The Role of IPSA. In: vanHeerde-Hudson, J. (eds) The Political Costs of the 2009 British MPs’ Expenses Scandal. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137034557_9
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