MPs returning to Westminster next week will be able to take a taxi to work with taxpayers picking up the bill, the expenses watchdog has declared.
The changes to the rules, announced by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority who oversee MPs expenses, are designed allow parliamentarians to avoid public transport when the Commons returns next week.
But some MPs warned that the change may end up looking like there was one rule for them and another for their constituents. Updated guidance from IPSA to MPs said in the light of the "exceptional circumstances" of coronavirus they would "pay for such costs relating to journeys to Westminster from a London area home, between 2 June and the start of the summer recess in July".