Peers would get a £200-a-day attendance allowance under proposed reforms to expenses in the House of Lords.

The Senior Salaries Review Body review followed claims some peers abuse the £174-a-night overnight allowance.

It says overnight claims should be cut to £140 but daily allowances for office costs and food, worth up to £161.50, be replaced by the £200 attendance fee. BBC.

So they dress it up in smallish amounts but if you take £200 attendance allowance and the £140 overnight allowance and assume 20 working days a month it works out at £48,000 a year plus £33,600 living expenses – nice work if you can get it.

Anyway weren’t we supposed to be getting rid of the House of Lords?