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Value for money

On the other hand, I've always considered the roads and pavements in my office area to be poor value. They are being re-paved again as part of the collective dress-up in the run-up to 2008. Obviously if the old roads were value for money, they would not have been re-paved over and over and over again in the past 10 years.

I admit, though, that this is a private thought - I am perhaps thinking too much about the tax payer's money. I'm sure contractors will disagree with my assessment, no? I think they'll disagree - perhaps they also have been thinking too much about the tax payer's money.

Anyways, here are two media examples on "value for money":

From the Daily Telegraph website (Do we get good value for money from our MPs? June 15, 2007):

MPs have been ordered to disclose how much taxpayers' money they spend on their mortgages, hotel bills, groceries and cleaners. The House of Commons has been told to publish a breakdown of how each MP spends their "additional costs allowance", allocated to cover the costs of running a second home or staying away overnight on parliamentary business.

This year it is worth up to ?23,983 and can cover such expenses as mortgage costs, hotels, food, service charges, utilities, telecoms bills, furnishings, service charges, cleaning, insurance and security.

Do we get good value for money from our MPs? Is it reasonable for MPs, who are paid a salary of ?60,675, to receive such a generous allowance towards their expenses? Should there be restrictions on what they are allowed to spend it on? While security for high profile figures may be an essential, do you think it is fair for taxpayers' money to be spent on the luxury of a cleaner?