Keeping It In The Family 2
Confirmation today from Ian Paisley Junior that he does get paid for his role as a Westminster researcher for his father, although we don't know how much. This is declared on his Assembly register of interests. Any payment will be on top of his £43,201 as an MLA and £19,609 as a junior minister.
The UUP have yet to produce their list of MLAs who employ relatives, although they are confirming about 5 or 6 do.
It's thought they include Basil McCrea and Billy Armstrong.
The DUP are still standing their ground on not publishing a list, although more skilled internet users than I have turned up the list of advice centre staff which was on the DUP website at the end of last year. It reveals that a number of DUP workers have eerily similar surnames to their MLAs. They include Rhonda Paisley, Ian Snr's diary secretary, and two of the Robinsons' children. Some details are obviously out of date - the list still contains, for example, Jim Allister's son.
With the nationals giving the Wintertons a hard time over their allowance claims, the Daily Mail has honed in on the allowances paid to political couples. The Robinsons don't get a picture but they do get a mention, noting that last year they submitted separate London accommodation claims for £19,558 and £20,386.
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