Holyrood officials said there's no way to monitor what MSPs are using their taxpayer-funded postage to send but ruled out banning stamps.
Holyrood officials have admitted they don’t ask MSPs to record how much mail they’re sending out using postage stamps bought using their allowance.Leaked WhatsApp discussions from a private group of SNP office managers showed them asking whether postage could be traced and talking about the “stamp fairy” being “very useful for campaigns”.
They alleged that postage bought by MSPs using their annual £5500 allowance may have been used for political campaigning by the SNP – a move strictly banned under Holyrood rules. Alba party general secretary Chris McEleney said there had to be much more scrutiny in light of the allegations. Calls have been made to ban the purchase of stamps entirely and make MSPs use the parliamentary franking system, which is cheaper, but Holyrood officials said they won’t allow this.
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