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| Tory plan to reveal expenditure | Tory plan to reveal expenditure |
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| The Conservatives will unveil plans to allow taxpayers to go online and find out how their money is being spent. | The Conservatives will unveil plans to allow taxpayers to go online and find out how their money is being spent. |
| Shadow chancellor George Osborne is publishing legislation requiring the Treasury to set up a website revealing every expenditure over £25,000. | Shadow chancellor George Osborne is publishing legislation requiring the Treasury to set up a website revealing every expenditure over £25,000. |
| He will also challenge the government to back the bill, to be presented to the House of Lords by Christmas. | |
| "For too long, government spending has been shrouded in Whitehall secrecy," Mr Osborne will say. | "For too long, government spending has been shrouded in Whitehall secrecy," Mr Osborne will say. |
| The only exemptions will be spending related to national security or that which concerns personal matters covered by the Data Protection Act. | The only exemptions will be spending related to national security or that which concerns personal matters covered by the Data Protection Act. |
| The spending which would be revealed includes the overhauling of the NHS computer network and travel arrangements for ministers. | |
| Mr Osborne will say: "It's been difficult for the public to find out exactly where their tax money is being spent. | Mr Osborne will say: "It's been difficult for the public to find out exactly where their tax money is being spent. |
| "That's why we are introducing new legislation in the House of Lords that will throw open the government's books and enable everyone to find out how their tax money is being spent. | "That's why we are introducing new legislation in the House of Lords that will throw open the government's books and enable everyone to find out how their tax money is being spent. |
| "This proposal will alter the relationship between the public and the government." | "This proposal will alter the relationship between the public and the government." |
| If the Government Spending Transparency Bill clears the House of Lords it would then go before the House of Commons for approval. It would then only survive if there was a sizable rebellion by Labour MPs. |