Forgive me, but isn't this being implemented by many of those embroiled in the expenses scandal? Not that something doesn't need doing, but it smacks a bit of hypocrisy and pot calling the kettle black, doesn't it?
One of the main movers and shakers in the government is the Minister for Work & Pensions, Chris Grayling MP, who, although only living about 15 miles from Parliament, still had a flat in London which he managed to claim over £100K for, plus various other expenses well into the £000s as well. I've heard him pontificating many times on the subject of streamlining the Welfare Benefits system.
I just hate the hypocrisy of people like that who themselves were never averse to lining their own pockets at taxpayers' expense but who are now sanctimoniously preaching the need for this "scandal of benefits scroungers" to be tackled without delay. The irony of it all is totally staggering.