Labour MEPs have voluntarily submitted their expenditure for audit process to an independent accountant   for the last 9 years to ensure all office and salaries expenditure is correct. This practice that has been belatedly followed by some of the other parties. UKIP still do not audit their accounts.

All Labour MEPs in the new European Parliament will publish details online, including receipts of office costs and a breakdown of their daily allowance and travel costs.

In 2000 Labour MEPs introduced their own measures  in the absence of European Parliament requirements to ensure that their own expenditure is correct.  Labour MEPs have for nine years voluntarily sent their accounts to be independently audited.

This requires that every Labour MEP has their expenditure reviewed each year by an independent accountant to certify that all expenditure is within the European Parliament rules, applicable law and the additional guidance laid down by the EPLP.
The EPLP publishes each of the auditors’ certificates on its website to demonstrate that the accounts are in order.

MEPs do not receive an Additional Costs Allowance as in the Westminster Parliament, but a daily allowance and travel reimbursement when working in Brussels or Strasbourg.

Labour MEPs regularly review their regulations in order to meet the highest standards of probity. From July, new rules and regulations will come into force in the European Parliament, so that:

- All costs relating to MEPs' staff will be managed directly by the European Parliament or, in the case of staff based outside Brussels, by agents approved by them.
- Travel will be reimbursed by the European Parliament on the basis of real costs incurred.

All Labour MEPs elected in the new Parliament will:

• Publish every six months on the EPLP’s and individual websites:
  
           1. a breakdown of their expenditure received under their European
              Parliament office allowance
           2. all receipts pertaining to this expenditure
           3. the number of days claimed and the amounts received in relation
              to their Daily Allowance
           4. amounts received for costs of travel
  
  
• Continue to have their expenditure reviewed each year by an
        independent accountant and publishing their auditors’ certificate on
        their individual websites and the EPLP’s website.
  
  
• Continue to campaigning for further reform for all MEPs expenses in
        the European Parliament to bring them up to Labour’s standards.