LABOUR councillors in Barnet are calling for members' allowances and expenses to be posted online.

Councillor Alison Moore, leader of the Labour group, has submitted an amendment to a party motion at next Tuesday's full council meeting asking for all payments to be listed on the web.

The motion comes days after Brian Coleman, Conservative assembly member for Barnet and Camden, was forced to publish his expenses by Mayor of London Boris Johnson, despite his initial declaration that they were "none of the public's business".

Mr Coleman, chief of the fire and emergency planning authority, said in an interview on Tuesday: "I'm from the Boris school of anarchist thinking. If somebody tells me to do something, I don't want to do it."

But Mr Coleman was the only one of the 25 London assembly members to refuse to publish his expenses and was forced into a humiliating Y-turn following pressure from the mayor.

His published accounts show he claimed for £1,946 of taxi fares and a £1,784 travel card last year – making his the third-highest bill after the mayor and deputy mayor Richard Barnes.

In 2007 to 2008, Mr Coleman spent more than £8,000 in taxi fares – more than the other 24 members put together. The year before, he notched up over £10,000 in fares.

Ms Moore said: “Publishing a list online of all councillors' allowances and expenses claimed is the right thing to do in the interests of transparency.

"Members of the public should be able to easily access this sort of information about their elected representatives, and I hope that all political parties in Barnet will be able to support this.”

In addition to publishing expenses, the Labour group motion asks Barnet Council to lobby Government for a law change to allow councillors’ pay to be set by an independent panel.

At the moment, councillors decide whether to accept, amend or reject recommendations by the Independent Review Panel.

The motion also calls for overall allowances to be capped, and for restrictions to the practise of individuals claiming more than one special responsibility allowance, which are paid to councillors who do additional work beyond their basic job, such as sitting on committees.