Expenses: a good week to bury bad news?
It was a very good week to bury bad news. What better time to try to draw the veil over the tawdry expenses scandal in the House of Lords?
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Three former Labour MPs will face criminal trials over their expenses claims, after they lost their appeal in the Supreme Court.
It was a very good week to bury bad news. What better time to try to draw the veil over the tawdry expenses scandal in the House of Lords?
Three Peers have been suspended after the House of Lords’ sleaze watchdog said that they had wrongly claimed tens of thousands of pounds in expenses.
As Zac Goldsmith faces questions about election spending, political funding expert Professor Keith Ewing tells Channel 4 News what the rules are and the “black hole” in the way they are policed.
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A Channel 4 News investigation has raised questions over the election expenses of Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith.
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Nearly 150 MPs are standing down from the Commons when the election is called, many leaving in the wake of the expenses scandal. But few are offering an apology.
Lord Paul has disclosed that he’s had a letter from the Metropolitan Police saying that they have dropped their investigation into his expenses.
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority which oversees MPs’ expenses will cost more than £6mn. Does anyone miss Gordon Brown’s idea of a cheaper, fixed allowance?
Gary Gibbon blogs on the clash of views on MPs expenses between Sir Thomas Legg and Sir Paul Kennedy, and why not all the money will be paid back to the Commons.
The MPs’ expenses debacle is not over yet… but some are daring to hope this thing is nearing its end, blogs Gary Gibbon.
Eighty MPs have registered that they wish to appeal against Legg’s bill for challenged expenses. I hear that about half of them may relate to mortgage claims. Legg has asked for documentation to prove mortgages claimed for and said that while photocopies might have been acceptable to the Fees Office they were not acceptable to…
There will be legislation to enact part of the Kelly Report on re-thinking MPs’ expenses, it was announced today.
The letter sent to MPs saying they must repay money following the Legg review.