Michael Crick
Will the Electoral Commission act over Tory Thanet expenses?
Did the Tories spent twice as much in defeating Nigel Farage in Thanet South last year as they were legally allowed under the rules?
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Election Expenses update
The Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner could face criminal charges over allegations she failed to properly declare the election expenses of a Conservative candidate during the 2015 General Election.
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MPs to get backdated 10 per cent pay hike to £74,000
A 10 per cent pay hike for MPs was confirmed today – despite the fact that the rest of the public sector has been capped at 1 per cent for another four years.
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MPs’ expenses – the key questions
The revelation that many MPs were abusing the expenses they received at public expense led to an overhaul of the system in 2010. What has changed since then?
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MPs’ expenses: 46 claim in London despite owning a property
Forty six MPs have claimed expenses for London rent or hotels despite owning a property in the capital, a Channel 4 News investigation has found.
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Duckhouse to doghouse: a short history of MPs’ scandals
The claim is that Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind were happy to use their influence for personal gain. But this would not be the first time that MPs have traded their status in return for money.
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Gary Gibbon
Maria Miller didn’t jump – she was discreetly pushed
The official version of events is that the prime minister was taken by surprise by Maria Miller’s resignation, but my sources tell me the decision was made to “get rid of her”.
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Maria Miller resigns as culture secretary in expenses row
Maria Miller has resigned as culture secretary due to the row over her expenses, Downing Street says. She will be replaced by Sajid Javid, the MP for Bromsgrove.
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Who is Sajid Javid, high-flying ‘Muslim heir to Maggie’?
There are few MPs who can claim to have benefited from the expenses scandal but the new Culture Secretary Sajid Javid is perhaps one of them.
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Should Maria Miller resign?
Pressure is growing on Culture Secretary Maria Miller over the row about her expenses. Cathy Newman asks Angela Eagle, shadow leader of the House of Commons, if she should resign or not?
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Maria Miller, expenses, Leveson, newspapers: a heady mix
If Culture Secretary Maria Miller hoped her apology on Thursday over her expenses claims would be the end of the affair, it has not quite turned out that way.
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Gary Gibbon
Maria Miller, fishing and wrecks
The story behind Maria Miller and the latest installment of the MPs’ expenses scandal.
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Ex-Labour minister Denis MacShane jailed over expenses
Former Labour minister Denis MacShane is jailed for six months after admitting to making bogus expenses claims amounting to nearly £13,000.
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MPs feel the heat after claiming energy bills on expenses
The rising cost of energy is now a key political issue. But it has been revealed that MPs are claiming thousands of pounds in expenses for energy bills at their second homes – at a cost to taxpayers.
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Out of order: politicians who ended up behind bars
Chris Huhne is not the first serving politician to end up in trouble with the law, statistically MPs are more likely to have a criminal conviction than the average member of the public.
