Gary Gibbon
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
Political editor Gary Gibbon on Labour’s decision to stop using the lawyers three MPs are using to defend themselves, and David Cameron using the scandal to attack Gordon Brown.
Jon Snow
Jon Snow blogs on the aftermath of the expense scandal and the call for real reform in the Houses of power.
Gary Gibbon
Sir Christopher Kelly, Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, talked to the Public Administration Committee this morning. He refused several invitations to take a pot shot at Sir Thomas Legg. He said to the committee: “I think all of you are guilty of having gone along with a system which you must…
Gary Gibbon
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.
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…
Gary Gibbon
There will be legislation to enact part of the Kelly Report on re-thinking MPs’ expenses, it was announced today.
Gary Gibbon
The letter sent to MPs saying they must repay money following the Legg review.
Gary Gibbon
The Speaker has written to MPs saying how the Commons will deal with the refuseniks who won’t pay up Sir Thomas Legg’s expenses demands.
Jon Snow
The disrepute into which parliament has been dragged by the peers’ and MPs’ expenses scandal continues to dominate politics, over and above party rivalry, writes Jon Snow.
Gary Gibbon
MPs praying for a rewrite of the Kelly report on expenses, on the basis of reports in the last few days, are whistling in the dark, writes Gary Gibbon.
Gary Gibbon
Sir Christopher Kelly’s report on MPs’ expenses calls for a law to stop the government interfering in MPs’ pay – but tighter powers for an expenses watchdog, as well.
Gary Gibbon
As the widely leaked report into MPs’ expenses is published, its author, Sir Christopher Kelly, is hopeful he can get a version of his proposed rules in place by the first day after a post-election parliament.
Gary Gibbon
The leaked contents of Sir Christopher Kelly report into MPs’ expenses say members will have to declare to their constituents where they will work on the side.
Gary Gibbon
David Wilshire imminent decision to stand down as an MP should burnish David Cameron’s reputation as the “get tough” candidate in the expenses saga.