David Cameron’s pledge to 'smell test' the expenses of Tory MPs is undermined today by the disclosure that some have yet to make repayments that were announced seven months ago... more
Downing Street plays down suggestions that Gordon Brown plans to offer MPs a pay rise to buy off a backbench rebellion over their expected loss of income from expenses... more
Moves to force MPs to payback misclaimed expenses suffered a major blow as auditor Sir Thomas Legg admitted he had blundered over bills owed by top Tory Kenneth Clarke... more
The smear campaign by MPs facing large repayments of expenses against the independent auditor, Sir Thomas Legg, can only add to the impression that standards in public life have reached new lows... more
These are the MPs who have so far disclosed all or part of the content of letters received from Sir Thomas Legg, as a result of his inquiry into additional cost allowances claimed between 2004-5 and 2008-9... more
Professor Malcolm Grant, provost of University College London, recently rated one of the world's top four universities, has warned that parents may have to save from birth to pay future college fees... more
David Cameron moved to outflank Labour over the MPs’ expenses scandal as it emerged that at least two of his senior allies have been ordered to repay four-figure sums... more
MPs move to rebuff demands for them to pay back thousands of pounds in expenses as Harriet Harman urges backbenchers to mount campaign to persuade Sir Thomas Legg to back down... more
Tony McNulty’s hopes of being cleared over expenses affair receives boost after Sir Thomas Legg suggested he would not have to pay back his second homes allowance... more
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