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Politicians reject Kelly's plan to investigate misconduct complaints

05.11.09

MPs reject key part of Sir Christopher Kelly's clean-up of Parliament by moving to curb investigations into their misconduct... more

Jacqui Smith: I’m a disgrace and shouldn’t be a peer

30.10.09

Latest: Jacqui Smith accepts that she should not be given a peerage after being 'disgraced' in the expenses scandal... more

Tony McNulty faces expenses bill over Ł60,000 claim

26.10.09

One of London's most senior MPs faces criticism this week for claiming Ł60,000 of Commons expenses on the home where his parents live... more

No Tory action on MP’s Ł100k claims

15.10.09

David Cameron took no action against a Conservative MP who is accused of paying Ł100,000 of public money into his own company... more

Former minister will not have to pay back a penny

13.10.09

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

Jacqui Smith apologises over expenses claims

12.10.09

Latest: Former home secretary Jacqui Smith apologised for wrongly designating her family house as a second home for expenses purposes... more

MP 'spent taxpayers' money on coffee morning mail shots'

02.10.09

Government minister accused of misusing taxpayers' money - allegedly spending thousands on invitations to Saturday coffee mornings... more

'Sex attack' at Keens' home taken over by squatters

13.07.09

An alleged sex attack at the constituency home of London Labour MPs Ann and Alan Keen is being investigated by police... more

Mr and Mrs Expenses to face investigation

10.07.09

Home-row MPs Ann and Alan Keen are under official investigation over their expenses, it was announced... more

George Osborne expenses probe in blow for Tories

02.07.09

Shadow chancellor George Osborne is being investigated over his expenses, amid claims he ‘milked system’ when he bought a second home... more

Malik faces second inquiry into expenses

16.06.09

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Morley statement in full

14.05.09

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Sleaze watchdog launches probe into Tony McNulty expenses

26.03.09

London minister Tony McNulty's political future was thrown into doubt after Westminster's sleaze watchdog launched an inquiry into his expenses... more

MP escapes inquiry over Commons sex

26.03.09

Labour MP Nigel Griffiths, who reportedly cheated on his wife in the Commons, will not be investigated by Westminster’s sleaze watchdog... more

MPs face probes on homes and sex in the Commons

23.03.09

The row over Commons expenses leads to demands for the second home allowance to be scrapped for MPs living within commuting distance of London... more

'Nannygate' MP cleared of sleaze

03.03.09

Senior Tory Caroline Spelman is set to keep her shadow cabinet job after a report into the "Nannygate" affair found her guilty only of inadvertent breaches of Commons rules... more

Gordon Brown ticked off in expenses probe

26.02.09

Gordon Brown has been ticked off for breaching rules on expenses, but cleared of deliberately trying to deceive parliamentary authorities... more

MPs to rule on Spelman sanctions for 'nannygate'

24.02.09

MPs are considering whether Tory frontbencher Caroline Spelman should be punished over the "nannygate" affair... more

'Nannygate' report is handed to MPs

24.02.09

The report into the "nannygate" allegations against Tory frontbencher Caroline Spelman has been delivered to MPs... more

Sleaze watchdog investigates Smith over home expenses

18.02.09

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will be investigated about her Ł116,000 Commons expense claims, anti-sleaze watchdogs confirmed... more

MPs shun free London homes as expenses claims are put in the spotlight

11.02.09

Cabinet ministers are shunning free "grace and favour" homes following greater scrutiny of their Commons expenses claims... more

Crime rises on street where Jacqui Smith's home has armed guard

10.02.09

Crime has gone up in the London street where Home Secretary Jacqui Smith lives despite the presence of police armed with machineguns whenever she is there... more

Hain guilty over failure to register Ł130,000 donations

22.01.09

Peter Hain's chances of a Cabinet comeback were shattered after he was found guilty of failing to register more than Ł100,000 of donations to his Labour deputy leadership campaign... more

Tory chairman Spelman in clear over 'nanny on expenses' claim

06.01.09

Tory chairman Caroline Spelman will not be sacked from the shadow cabinet after a long-awaited inquiry into the "nannygate" affair cleared her of serious wrongdoing, party sources say... more

MP breached rules using taxpayer cash for leaflets

08.12.08

A government minister has been found guilty of breaching Commons rules by using taxpayers' cash to pay for party political leaflets... more

Two-jobs Osborne cuts back on his heavy workload

13.11.08

George Osborne is cutting down on his extra job as "unofficial party chairman" after concern that his performance as shadow chancellor is suffering... more

MP Vaz faces sleaze probe into court case

02.10.08

Parliament's sleaze watchdog is to investigate claims that Labour MP Keith Vaz tried to interfere in a court case... more

Renaissance at Hampstead Theatre after funding boost

26.06.08

The Hampstead Theatre unveils a raft of new work, thanks to an Arts Council funding boost... more

Balls and Cooper to be quizzed over claims for London second home

25.06.08

The Cabinet's "golden couple" are under investigation over alleged milking of Commons expenses, it has emerged... more

Tory MPs broke rules on second home payments

18.06.08

David Cameron was rocked by a fresh sleaze scandal when two senior Conservative MPs were found to have breached rules on taxpayer-funded second homes... more