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John P. Lyon RSS feedJacqui Smith: I’m a disgrace and shouldn’t be a peer
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<b>Latest:</b> Jacqui Smith accepts that she should not be given a peerage after being 'disgraced' in the expenses scandal2009-10-30T07:19:45ZTony McNulty faces expenses bill over £60,000 claim
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One of London's most senior MPs faces criticism this week for claiming £60,000 of Commons expenses on the home where his parents live2009-10-26T09:30:35ZPay back expenses, Harriet Harman tells angry MPs
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23757298-pay-back-expenses-harriet-harman-tells-angry-mps.do
Senior Cabinet minister urges MPs to pay back expenses demanded from them by independent auditor Sir Thomas Legg2009-10-16T06:36:14ZNo Tory action on MP’s £100k claims
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23756737-mps-in-expenses-scandal-to-quit-parliament.do
David Cameron took no action against a Conservative MP who is accused of paying £100,000 of public money into his own company2009-10-15T07:14:45ZFormer minister will not have to pay back a penny
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23755768-former-minister-will-not-have-to-pay-back-a-penny.do
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 allowance2009-10-13T07:41:21ZJacqui Smith apologises over expenses claims
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23755346-jacqui-smith-faces-rebuke-for-claims-on-sisters-house.do
<b>Latest:</b> Former home secretary Jacqui Smith apologised for wrongly designating her family house as a second home for expenses purposes2009-10-12T09:40:58ZMP 'spent taxpayers' money on coffee morning mail shots'
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Government minister accused of misusing taxpayers' money - allegedly spending thousands on invitations to Saturday coffee mornings2009-10-02T09:08:44Z'Sex attack' at Keens' home taken over by squatters
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23718738-sex-attack-at-keens-home-taken-over-by-squatters.do
An alleged sex attack at the constituency home of London Labour MPs Ann and Alan Keen is being investigated by police2009-07-13T08:09:19ZMr and Mrs Expenses to face investigation
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23718329-mr-and-mrs-expenses-to-face-investigation.do
Home-row MPs Ann and Alan Keen are under official investigation over their expenses, it was announced2009-07-10T13:15:44ZGeorge Osborne expenses probe in blow for Tories
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Shadow chancellor George Osborne is being investigated over his expenses, amid claims he ‘milked system’ when he bought a second home2009-07-02T15:06:55ZMalik faces second inquiry into expenses
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2009-06-16T12:11:29ZMorley statement in full
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2009-05-14T14:30:40ZSleaze watchdog launches probe into Tony McNulty expenses
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23667303-sleaze-watchdog-launches-probe-into-tony-mcnulty-expenses.do
London minister Tony McNulty's political future was thrown into doubt after Westminster's sleaze watchdog launched an inquiry into his expenses2009-03-26T09:39:53ZMP escapes inquiry over Commons sex
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Labour MP Nigel Griffiths, who reportedly cheated on his wife in the Commons, will not be investigated by Westminster’s sleaze watchdog2009-03-26T16:00:57ZMPs face probes on homes and sex in the Commons
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The row over Commons expenses leads to demands for the second home allowance to be scrapped for MPs living within commuting distance of London2009-03-23T09:31:29Z'Nannygate' MP cleared of sleaze
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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 rules2009-03-03T18:41:47ZGordon Brown ticked off in expenses probe
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Gordon Brown has been ticked off for breaching rules on expenses, but cleared of deliberately trying to deceive parliamentary authorities2009-02-26T12:08:48ZMPs to rule on Spelman sanctions for 'nannygate'
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23651100-mps-to-rule-on-spelman-sanctions-for-nannygate.do
MPs are considering whether Tory frontbencher Caroline Spelman should be punished over the "nannygate" affair2009-02-24T09:42:43Z'Nannygate' report is handed to MPs
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The report into the "nannygate" allegations against Tory frontbencher Caroline Spelman has been delivered to MPs2009-02-24T14:22:00ZSleaze watchdog investigates Smith over home expenses
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23645884-sleaze-watchdog-investigates-smith-over-home-expenses.do
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will be investigated about her £116,000 Commons expense claims, anti-sleaze watchdogs confirmed2009-02-18T09:43:06ZMPs shun free London homes as expenses claims are put in the spotlight
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Cabinet ministers are shunning free "grace and favour" homes following greater scrutiny of their Commons expenses claims2009-02-11T10:16:18ZCrime rises on street where Jacqui Smith's home has armed guard
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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 there2009-02-10T09:51:54ZHain guilty over failure to register £130,000 donations
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Peter Hain's chances of a Cabinet comeback were shattered after he was found guilty of failing to register more than £100,000 of donations to his Labour deputy leadership campaign2009-01-22T14:54:01ZTory chairman Spelman in clear over 'nanny on expenses' claim
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23612638-tory-chairman-spelman-in-clear-over-nanny-on-expenses-claim.do
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 say2009-01-06T14:25:11ZMP breached rules using taxpayer cash for leaflets
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23598537-mp-breached-rules-using-taxpayer-cash-for-leaflets.do
A government minister has been found guilty of breaching Commons rules by using taxpayers' cash to pay for party political leaflets2008-12-08T14:54:30ZTwo-jobs Osborne cuts back on his heavy workload
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George Osborne is cutting down on his extra job as "unofficial party chairman" after concern that his performance as shadow chancellor is suffering2008-11-13T09:44:37ZMP Vaz faces sleaze probe into court case
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23563012-mp-vaz-faces-sleaze-probe-into-court-case.do
Parliament's sleaze watchdog is to investigate claims that Labour MP Keith Vaz tried to interfere in a court case2008-10-02T13:49:24ZRenaissance at Hampstead Theatre after funding boost
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The Hampstead Theatre unveils a raft of new work, thanks to an Arts Council funding boost2008-06-26T07:53:23ZBalls and Cooper to be quizzed over claims for London second home
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23499928-balls-and-cooper-to-be-quizzed-over-claims-for-london-second-home.do
The Cabinet's "golden couple" are under investigation over alleged milking of Commons expenses, it has emerged2008-06-25T15:14:01ZTory MPs broke rules on second home payments
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23496156-tory-mps-broke-rules-on-second-home-payments.do
David Cameron was rocked by a fresh sleaze scandal when two senior Conservative MPs were found to have breached rules on taxpayer-funded second homes2008-06-18T08:58:57Z