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MPs squeal after losing perks and expenses slashed

28.10.09

Latest: MPs of all parties in uproar after expenses are cut to ribbons as report calls for massive reduction of pay-off for those leaving Parliament... more

Give us free taxis to get home after working late, says MP

21.10.09

London MP calls for free taxis to take his colleagues home after late sittings of the House of Commons... more

Britain 'must hold inquiry on torture claims against MI5'

04.08.09

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Secret report on Blair Peach death 'must be made public'

28.07.09

Secret police report into the killing of a teacher at an anti-facist rally 30 years ago must be published to prevent further deaths during demonstrations, a parliamentary committee said... more

London MPs in stampede to offload their second homes

26.05.09

London’s MPs are frantically dumping second homes as their expenses bill of almost Ł10 million a year comes under the spotlight... more

Met told ‘buck must stop at the top’ in G20 row

12.05.09

Senior Met chiefs should face possible disciplinary action over the failure of their officers to display their identification numbers during the G20 protests, the chairman of a powerful Parliamentary Committee said today.... more

MPs say they face hardship after axing second homes cash

01.05.09

Dozens of London MPs are up to Ł16,500 poorer after the Commons voted to scrap their second homes allowance... more

Rebels in the vote

01.05.09

The vote to scrap second home allowances for outer London MPs was opposed by 39 Members... more

Police 'taught to treat the public as the enemy'

20.04.09

A former senior Scotland Yard commander accused the Met's leaders of teaching officers to treat the public as their "enemy"... more

London MPs face pay probe as they prepare to pocket 9% increase

31.03.09

A full inquiry into the scandal of MPs' pay and perks was speeded up as dozens of London MPs were set to pocket an inflation-busting rise of more than nine per cent... more

UK handed terror suspects to US for interrogation

26.02.09

Ministers will admit that Britain was involved in handing over terror suspects in Iraq to the US to fly to Afghanistan for interrogation... more

MI5 'used James Bond clause over the torture of detainees'

04.02.09

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to be quizzed by Parliament over allegations that British security services used a "James Bond-style get-out clause" to collude with torture of terror suspects... more

I blundered in vote, admits MP fighting Heathrow expansion

29.01.09

A Labour MP who has campaigned against Heathrow expansion spoke of his "huge embarrassment" for siding with the Government over plans for a third runway... more

Poll predicts wipe-out for Labour in South-East

22.09.08

Labour is facing wipe-out in the South-East at the next general election, according to a new poll... more

Islamist sect banned as security threat 'is recruiting teenagers'

19.09.08

A militant Islamic sect banned by the Government as a threat to national security has launched a campaign to radicalise teenagers in east London... more