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Ann Keen's answer to expenses question: Get stuffed

16.10.09
Five London MPs are refusing to say if they are being asked to repay part of their Commons expenses... more

£1.8 million paid in bonuses to Olympic venue managers

15.10.09
Managers at the Olympic Delivery Authority are being handed bumper bonuses of more than £18,000 a year ... more

Lib-Dem supertax on £1million London homes

21.09.09
Latest: Queen and tens of thousands of Londoners would be hit by a planned Liberal Democrat tax on homes worth more than £1million... more

2012 bosses give themselves £60k bonus

16.07.09
Bosses at the Olympic Delivery Authority enjoyed average bonuses of £60,000 each in the past 12 months... more

Forces reject plans to extend use of taser guns

22.06.09
A number of police forces have rejected plans to extend the use of Taser weapons to non-firearms officers, it was revealed... more

Cleared Iraqi fromLondon is last US prisoner in Baghdad camp

29.04.09
A businessman from south London is the last detainee from Britain to be held by US forces in Iraq, it has emerged... more

Digging and planting will count towards fitness target for 2012

03.04.09
Gardening will rank alongside sport to meet a government target to make Britons more active ahead of the Olympics... 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

You've been framed by Google's Street View

20.03.09
Google has removed dozens of pictures from its new Street View service because of privacy concerns... more

Google phone tracker puts privacy in danger, say MPs

09.03.09
The privacy of tens of thousands of mobile phone users is at risk because of Google's new tracking system, MPs have warned... more

'Silver sozzlers' spend their pensions on binge drinking

05.03.09
New figures reveal the scale of alcohol abuse among middle class over-65s in London... 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

Free tap water for visitors at all venues during Games

10.11.08
All visitors to the 2012 London Games will be offred free tap water, organisers said... more

Only 10 out of 74 London MPs attend crucial knife debate

06.06.08
Just 10 London MPs attended a Commons debate on knife crime - despite public concern over a spate of teenage killings... more

Only 20 MPs turn up for Commons debate on violence

05.06.08
Only 20 MPs turned up for a Commons debate on the menace of knife crime... more

Only 20 MPs turn up for Commons debate on violence

05.06.08
Only 20 MPs turned up for a Commons debate on the menace of knife crime... more

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