Lord Hanningfield has been jailed for nine months after being found guilty of fraudulently claiming nearly £14,000 in the final parliamentary expenses trial
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Three former Labour MPs facing criminal trials over expenses fiddling allegations go to Supreme Court to argue that criminal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear their cases... more
The three ex-MPs and Tory peer charged with fiddling their expenses renew their legal bid to have the charges dropped on the grounds of parliamentary privilege... more
Three former MPs and a peer told they face trial over expenses fraud allegations after judge ruled they could not use parliamentary privilege to avoid prosecution... more
Labour baroness escapes prosecution over her expenses because of a legal loophole that lets peers claim their 'main residence' is a home they visit only once a month... more
Three MPs and a peer accused of fiddling their expenses sought to use a 320-year-old law as they claimed that the courts have no right to prosecute them... more
A Labour MP forced to announce he will step down over a claim for £13,000 interest on a "phantom mortgage" also used his parliamentary expenses to pay his daughter for work under an assumed name... more
Detectives investigating the complaints about MPs' expenses are to focus on a handful of politicians who may have deliberately misled Commons officials... more
Labour MP David Chaytor announced that he would not fight the next General Election in the wake of revelations that he claimed expenses on a mortgage which did not exist... more
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