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Prosecutor to decide soon over MP expenses

23.07.09
Britain's top prosecutor vows to reach a decision 'as quickly as possible' on whether to bring charges over the MPs' expenses scandal ... more

Departing Labour MP used expenses to pay daughter for work under assumed name

18.06.09
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

50 MPs join stampede to hand back £500,000

18.06.09
About 50 MPs have rushed to repay £500,000 of taxpayers' cash following public outrage over their expenses... more

MPs face possible arrest over expense claims

18.06.09
Scotland Yard officers could announce full criminal investigations into a handful of MPs over their expenses within weeks, chief reveals... more

MPs who 'misled officials over exes' face police probe

05.06.09
Detectives investigating the complaints about MPs' expenses are to focus on a handful of politicians who may have deliberately misled Commons officials... more

Politicians who are standing down

05.06.09
These are the politicians who have announced they are quitting since the expenses scandal engulfed Westminster last month... more

Embattled Brown faces Cameron in Commons duel

03.06.09
Gordon Brown faces a Commons grilling after a day of resignations, fresh expenses revelations and party dissent fuelled fresh questions about his leadership... more

LATEST: MP Chaytor to stand down at next election

02.06.09
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

More Labour MPs rush to quit as Hoon apologises for claim

02.06.09
Sleaze-tainted David Chaytor joined the rollcall of shamed MPs standing down at the next election... more

The latest MPs who are quitting the Commons

02.06.09
These are the latest MPs who have announced they are quitting the Commons as the expenses scandal continues to claim scalps... more

Sir Paul must be bold over MPs’ expenses

28.05.09
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson is presiding over one of the most difficult investigations of his professional life...... more

MPs expenses: Police grilling in the Commons

28.05.09
Detectives examining complaints about MPs’ expenses are to seek a meeting in the Commons with officials from the Parliamentary fees office... more

Brown won’t be toppled by plotters, says Straw

27.05.09
Gordon Brown will not be “ousted” as Prime Minister no matter what happens in the European elections, claims Jack Straw... more

Moat expenses MP says sorry and steps down

19.05.09
The Tory MP who claimed for clearing the moat at his country estate said today he is to stand down at the next general election... more

Gordon Brown sets up punishment panel for expense cheats

19.05.09
Labour MPs are facing mass expulsions after Gordon Brown finally got tough over the expenses scandal setting up a “star chamber” with the power to kick out MPs guilty of claiming too much... more

MPs whose expenses might interest the police

18.05.09
MPs whose expenses might interest the police include...... more

Met chief: I'm ready to act on expenses

18.05.09
The head of the Met, Sir Paul Stephenson, says he is prepared to launch an inquiry into MPs’ expenses... more

Brown warns MPs to expect disciplinary action

18.05.09
Gordon Brown warned MPs who abuse their expenses to expect disciplinary action today amid suggestions that hundreds could be forced to retire... more

Brown ready to axe backbencher who claimed for phantom mortgage

18.05.09
Another MP was facing suspension from the Labour party after it emerged that he colluded with Commons officials to make inflated expenses claims... more

Speaker to reveal expenses reform plans

18.05.09
Commons Speaker Michael Martin will set out expenses reform plans to MPs in a bid to quell rapidly-escalating demands for him to quit over his handling of the scandal... more

League tables for 14-year-olds abandoned after Sats fiasco

19.12.08
The Sats fiasco has forced ministers to abandon school league tables for 14-year-olds... more

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