Video: MPs' expenses details due to be released tomorrow should include totals for each MP to show the public that politicians "get" the need for transparency, David Cameron said... more
Clear divide opens between Gordon Brown and David Cameron on whether Sir Christopher Kelly's sweeping reforms on expenses should be watered down... more
As my text for the coming week in politics, I pray for an outburst by No 10 enforcer Malcolm Tucker, from the wonderful new series of The Thick of It... more
I am beginning to feel a little sorry for our elected servants in Westminster. I know it sounds a little like suggesting that bankers work dreadfully hard and deserve every penny of their bonuses... more
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
Downing Street plays down suggestions that Gordon Brown plans to offer MPs a pay rise to buy off a backbench rebellion over their expected loss of income from expenses... more
MPs go off on their three-month summer break today knowing that their standing in the public estimation is, after the expenses scandal, lower than it has been for as long as anyone can remember... more
Gordon Brown has dropped his proposal to give MPs a tax-free daily allowance while pushing ahead with a vote on other reforms of Commons expenses... more
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