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Politicians reject Kelly's plan to investigate misconduct complaints

05.11.09
MPs reject key part of Sir Christopher Kelly's clean-up of Parliament by moving to curb investigations into their misconduct... more

MPs’ wives in High Court bid to keep jobs

05.11.09
Wives of MPs are set to go to the High Court in their battle against a ban on being employed by their husbands... more

MPs demand a pay rise in expenses row

04.11.09
NEW: MPs demanded a pay rise in compensation as they reacted angrily to stringent curbs on their expenses... more

MP reforms should be implemented in full

04.11.09
Today, Sir Christopher Kelly's report on MPs' expenses, six months in the making, is unveiled... more

Kiss goodbye to the golden payoffs, watchdog tells MPs

04.11.09
Latest: Call to strip greedy and disgraced MPs of 'golden goodbye' pay-offs made by the standards watchdog ... more

Sir Christorpher's report in depth

04.11.09
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Brown and Cameron move apart over expenses reform

02.11.09
Clear divide opens between Gordon Brown and David Cameron on whether Sir Christopher Kelly's sweeping reforms on expenses should be watered down... more

How Labour has stopped caring what voters think

02.11.09
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

Pity MPs without a spouse around the House

30.10.09
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

Jacqui Smith: I’m a disgrace and shouldn’t be a peer

30.10.09
Latest: Jacqui Smith accepts that she should not be given a peerage after being 'disgraced' in the expenses scandal... more

MPs face having to sign 'pre-nup' deals with voters on outside jobs

29.10.09
MPs face having to sign 'pre-nup' agreements with voters to declare if they plan to make money from working on the side... more

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

MPs back jobs for wives

27.10.09
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Downing Street plays down reports of MPs' pay rise

21.10.09
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

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

Brown tells Legg: Don’t put people off politics

20.10.09
Gordon Brown today appealed to the two watchdogs investigating MPs’ expenses to spare the axe or risk driving people out of politics... more

MPs' expenses reform should not be rushed

22.07.09
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

Malik faces second inquiry into expenses

16.06.09
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Sporting Miscellanies

02.06.09
Football: Mystery enshrouds the boos that serenaded Kofi Annan at the FA Cup final... more

In his own words: Apology in full

18.05.09
This is the full text of Speaker Michael Martin's statement to the House of Commons today... more

MPs say they face hardship after axing second homes cash

01.05.09
Dozens of London MPs are up to £16,500 poorer after the Commons voted to scrap their second homes allowance... more

Brown retreats yet again over clamp on MPs’ expenses

30.04.09
Gordon Brown staged another climbdown as his expenses crackdown plunged into fiasco... more

Brown drops daily allowance but sticks with expenses vote

27.04.09
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

Public fury may kill MPs' clock-on cash

23.04.09
Gordon Brown's plan to give MPs a "clocking-in" allowance was in doubt after Britain's anti-sleaze boss said the public would not tolerate it... more

Brown faces defeat over ‘barmy’ plan

23.04.09
Gordon Brown was scrambling to avoid an embarrassing defeat over MPs’ pay today after a fresh wave of criticism of his plan for a daily Westminster allowance... more

Ex-governor indicted for trying to sell Obama seat

03.04.09
Prosecutors have indicted the former Illinois governor who allegedly tried to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat... more

What is really at stake at the G20

31.03.09
AS WORLD leaders arrive in London for the G20 summit on Thursday, British officials have been damping down expectations for a grand agreement... more

Public has 'disturbingly' low trust in ministers

10.11.08
Trust in government ministers has fallen to a fresh low, Britain's sleaze watchdog warned... more

Watchdog launches inquiry into mayoral conduct

10.11.08
Britain's sleaze watchdog has started an inquiry into the London mayoralty... more

Sleaze watchdog to probe City Hall after cash scandal

10.06.08
Britain's chief sleazebuster announces an inquiry into the London mayoralty in the wake of the Lee Jasper affair... more

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