http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-61741-george-young/topic-rss.do George Young RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773728-tories-vow-to-stop-harman-closing-early-for-christmas.do Conservatives sought to stop Harriet Harman closing the Commons early for Christmas 2009-11-23T13:53:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23771667-kelly-attack-pushes-brown-to-promise-expenses-laws.do Labour rocked after the man tasked with cleaning up MPs’ expenses attacked the Queen’s Speech for ignoring the issue 2009-11-19T09:15:29Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23756410-mps-disclose-contents-of-expenses-letters.do These are the MPs who have so far disclosed all or part of the content of letters received from Sir Thomas Legg, as a result of his inquiry into additional cost allowances claimed between 2004-5 and 2008-9 2009-10-14T10:30:24Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23741150-sleazebuster-replaces-alan-duncan-over-rations-outburst.do David Cameron moves to shrug off the Alan Duncan 'rations' affair by appointing sleazebuster Sir George Young as his replacement 2009-09-08T05:50:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23722014-david-cameron-offers-jobs-to-tory-old-guard.do David Cameron tried to bind Tory wounds after the MPs expenses furore by offering jobs to old guard figures Peter Lilley, Stephen Dorrell and John Gummer 2009-07-21T06:21:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23713627-code-of-conduct-for-mps-is-dropped-from-new-anti-sleaze-law.do Concerns that a new anti-sleaze law for MPs will be flawed grew after the Government removed a code of conduct clause 2009-06-30T07:58:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23711528-bercow-tells-mps-to-make-less-noise-and-stop-spinning.do New Speaker John Bercow today sought to impose his authority on the Commons by warning ministers and MPs to respect key rules 2009-06-24T12:22:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23710735-speaker-to-move-his-family-into-rent-free-flat-at-commons.do John Bercow began a programme of reform as Speaker by dumping the traditional court robes and bringing a young family into Speaker’s House for the first time 2009-06-23T06:12:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23710201-would-be-speakers-line-up-for-contest.do 2009-06-22T06:18:49Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23710196-speaker-rivals-pledge-slight-change-to-restore-public-trust.do A sombre House of Commons accepted the need for cautious reform as MPs gathered to choose a new Speaker in the wake of the expenses scandal 2009-06-22T06:10:15Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23707621-conservative-mps-say-they-will-vote-for-beckett-to-stop-bercow-becoming-speaker.do The battle for a new Speaker heated up when Tory MPs indicated they would stand behind Margaret Beckett to stop frontrunner John Bercow 2009-06-15T08:41:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23705305-speaker-contender-calls-for-reform-of-mps-two-day-week.do MPs are not doing the job for which they are paid with the parliamentary week "shoe-horned" into two days, says a frontrunner to be Speaker 2009-06-09T08:09:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23697059-speaker-candidates-caught-up-in-scandal.do Leading candidates for the Speaker of the Commons were today hit by a raft of allegations over their own expenses and second home claims 2009-05-22T09:04:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23696337-we-will-vote-for-a-speaker-they-hate.do Hate, revenge and grudges spilled over in the race to succeed Michael Martin less than 48 hours after the Speaker announced his departure 2009-05-21T08:15:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23695349-speaker-does-not-deserve-to-be-granted-seat-in-lords-say-peers.do Michael Martin should be denied a peerage, two members of the Lords said. Former Tory Chancellor Nigel Lawson led calls for the Speaker not to be elevated to the Upper Chamber 2009-05-20T08:03:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23694791-who-could-restore-parliaments-reputation.do 2009-05-19T13:18:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23684479-rebels-in-the-vote.do The vote to scrap second home allowances for outer London MPs was opposed by 39 Members 2009-05-01T08:20:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23683617-brown-retreats-yet-again-over-clamp-on-mps-expenses.do Gordon Brown staged another climbdown as his expenses crackdown plunged into fiasco 2009-04-30T08:23:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23680520-rush-to-cobble-up-deal-on-mps-expenses-as-clock-on-plan-dies.do Gordon Brown's plan to pay MPs a daily allowance was all but dead after a poll showed huge public opposition and Labour backbenchers mobilised around a compromise deal 2009-04-24T08:28:20Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23661369-ministers-admit-we-pay-our-husbands-and-wives.do Nearly 30 members of the Government employ their family at the taxpayer's expense, the Evening Standard can reveal 2009-03-12T09:39:04Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23496156-tory-mps-broke-rules-on-second-home-payments.do David Cameron was rocked by a fresh sleaze scandal when two senior Conservative MPs were found to have breached rules on taxpayer-funded second homes 2008-06-18T08:58:57Z