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200 ex-MPs embroiled in expenses row over £10m golden goodbyes

08.06.10
Parliament hit by a new expenses row over 'golden goodbyes' totalling up to £10 million to more than 200 former MPs... more

City Spy: Eric Daniels too coy in front of the TV cameras

02.03.10
Lloyds boss Eric Daniels looked distinctly shifty when he did a poor impression of striding purposefully along the road, trying to avoid a BBC cameraman... more

MPs approve Gordon Brown's referendum plans for voting reform

10.02.10
Gordon Brown's plans for a referendum on changing the voting system were comfortably passed by MPs... more

Cheating MPs in £1m expenses payback day

04.02.10
The full scale of the MPs' expenses scandal is laid bare in a day of shame and chaos for Parliament... more

Scrapping the licence fee could salvage the BBC

21.12.09
When I read the headline "Dyke wants BBC licence fee axed" in a Rupert Murdoch paper, my instant thought was: blimey, the great Aussie abolitionist has managed to haul a former director-general aboard his bandwagon. ... more

More than 50 MPs change second-home designation

10.12.09
More than 50 MPs changed the designation of their taxpayer-funded second home in 16 months... 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

Tory grandees who make thousands from their job on the side

19.10.09
Tory grandees criticised during the expenses scandal have been raking in thousands of pounds from second jobs, the Standard reveals... more

MPs disclose contents of expenses letters

14.10.09
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... more

Hogg: I have not been asked for a penny

13.10.09
Tory grandee Douglas Hogg says he has not been asked to repay a penny of his expenses claims... more

Tory plays down call to double MPs' pay

20.08.09
Senior Tory Sir Patrick Cormack sought today to play down his call for MPs' salaries to be doubled, calling reports 'a bit of a distortion'... more

Double our pay to £130k says senior Tory MP

19.08.09
David Cameron today distanced himself from a senior Tory who wants MPs’ salaries doubled to £130,000... 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

Key details of MPs' expenses censored

18.06.09
Blatant cover-up of MPs' expenses causes shock as Commons blacks out huge sections of claims... 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

Taxpayer to foot £1m bill for MPs' farewell

29.05.09
The 12 MPs who plan to stand down at the next election in the wake of revelations over their expenses will cost the taxpayer more than £1 million... more

'Public should have say over pay-offs for shamed MPs'

29.05.09
Voters should be able to veto "golden goodbyes" for disgraced MPs, Nick Clegg said today.... more

Tory grandee will repay thousands for servants' wing

28.05.09
Tory grandee Sir John Butterfill is to repay thousands of pounds of taxpayers' cash he claimed for the "servants' wing" at his country home... more

Julie Kirkbride quits over expense claims

28.05.09
Tory MP Julie Kirkbride succumbs to intense pressure over expenses as Luton South Labour MP Margaret Moran also announces her resignation ... more

MPs who will stand down

26.05.09
These are the MPs who have announced they are quitting the Commons since their expenses claims were revealed in detail for the first time this month... more

Out for a duck? Cameron signals bonfire of the Tory bedblockers

21.05.09
David Cameron signalled a cull of Tory MPs as he lambasted a party grandee who claimed taxpayers’ cash for a “duck island” at his country home... more

Public are just jealous, says MP

21.05.09
A Tory grandee who was forced to quit over his expenses claims said that he is a victim of “jealousy”... 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

Anger over ‘cosy club’ that turns blind eye to milking of system

14.05.09
Anger is growing about the decisions of a “cosy club” of Commons officials who are supposed to police MPs’ expenses... more

Those who lie down with Hoggs

13.05.09
The revelations about MPs' expenses - Tories, in particular - has left a string of City folk looking red-faced... ... more

Senior Tories used expenses to fund country estates

12.05.09
David Cameron risked a war with his party’s grandees as he prepared to discipline MPs who used taxpayers cash to subsidise their country estates... more

David Cameron: Pay back expenses or you’re sacked

12.05.09
David Cameron warned Tory MPs to pay back ‘dodgy’ expenses or be sacked... more

Rebels in the vote

01.05.09
The vote to scrap second home allowances for outer London MPs was opposed by 39 Members... more


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