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David Cameron warns 'turnip Taliban' they could damage whole party

13.11.09
David Cameron battles to stop a 'turnip Taliban' revolt against a Tory candidate who had an affair spreading across the country... more

Young Tory who aims to be first in every sense

23.07.09
Tory candidate Chloe Smith, 27, would become Britain’s youngest MP if she wins Norwich North today... more

Tories repay £250,000 in show of ‘atonement’

25.06.09
David Cameron today ordered his MPs to repay almost £250,000 in wrongly claimed expenses... 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

How Julie Kirkbride's story has changed

28.05.09
Julie Kirkbride dismissed as a "total distortion" a report which revealed that she allowed her brother Ian to stay "rent-free" at her taxpayer-funded second home in Worcestershire.... more

Underfire Kirkbride claimed for £50k extension for brother

28.05.09
Tory backbencher Julie Kirkbride's career hangs by a thread as anger grows over her expenses amid new revelations that taxpayers part-funded a £50,000 extension at her flat so her brother could live there ... more

Careers crash in just two weeks

28.05.09
In just two weeks, Julie Kirkbride and Andrew MacKay's careers as MPs have been swept away by public fury over their expenses. This is how events unfolded:... 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

In her own words... How Kirkbridge stood down and Cameron's reply

28.05.09
The text of Bromsgrove MP Julie Kirkbride's letter to Tory leader David Cameron announcing her intention to quit at the next election, and Mr Cameron's reply... more

Obama's brother-in-law to run for MP in Bracknell

28.05.09
Barack Obama's brother-in-law is to challenge for the Conservative seat left vacant by MP Andrew MacKay in Bracknell... more

Go and face your public, Tory leader Cameron orders Julie Kirkbride

27.05.09
David Cameron told embattled MP Julie Kirkbride to go out and face her angry constituents by holding meetings explaining her second home claims... more

Devolver Dave - a man who likes to have his own way

27.05.09
The Conservative leader's thoughts on constitutional reform would make for one of the shorter works in political literature... more

Family affair: Kirkbride in battle over sibling staff

26.05.09
Tory MP Julie Kirkbride employs her sister as a £12,000-a-year secretary despite her living more than 100 miles from her Commons and constituency offices... more

Allowance budget was £109.3m

26.05.09
MPs were set for a record £109million in expenses in the current year before being forced to curb claims... 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

Why Energy MPs show the system is rotten

21.05.09
The current scandal over expenses underlines a wider truth about how key Commons committees are failing to hold industry to account... more

MPs whose expenses might interest the police

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

Cameron aide quits over home that did not exist

14.05.09
One of David Cameron’s closest aides claimed a second home allowance “for years” when he only had one home... more

Profile: Mr and Mrs Expenses

14.05.09
Just twenty-four hours ago, Andrew MacKay, a long-standing Tory MP and a key member of David Cameron's inner circle assured the local paper for his Bracknell constituency there was nothing 'unreasonable' in his expenses... more

Top Labour and Tory MPs are first victims in expenses scandal

14.05.09
Former minister suspended in day of panic-induced scalpings at Westminster which also saw a Tory MP resign as aide to David Cameron and two peers publicly disgraced... more

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