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MPs face possible arrest over expense claims

18.06.09
Scotland Yard officers could announce full criminal investigations into a handful of MPs over their expenses within weeks, chief reveals... more

MPs who 'misled officials over exes' face police probe

05.06.09
Detectives investigating the complaints about MPs' expenses are to focus on a handful of politicians who may have deliberately misled Commons officials... 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

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

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

Gordon Brown sets up punishment panel for expense cheats

19.05.09
Labour MPs are facing mass expulsions after Gordon Brown finally got tough over the expenses scandal setting up a “star chamber” with the power to kick out MPs guilty of claiming too much... more

Brown ready to axe backbencher who claimed for phantom mortgage

18.05.09
Another MP was facing suspension from the Labour party after it emerged that he colluded with Commons officials to make inflated expenses claims... more

Brown warns MPs to expect disciplinary action

18.05.09
Gordon Brown warned MPs who abuse their expenses to expect disciplinary action today amid suggestions that hundreds could be forced to retire... more

Speaker to reveal expenses reform plans

18.05.09
Commons Speaker Michael Martin will set out expenses reform plans to MPs in a bid to quell rapidly-escalating demands for him to quit over his handling of the scandal... more

MPs whose expenses might interest the police

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

MPs’ expenses row: the Speaker must go

18.05.09
While the crisis over MPs’ expenses is claiming an increasing number of parliamentarians, the focus is now shifting to the embattled Speaker, Michael Martin... more

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