Drunken revellers could be barred from entire neighbourhoods rather than just individual clubs and pubs under new rules to combat alcohol-fuelled crime... more
Detectives investigating the complaints about MPs' expenses are to focus on a handful of politicians who may have deliberately misled Commons officials... more
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
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
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
Another MP was facing suspension from the Labour party after it emerged that he colluded with Commons officials to make inflated expenses claims... more
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
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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