A cross-party group of MPs has been accused of 'feathering their own nests' by fighting a move to guarantee their pension contributions increase in line with the rest of the public sector... more
Commons members go to war with their spending watchdog after it revealed MPs were paid more than £3.1 million in expenses in the four months after the general election... more
MPs have submitted more than £115,000 worth of illegitimate expense claims since the introduction of tough new rules designed to clean-up the Commons, it was revealed... more
Clear divide opens between Gordon Brown and David Cameron on whether Sir Christopher Kelly's sweeping reforms on expenses should be watered down... more
As my text for the coming week in politics, I pray for an outburst by No 10 enforcer Malcolm Tucker, from the wonderful new series of The Thick of It... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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