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MPs' expenses: Former Labour MP Frank Cook claimed for DIY items bought in USA

Sat, 03/07/2010 - 21:18
Frank Cook, a former Labour MP, claimed twice on his expenses for DIY equipment bought in America where his second wife, an exiled princess, lives.
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MPs' expenses: Labour MP Frank Cook claimed for DIY items bought in USA

Sat, 03/07/2010 - 21:18
Frank Cook, a Labour MP, claimed twice on his expenses for DIY equipment bought in America where his second wife, an exiled princess from Laos, lives.
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160 quangocrats are paid more than David Cameron, including heads of MI5 and MI6

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 19:12
The pay of more than 150 senior staff working in quangos who earn more than the Prime Minister is disclosed today.
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156 quangocrats are paid more than David Cameron, including heads of MI5 and MI6

Thu, 01/07/2010 - 19:12
The pay of more than 150 senior staff working in quangos who earn more than the Prime Minister is disclosed today.
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Vengeful MPs threaten to bring down new expenses watchdog

Wed, 30/06/2010 - 22:41
Disgruntled MPs are threatening to bring down the new independent allowances watchdog in protest.
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MPs' expenses: Expenses scandal led to 'terrorisation of Parliament'

Tue, 29/06/2010 - 18:57
The MPs' expenses scandal saw the "terrorisation of Parliament", lawyers defending politicians charged with stealing tens of thousands of pounds told a court yesterday.
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House of Commons should be subject to regular financial checks, charity says

Tue, 29/06/2010 - 18:31
The House of Commons should be subject to a regular financial health-check by Whitehall's spending watchdog in the wake of last year's expenses scandal, the Institute for Government charity has said.
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House of Commons should be subject to regular financial checks, thinktank says

Tue, 29/06/2010 - 18:31
The House of Commons should be subject to a regular financial health-check by Whitehall's spending watchdog in the wake of last year's expenses scandal, the Institute for Government thinktank has said.
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MPs' expenses: New Lords allowance regime 'open to abuse'

Mon, 28/06/2010 - 18:11
A new House of Lords expenses regime allowing peers to claim £300 a day for "clocking in" at Parliament will be open to abuse, critics have warned.
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MPs' expenses: Lords face cut in allowances under new regime

Sun, 27/06/2010 - 18:44
Peers face a 10pc cut in allowances under new expenses regime.
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MPs' expenses: Nadine Dorries pays £50,000 of allowances to close friend

Fri, 25/06/2010 - 02:00
A Conservative MP whose parliamentary expenses are under investigation by the Commons sleaze watchdog paid more than £50,000 of public money to a close friend.
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MPs' Expenses: second home claims fall £2m

Thu, 24/06/2010 - 22:27
Figures from last six months of 2009 show drop in claims from MPs cowed by public outrage at the abuse of their expenses.
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MPs claimed more than £10 million in expenses in six months

Thu, 24/06/2010 - 15:06
Figures for final six months of 2009 indicate that MPs' spending dropped significantly after the expenses scandal broke.
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David Cameron says Sinn Fein MPs who claim expenses are being let "off the hook"

Wed, 23/06/2010 - 17:39
Sinn Fein MPs who choose not to attend Parliament but still claim hundreds of thousands of pounds in expenses are being let "off the hook", David Cameron has said.
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MPs' expenses: Eric Illsley appears in court charged with £25,000 fraud

Thu, 17/06/2010 - 15:52
Eric Illsley, a Labour MP, today denied stealing more than £25,000 in parliamentary expenses, as he became the fifth politician to appear in court charged with fraud.
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MPs' expenses draw a crowd

Wed, 16/06/2010 - 20:01
Telegraph View: The way MPs are behaving only makes the case that they cannot be trusted to organise the system themselves.
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MPs' expenses: MPs complain of being 'thrown to the dogs'

Wed, 16/06/2010 - 15:52
MPs have complained that they are being 'thrown to the dogs' after being forced to abide by a strict new expenses regime.
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MPs' Expenses: chaos as MPs abuse authority staff

Mon, 14/06/2010 - 07:33
The parliamentary expenses regime was in turmoil last night after the head of the watchdog said MPs had been abusing his staff.
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MPs' expenses: official quits 'for own sanity' after backlash on reforms

Sat, 12/06/2010 - 23:29
A senior official tasked with cleaning up the Westminster's expenses system, has said he left the post "for the sake of my health and sanity" amid a backlash from some MPs.
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MPs' expenses: Three MPs and peer to face trial as privilege claim dismissed

Fri, 11/06/2010 - 12:26
Judge rejects a claim of parliamentary privilege by three former Labour MPs and a Conservative peer.
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