In the aftermath of the MPs’ expenses scandal, few politicians were brave enough to question the need for a change. But now they are increasingly...
Don't we expect them to work full time anyway at being an MP? If they find they have spare time enough for other work is this not a sign that they should be working harder to serve their constituents and the nation as a whole?
Nadine Dorries is to be investigated by the parliamentary standards commissioner over payments for her appearance on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Her...
Details of the shady deal allegedly accepted by a former Tory MP, to pay him thousands of pounds to ask questions in parliament, have been published o...
Gordon Brown is often attacked for wasting money during his time as chancellor and prime minister, however according to his office he has spent his ti...
MPs are set to receive a pay rise of up to £20,000. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) has been looking at an increase of be...
Things you thought you would never see Number One: The managers of a company actually losing money when the business they are running does badly. Th...
A Conservative MP is being sued by the expenses watchdog after refusing to repay profits on his taxpayer-funded home. Stewart Jackson has been aske...
The senior MP who chairs a Commons spending watchdog has hit out at Parliament for "failing to provide good value for money" as politicians prepared f...
The taxpayer has been saddled with a £27,000 legal bill after Labour MP Jim McGovern decided to appeal a decision to deny him the right to claim a £...
Those MPs breaking off their holidays to dash back to pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher in the Commons on Wednesday may claim up to £3,750 in travel e...
A Tory MP has complained that was forced to borrow money from his mum and dad because the Commons expenses watchdog is trying to "screw [MPs] into the...
A Tory MP has apologised after writing offensive notes to staff processing his expenses claims. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (...
Nadine Dorries has launched a stinging attack on the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), after it announced it was investigating whe...
A former Tory peer who was jailed over the parliamentary expenses scandal has won £3,500 damages from Essex Police. Lord Hanningfield, 72, sued fo...
It may be an unfashionable take given trust in our parliament fell to new depths in 2012, with less than a quarter of people tending to trust the UK parliament to make important decisions, but politics does a lot of very important things- and therefore so do MPs.
Scotland Yard said it will look again at former Labour MP,Denis MacShane's , expenses claims in the wake of last year's damning report by the parliame...
Chancellor George Osborne blew nearly £1,000 of taxpayers’ cash on a trip to Germany that let him watch his team win the Champions League. The...
Former Labour MP Margaret Moran has been given a two-year supervision and treatment order for fiddling expenses to receive more than £53,000 from the...
Culture secretary Maria Miller will be investigated by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, for allegedly misusing £90,000 of expenses. M...
The Daily Telegraph has gone to war with Downing Street after accusing David Cameron's top spin doctor of threatening the newspaper with the spectre o...
The Daily Telegraph has taken the unusual step of publishing details of a conversation between one of its reporters and a ministerial adviser in an at...
Tory Minister and Yorkshireman Eric Pickles "admitted to treason" on air Sunday - revealing that, for him, the only way is Essex. Speaking to Kirst...
The ten things you need to know on Wednesday 21 November 2012... 1) STAINED GLASS CEILING Unsurprisingly, the words "church" and "crisis" appear...
More than 50 MPs have been allowed to keep the name of their landlord secret on security grounds. The expenses watchdog has published a list of lan...
