The University of Essex launches a new Centre for the Study of Integrity which will focus on issues arising from recent scandals such as phone hacking, MPs’ expenses and the financial crisis.

Former prime minister Tony Blair's expenses bill was revealed by The Sunday Telegraph last week to be over £8 million. Sources say a huge amount is spent on foreign travel by him and his team; here we chart just how extensive his travels have been.

A huge amount of the former Prime Minister's £8m expenses is said to have gone on foreign travel by him and his team; Josie Ensor charts just how extensive his travels have been.

Now that President Obama has finished his labors on our behalf, it's time for yet another vacay. This 17 day idyll is estimated to cost the American tax payer a cool $4 million plus, over $235,000 per day.Ain't no recession here, bubba! First let's start with the travel expenses: The biggest expense is President Barack Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii via Air Force One, a c...

Prime minister links lack of morality to the financial crisis, the furore over MPs’ expenses and the riots at the end of summer

MPs from across the political spectrum have launched an attack on the independent expenses body, during a debate on proposals to revamp the regime.

MPs behind proposals to change their expenses insist they are not trying to force them on the independent expenses watchdog.

Former MPs David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Eric Illsley are told to repay thousands of pounds in legal costs after their convictions for falsely claiming expenses.

Are MPs seeking to turn back the clock on expenses?

Peers who cheated on their expenses will be barred from the House of Lords until they repay the money.