MPs have demanded the right to first class train travel in a move that threatens to reignite the expenses row.

MPS have hit out at plans by Parliament's new expenses watchdog to scale back their entitlements, claiming that proposed reforms would make the Commons the preserve of the

MPs are seeking to water down attempts to reform their allowances following the expenses scandal by complaining that they could be left with 'major cash flow problems'.

MPs have backed a series of reforms aimed at strengthening Parliament, recommended after the expenses scandal.

MPs will vote tomorrow on an amendment to the Government’s resolutions on the reform of Parliament, put forward by Evan Harris MP on behalf of the Wright Committee. (Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons.) The Wright Committee was set up as a response to the expenses scandal in 2009 to make recommendations on

Public distrust of politicians has hardened in the wake of the Telegraph's MPs' expenses revelations, a new report finds today.

A TRANSPORT body hit by a row over expenses has suffered an "immensely difficult" period, its new chairman said yesterday.

Scotland's local authorities have been told they will need to decrease their expenses by around 25% because of significant expenditure cuts planned by the UK government

It isn’t often that Members of Parliament are praised, vilified as they are over their expenses, point-scoring and deference to vested interests. Yet this week has seen a moment of real clarity in Westminster, a true demonstration of how our elected leaders can exercise critical thinking and formulate policy based on objective, rational evidence – and

As well it should. Republican National Chairman Michael Steele is spending twice as much as his recent predecessors on private planes and paying more for limousines, catering and flowers – expenses that are infuriating the party's major donors who say Republicans need every penny they can get for the fight to win back Congress. Most recently, donors grumbled when Steele hired renowned c...