A former official in the House of Commons fees office faces jail for siphoning off almost £6,000 in bogus MPs' expenses claims to clear his own debts.

MPs who abused Commons staff handling their expenses claims should be named, a former watchdog has said.

Emily Maitlis asks Labour MP Tom Harris about revelations from the MP expenses watchdog published after a Freedom of Information request.

Staff working for the new parliamentary expenses watchdog have been repeatedly sworn at and abused by MPs, with one volunteer reduced to tears.

We're shocked, I tell you, shocked. Name the names. Hm. Isn't this just what they did to the Commons functionaries when expenses were their job? MPs deserve not one jot of sympathy. They voted effectively to outsource authorisation of their expenses at uncapped cost. Was it put out to tender? No, because they were desperate for a quick fix. Will MPs learn from this? No, they're too ...

The new parliament has drawn its teeth but the MPs’ expenses scandal continues. Throughout June and July, Westminster rumbled with aggravation about IPSA. There were whispers of MPs flying off the handle at IPSA staff; yesterday brought concrete reports of outright threats and intimidation. The accounts in this morning’s press are shaming, even by the standards of this saga of pornos a...

A report from IPSA, the new MPs' expenses watchdog, describes the abusive reaction of politicians to the stricter regime.

A report from IPSA, the new MPs' expenses watchdog, describes the abusive reaction of politicians to the stricter regime.

A report from IPSA, the new MPs' expenses watchdog, describes the abusive and sometimes violent reaction of politicians to the stricter regime.

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