Anne Moffat, the Labour MP, could be deselected for the general election after her local party voted last night that she should not stand as a candidate.
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The Speaker of the House of Commons has admitted it will take five years for Parliament to recover from the MPs' expenses scandal.
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Telegraph View: It would be unjust not to tell the public which MPs are still under investigation in the expenses scandal
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A Conservative MP embroiled in the expenses scandal has been linked to a bizarre plot by a close male friend to stop Esther Rantzen being elected to Parliament.
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If two things fuelled the rise of the BNP last year, then they were probably the mainstream parties' reluctance to talk about immigration and a general disillusionment with Westminster politicians in the wake of the expenses scandal. There are tentative signs that the parties are getting their act together on the first. And, now, Nick Griffin may have undermined his own part...
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Pope Benedict will be received by Queen Elizabeth in his historic visit, which risks being overshadowed by a snowballing sexual abuse scandal engulfing the Catholic church
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So asks Ross Lydall over in the Evening Standard: How many voters are ready to turn against their MP over the expenses scandal? A fascinating battle in a hotly-contested north London constituency looks set to provide some answers. On one side is Labour whip Dawn Butler. On the other is Lib-Dem MP Sarah Teather. They have been
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The scandal of council chiefs who get taxpayer-funded six-figure pay-offs before going on to work in lucrative new posts is to be laid bare in a report by spending watchdogs.
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A Labour MP who claimed thousands of pounds in expenses for bathroom equipment and a poppy wreath has written a play about an innocent MP caught up in the expenses scandal.
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