The parliamentary authorities reacted to damaging revelations of cabinet and junior ministers cynically exploiting Commons expenses rules by calling in the police to investigate how the details were leaked and by whom. The involvement of the police, and the prospect of a full-scale criminal inquiry, came as fresh disclosures emerged of expenses claims made by middle-ranking ministers for items as ...
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Guardian on 8th May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
• Commons authorities discuss asking Met to find leaker • Disk containing records 'was offered to papers for £300,000' House of Commons officials have today discussed calling in the police to hunt down the mole who leaked details of MPs expenses, the Guardian has learned. A statement from the Commons authorities is expected this afternoon. A decision to call in the police...
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Guardian on 8th May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Commons officials began a hunt today for a mole who put explosive details of MPs' expenses on the market for £300,000.
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TheIndependent on 31st Mar 2009 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
CABINET ministers were forced to defend their expenses yesterday as the Commons asked the police to investigate the apparent leaking of claim details for all 646 MPs.
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Scotsman on 8th May 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
The police have been asked to investigate the leaking of Cabinet expenses, which appeared in the Daily Telegraph today.
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PoliticsCoUk on 8th May 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
POLICE yesterday ruled out ordering a criminal investigation into Nigel Griffiths, the Edinburgh South MP who had a sexual encounter in his House of Commons office.
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Scotsman on 4th Apr 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
A mole angered by inadequate equipment for the armed forces leaked details about MPs' expenses, says the Telegraph.
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BBCPolitics on 24th Sep 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
Three former Labour MPs fighting criminal charges relating to their expenses lose a last-ditch attempt to avoid criminal trials
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FT on 10th Nov 2010 (via ft.com)
Expenses mole saw the lavish taxpayer expenses MPs were claiming and felt dutybound to blow the whistle.
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Telegraph on 25th Sep 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Police mole hunts have begun into other Whitehall leaks in addition to the Damian Green investigation, the Home Office disclosed yesterday as in-fighting intensified between Scotland Yard and the Commons authorities over the raid on the Tory MP's office.
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TheIndependent on 5th Dec 2008 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
Stephen Byers, the former Cabinet minister, has been rebuked by the Commons sleaze watchdog for breaking expenses rules.
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Telegraph on 4th Dec 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
