Just had a missed call from the Daily Telegraph. When I rang back the recorded message said "You've been called by the Daily Telegraph. We are sorry to have missed you. There is nothing to worry about. We will endeavour to call you some other time. Goodbye." Hopefully it was just a marketing call.

The police have been asked to investigate the leaking of Cabinet expenses, which appeared in the Daily Telegraph today.

A senior official in the House of Commons fees office has resigned and the police have been called in to carry out a fraud investigation, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.

Following on from my earlier post, the Press Gazette says:Journalists from rival newspapers believe the Daily Telegraph paid £150,000 for data revealing the full details of the expenses claims of cabinet ministers.This was the figure doing the rounds at the journalists' bar in the House of Commons last night.There were also suggestions that because the Telegraph apparently had access to the "

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Telegraph Will this re-ignite the anger? After a period when the Telegraph’s daily revelations about MPs expenses were starting to get a bit routine the paper has turned once again to the detailed affairs of the cabinet - folk you would think would have the political skills to know better. Thus the main lead in the Telegraph

MPs in the House of Commons today expressed anger and frustration at the focus on their expenses triggered by the Daily Telegraph.

I'm astonished that "the Commons authorities" have made a complaint to the police about the leak to the Telegraph about MPs' expenses. It's just as outrageous as Jacqui Smith's behaviour over Damian Green. The only interest the Speaker is serving is politicians' personal interest in protecting themselves from embarrassment. The police should not be abused in this way again...

David Curry, the MP who heads the committee responsible for policing Commons expenses, has claimed almost £30,000 for a second home that his wife has banned him from staying in, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. And he only stands down when The Telegraph lets him know that they know? Mr Curry now rarely stays in his constituency

From the Daily Telegraph website this evening: Like MPs from all parties, Liberal Democrats have used their expenses to carry out lavish decorating work and refurbishment of their second homes, often putting the stamp duty and legal costs associated with buying their houses on their expenses. Expenses claims submitted by 12 Liberal Democrats, from senior spokesmen to a number of backbenchers, will...