David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has insisted that the Leveson inquiry into journalistic standards will not be used to shackle the press in revenge for its exposure of the expenses scandal.

This is impressive and decisive leadership from David Cameron. Action not words. Action not consultations. The MPs expenses scandal is one of the most difficult problems a party leader has ever faced. It is hard to know what more he could have done. A full and frank apology. No prevarication.  Conservative MPs instructed to pay back all excessive claims immediately or face the sack. Dr Crippen i...

David Cameron's Commons aide has become the first casualty of the expenses scandal, issuing his resignation this morning.

For most of the Westminster establishment the expenses disclosures have been an ongoing nightmare - scandal after scandal which the political parties have failed to contain.

David Cameron has come out fighting from the expenses scandal, with new interim measures to apply to Tory MPs until Sir Christopher Kelly's review on the subject is finished.

The MPs' expenses scandal has brought shame on British politics and rightly sparked public anger David Cameron the Conservative leader has said.

ASENIOR MP was sacked and another stood down as one of David Cameron’s closest aides yesterday as party leaders struggled to put a lid on the still-frothing expenses scandal.

The scandal over MPs' expenses has led to a dramatic drop in support for the Conservatives as voters have turned their backs on all three main parties, the latest ComRes survey for The Independent has found.

Senior members of David Cameron's shadow cabinet have been implicated in the parliamentary expenses scandal including Michael Gove and Andrew Lansley who "flipped" properties to claim allowances.

David Cameron last night defended his own expenses record and called on MPs to apologise for the claims scandal that has rocked Westminster.