Scotland Yard says criminal inquiry would not be in the public interest Scotland Yard will not investigate the leaking of details of MPs' allowances and expenses to the Daily Telegraph, the Metropolitan police said today. While the police began assessing allegations of misuse of parliamentary expenses by individual MPs, the source of the leaked information that has rocked parliament was off t...

It emerges that police have interviewed Scotland Office minister David Mundell over his election expenses.

Sir Paul Stephenson the Scotland Yard Commissioner said that police are prepared to initiate a formal criminal inquiry into MPs' expenses after disclosures by The Telegraph.

Scotland Office minister David Mundell was interviewed by police following an allegation that he breached the rules with his election expenses, it emerged today.

Police investigate a complaint of an alleged breach of election expenses rules by Scotland's only Tory MP.

The Scotland Yard expenses investigation was overseen by Cressida Dick, the police chief who ran the operation which led to the killing of the innocent Jean Charles de Menezes.

Scotland Yard is considering whether a formal investigation is warranted into how details of Parliamentary expenses were leaked to The Daily Telegraph.

Sky News is reporting that Scotland Yard have said that the Employment Minister, Tony McNulty could face a Police probe over is expenses claims. Update: Reports are that Scotland Yard have received a complaints of obtaining financial advantage by deception - I believe that is commonly called fraud - and they are considering the complaint.

A panel of senior Scotland Yard officers and prosecutors will meet next week to decide what action to take over claims MPs misused parliamentary expenses.

Scotland Yard was considering inquiries into the expenses of at least six MPs - including the Chancellor of the Exchequer – today as senior officers braced themselves for the final number to soar far higher.