Michael Martin rounds angrily on MPs who have criticised the way Commons authorities have handled issue Michael Martin, the Commons Speaker, told MPs today that they had to consider "the spirit of what is right" when claiming parliamentary expenses. In a statement on the Daily Telegraph's publication of the details of MPs' expenses, Martin said that Commons would soon set up a new unit t...

Bizarre scenes in the House of Commons as Speaker Michael Martin faces allround calls to step down over the expenses crisis.

Michael Martin is to step down as Speaker of the House of Commons over the MPs' expenses scandal.

These are the MPs who have announced they are quitting the Commons since their expenses claims were revealed in detail for the first time this month Michael Martin The current Commons Speaker became the first in 300 years to be forced out after an extraordinary rebellion in the chamber from MPs critical of his handling of the expenses controversy. The former sheet-metal worker, who spent years blo...

Michael Martin the Speaker of the House of Commons has been at the centre of a series of political controversies before the MPs' expenses disclosures during his nineyear tenure.

Earlier today, the Telegraph reported that a new unit was to be set up to process and audit MPs' expenses. Following the Telegraph's exposure of the full extent of MPs' use of their taxpayer-funded allowances, the House of Commons is set to announce a new system of vetting and verification. A new auditing body, independent of the House of Commons staff who currently check MPs' claims, will be anno...

Secret details of taxpayerfunded expenses claimed by the candidates to become the Speaker of the House of the Commons can be disclosed for the first time.

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

Over the summer the House of Commons will publish MPs’ expenses online, and thanks to the co-operation of a group of Glasgow members we can now get a flavour of what’s to come.

If Michael Martin is removed from office over the MPs' expenses scandal he would be the first Commons Speaker to be ousted for more than 300 years.