MPs have blocked the publication of details about their debts to the House of Commons until after the General Election.

The reverberations of The Daily Telegraph's expenses disclosure continue to rock the political system. Aggrieved MPs have fought back with a variety of excuses that seek to establish a set of assertions that need to be challenged. 1. We are cleaning up the mess.  Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the Commons, has said that what the Commons need is a proper system that recognises the e...

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...

Gordon Brown's plans to reform the system of MPs' expenses are to go to a vote in the House of Commons.

JOHN Bercow faced a cross-party attempt to oust him as Commons Speaker when the House sat today for the first time since the general election.

Even when set alongside the MPs' expenses scandals, cabinet reshuffles embody much that is sickest about British politics. In a half-decent system of government, there would be almost no reshuffles at all between one general election and the next. Ministers would be nominated after an election by the prime minister, confirmed after hearings by the House of Commons, and would hold office for t...

House of Commons authorities were accused of a "cosy stitch up" last night after it emerged that full details of MPs' expenses claims will not be published until after the general election.

Watch tomorrow's House of Commons order paper for confirmation that the key House of Commons expenses committee will swap one anti-reform DUP MP with another. Despite not having attended a single meeting of the Members Allowances committee the DUP are retaining the minority party place by rotating Nigel Dodds with Jeffrey Donaldson. My whips sources tell me that this is much more preferable to...

A classic House of Commons cop-out is in the offing.  It will go something like this. First, Michael Martin will apologise for his ill-tempered rant last Monday when he criticised Kate Hoey and Norman Baker. Next, he will announce that it is his intention to stand down at the next general election. Then he will outline his plans for reforming the system of expenses and allowances. Meanwhile, ...

Senior Labour minister Sadiq Khan has been accused of abusing House of Commons expenses to support his election campaign.