Home secretary forced to defend parliamentarians' allowances in comments to Police Federation Frontline police officers today accused MPs of enjoying expenses that would not look out of place in a "third world dictatorship". Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, was hauled over the coals by members of the Police Federation of England and Wales. She was forced to defend expenses and allowances for...

The parliamentary authorities reacted to damaging revelations of cabinet and junior ministers cynically exploiting Commons expenses rules by calling in the police to investigate how the details were leaked and by whom. The involvement of the police, and the prospect of a full-scale criminal inquiry, came as fresh disclosures emerged of expenses claims made by middle-ranking ministers for items as ...

MORE politicians could come under police investigation over fraudulent expenses.

Police have decided to launch an investigation into the alleged misuse of expenses by a small number of MPs and Peers, the BBC has learned.

MPs from all parties reacted with dismay after the Commons authorities called in the police to investigate the leaking of parliamentary expenses to the Daily Telegraph.

CABINET ministers were forced to defend their expenses yesterday as the Commons asked the police to investigate the apparent leaking of claim details for all 646 MPs.

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

Police will not investigate the leaking of details of MPs’ allowances and expenses to a national newspaper, Scotland Yard said today.

Frontline police officers yesterday accused MPs of enjoying expenses that would not look out of place in a "ThirdWorld dictatorship".

Handful of cases may be investigated, such as claims for mortgages that were already paid off Senior police and prosecutors have announced they will not launch criminal investigations into more than 100 MPs over their apparent abuse of parliamentary expenses. The Crown Prosecution Service and the Metropolitan police said today that after examining "numerous cases" they found there was no prospect ...