As the campaign for the European elections draws to a close it is apparent that the three main parties have been embroiled in the appalling Westminster expenses scandal leaving the field open to the minor parties who see this as their great opportunity to make headway. Not only have they benefitted directly from the expenses scandal but they have also found that no major party is focused enough

LABOUR are worried the Westminster expenses scandal will give fringe parties - including the racist BNP - a boost in the Euro elections on June 4. Campaigning in Glasgow yesterday, MEP David Martin said there was a "real danger of an anti-politcs vote" that would help the BNP. It's become fashionable to dimiss such claims as Labour scaremongering designed to get their core vote out. And it's true ...

The creator of one of television’s most powerful portrayals of political corruption has described his bewilderment at the Westminster expenses scandal.

UNDER-fire Commons Speaker Michael Martin has today apologised for the expenses scandal which has engulfed Westminster but gave no immediate indication about stepping down fro

THE Westminster expenses scandal should be used as a springboard for major constitutional reform in the UK, campaigners have said.

Andrew Pierce shares the gossip from Westminster village in the wake of the expenses scandal.

It’s expected that the Westminster expenses scandal will earn major parties a thumping at this week’s elections, with UKIP one of the main winners, and the worrying possibility that the BNP could pick up their first seat in Strasbourg. As others have noted though, a big reason these parties are untainted by the other’s dodgy claims

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.

A SENIOR Scottish Liberal Democrat has stepped down as a Westminster candidate and threatened to quit the party because of his disgust over the MPs' expenses scandal.

Voters disgusted by the expenses debacle must realise what extremists really stand for says Denis MacShane.