I’ve commented on the fate of the 21 Conservative MPs who voted against reform of Parliamentary expenses (in brief: nearly all of them have since had to pay back money or had an expenses scandal come to light). That was one of two key votes where Parliament had had the chance to clean up its act

DAVID Cameron said yesterday he would open up the Conservative candidate list to independents as he battled to prevent the loss of yet another Tory MP to the expenses scandal.

Nick Clegg has today penned an article for The Daily Telegraph urging the Labour and Tory parties to take action to reform Parliament in the wake of the MPs’ expenses scandal. Here’s an excerpt: The new political season is beginning. Spring and early summer were defined by the expenses scandal, but what will the autumn be

Greg Barker has became the first Tory MP shamed in the expenses scandal, using the controversial second homes allowance for personal gain. The multi-millionaire, who is the first senior Tory to be implicated in the growing MPs’ expenses scandal, owned the flat for 27 months before he sold it and moved back to his old

Sir Peter Viggers and Anthony Steen have become the latest Conservative MPs to be purged from the party, as the expenses revelations continue.

Tory MEPs have this morning published their expenses for the last quarter of 2008. Timothy Kirkhope MEP comments:“Conservative MEPs are the first British delegation in the European Parliament to voluntarily publish details of our allowances and expenses. I hope that...

James Purnell, who walked out of the Cabinet at the height of the expenses scandal calling for Gordon Brown to resign, has surprised Labour by announcing his departure from Parliament.

The MPs' expenses scandal saw the "terrorisation of Parliament", lawyers defending politicians charged with stealing tens of thousands of pounds told a court yesterday.

CONSERVATIVE MP David Wilshire became the latest victim of the expenses scandal last night, when he announced his resignation.

Campaigning Lib Dem MP Norman Baker gives his take on the expenses saga that has a seen a wave of new revelations this time about some 'legitimate' Tory expenses Westminster’s expenses scandal goes from bad to worse – just when you thought it had hit rock bottom. There’s the latest revelations, this time involving Tory MPs and swimming pool repairs, moat clearing, chandeliers, and vas...