This general election could result in the lowest turnout of modern times, experts fear, as voters decide to stay at home because of the MPs' expenses scandal.

ALISTAIR Darling will be voted out by his constituents at the next general election over the expenses scandal if he is not deselected first, a senior Labour source has clai

The papers today are carrying stories stating that a clear majority of the public want an early general election. This is of course completely unsurprising in light of the avalanche of scandal that there has been over recent weeks, and the pathetic reaction of MPs to it. People want to exercise the one democratic control

A collapse in trust caused by the MPs expenses scandal could mean that one million fewer votes are cast at the election, a report says today.

A LIFELONG Conservative who launched a new political party in the wake of the MPs' expenses scandal has been blocked from fighting the general election under the famous To

GORDON Brown was last night under growing pressure to call a general election amid fresh evidence that the expenses scandal has crushed support for the established political o

A total of 47 independent candidates who are standing in the General Election have signed up to Martin Bell's code of conduct. Many are challenging MPs who were caught up in the expenses scandal. Here is a list of the candidates, the constituencies and their opponents.

An overwhelming majority of people are in favour of holding a general election as early as possible, a poll revealed today.

With three Labour MPs embroiled in criminal trials over their expense claims, the last thing that Gordon Brown needed was another sleaze scandal in the run-up to the general election.

Anthony Steen, the Conservative grandee caught up in the MPs’ expenses scandal, yesterday launched an extraordinary tirade, blaming public jealousy for the revelations that led to his decision to stand down at the next General Election.