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

David Cameron's Commons aide has become the first casualty of the expenses scandal, issuing his resignation this morning.

Britain's expenses scandal claims another victim Michael Martin, the speaker of the British house of commons, has resigned after being criticized for his handling of the ongoing lawmaker expenses scandal. He is the highest-profile politician to resign so far.  The widening scandal began after the Daily Telegraph obtained a disk detailing expense reports by parliamentarians including tenn...

Legislation is to be rushed through Parliament to end Westminster's system of self-regulation and impose a new code of conduct on MPs in the wake of the expenses scandal, Gordon Brown announced today.

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

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

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.