Nowhere has there been more grim satisfaction at the spectacle of greedy MPs receiving their comeuppance than in the offices of the Privy Purse at Buckingham Palace. For years, the Palace has had to endure forensic examination of royal expenditure by ...Read More
The expenses scandal claimed its latest victim last night when the Tory MP in charge of the Commons standards and privileges committee stood down pending an inquiry into his second home allowance claims.
David Curry quit as chair of the watchdog, ...Read More
Iraq's parliament is to meet at the weekend to decide whether to amend a crucial election law vetoed by the vice-president.
Ayad al-Samarie, the parliamentary speaker, said MPs would meet on Saturday to discuss Tariq al-Hashemi's veto and could send it ...Read More
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi parliament will onSaturday attempt to finally pass an electoral law jeopardised by Vice PresidentTarek al-Hashemi's demand that it be changed before a general election can goahead. Iraq's presidential council, composed of President JalalTalabani, a Kurd, and two vice ...Read More
David Cameron today claimed that the Queen's speech was "unravelling" after Downing Street appeared to change its stance on passing further laws to clean up MPs' expenses.
The Conservative leader told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the government's position had ...Read More
The Conservative leader said it was "disgraceful" that Gordon Brown had not mentioned MPs' expenses in Wednesday's Queen's Speech the crisis that has gripped Parliament for six months.
Mr Cameron said: "We need a clarification about when they will be bringing ...Read More
This morning, wewill see the great,unwritten Britishconstitution ondisplay in all itsglory - the Sovereignin her Crown andon her Throne, openingher democratically -electedParliament. Atthe same time, a promisingpolitical career lies inruins for mocking it. Until yesterday, Peter White wasa young Labour activist seekingthe ...Read More
Baroness Buscombe, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (PCC), said the fact that the Daily Telegraph had been able to make the revelations would prove to the public that politicians are held to account for their actions. She added that the ...Read More
Mps have been warned not to water down expenses reforms if they want to win back the public's trust.
Commons speaker John Bercow yesterday said politicians would have to accept some "rough justice" if they wanted to restore faith in themselves.
He ...Read More
John Bercow said that watering down the new rules would be a “catastrophic mistake” that would only do more damage to Parliament’s reputation. “Denial, delay or dilution is simply not an option," he said.
Many MPs are unhappy about new expenses ...Read More
Lawmakers have already missed on deadline
Iraqi lawmakers are due to meet to try to break the deadlock over legislation covering next month's general election.
The differences between Arab and Kurdish factions centre on the disputed northern oil city of Kirkuk.
The ...Read More
While many of Hollywood's elite have long adhered to Scientology, last week, Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis broke rank, resigning from the church in a scathing letter to Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis. Haggis, famous for films that include "Crash," "Million Dollar Baby" ...Read More
David Miliband took his “Blair for President” crusade to the heart of Europe last night as some Labour MPs joined the Conservatives in opposing the prospect of the former Prime Minister getting the job.
In Luxembourg for a meeting of EU ...Read More
The BBC has been accused of letting BNP bigot Nick Griffin 'play the martyr' amid bitter recriminations over his appearance on Question Time.
Senior MPs accused the corporation of whipping up controversy to maximise viewing figures - then crudely stage-managing the ...Read More
Ed Balls (Lab, Normanton) and Yvette Cooper (Lab, Pontefract), who are married, are to repay £13.50 each because of a "miscalculation" of interest claims on their joint mortgage in 2006/07.
Cooper will also meet a request to provide additional mortgage documentation ...Read More
Gordon Brown hasannounced that the number of British troops in Afghanistan would rise by 500 to 9,500 in a move designed to end a damaging dispute between ministers and defence chiefs and reassure sceptics that the military presence there is ...Read More
MPs from all parties have complained that Sir Thomas Legg has created, and then applied retrospectively, several rules and principles limiting their legitimate claims on expenses. In other words, it is unfair, the complaint runs, that the conduct of MPs ...Read More
Harriet Harman today took a veiled swipe at the Tories and the Liberal Democrats for trying to seek party political advantage from the expenses crisis engulfing Westminster.
Labour's deputy leader told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the crisis, which was reignited ...Read More
The list includes Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, and his Conservative counterpart William Hague, who were all asked to repay taxpayers’ money following an audit of their claims going back five years.
They were among nearly ...Read More
The Prime Minister’s own MPs were defying his call to pay back expenses, while some Cabinet ministers blamed him privately for allowing Sir Thomas Legg’s investigation to run out of control.
They accused Mr Brown of enabling Sir Thomas to decide ...Read More
Tamil Nadu MPs' delegation meets Mahinda Rajapaksa COLOMBO: The 10-member parliamentary delegation from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday called on Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and exchanged views on the rehabilitation of the 2.5-lakh war displaced housed in government-run camps and the ...Read More
