MPs expenses

The Conservative hoping to be Stoke Central’s next MP has published a clean expenses and fair campaign pledge.    The contract for honesty and transparency was made by Norsheen Bhatti and follows the scandal

Source: The Telegraph - Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor Hundreds of MPs returning to Westminster are braced to receive letters from Sir Thomas Legg detailing concerns over their expense claims over the past five years. Sir Thomas, a former senior civil servant, brought in a team of top accountants from Price Waterhouse Coopers to trawl through the expenses claims made by every MP since 2004. Only those already being investigated by the police or Parliamentary auth

Source: Politics.co.uk By Ian Dunt Tories will pay back a further £125,000 in expenses claims after the party's internal discplinary committee published its findings this morning. The figure brings the total amount the party is paying back into the public purse to over a quater of a million pounds. Forty-one Conservative MPs made new repayments today, in addition to over £130,000 already being repaid by 60 Conservative MPs. Nine Conservative MPs have also already agreed to forgo all

Source: Telegraph. [caption id="attachment_2216" align="alignleft" width="94" caption="Hazel Blears"][/caption] Hazel Blears, the former Communities Secretary, has survived a grassroots attempt to oust her as a Labour candidate at the next election. Miss Blears angered party workers by quitting the Cabinet on the eve of local elections earlier this month. Her decision was described as a "body blow" to the party and may inadvertently have helped the BNP claim traditional Labour

By Pits'n'Pots Reporter. [caption id="attachment_1246" align="alignleft" width="89" caption="Gordon Brown"][/caption] Gordon Brown is facing an unprecedented revolt by the county's electorate. A remarkable ICM poll of election voting intentions pushed Labour into third place for the first time in almost 25 years. This poll has prompted the inevitable questions about the Prime Ministers leadership. However, asked on BBC1's Andrew Marr show yesterday whether he would stand aside if

By Pits'n'Pots Reporter. [caption id="attachment_5026" align="alignleft" width="70" caption="Bill Cash MP - Next To Go?"][/caption] Tory MP Bill Cash pocketed more than £15,000 of public money to pay his socialite daughter rent for her luxury London apartment. He billed the taxpayer for letting the flat despite owning a home nearer Westminster. He handed over more than £1,200 a month to his daughter Laetitia - a close friend of heiress Jemima Khan - then claimed it back from his seco

By Pits'n'Pots Reporter. Labour's so-called "star chamber" meets for the first time today to consider the fate of three of the party's MPs in the wake of the expenses scandal. Margaret Moran, Ian Gibson and Elliot Morley could all be asked to stand down at the next election over their claims. The "star chamber" is a panel of three senior National Executive Committee members which was set up by Gordon Brown following revelations about expenses. Ms Moran, the MP for Luton, spent £22,50

By Pits'n'Pots Contributor. [caption id="attachment_933" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="David Jack"][/caption] David Jack Hits back at those making a mockery of the system and treating the electorate with contempt. Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Stoke North, David Jack, has hit out at the MPs expense scandal saying "It is clearly time for some outside body to now step in and review both MPs and Parliaments expenses and claims once and for all .