Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
DISGRACED Conservative North West MEP Den Dover could be questioned by Lancashire police for alleged theft and money laundering, it emerged last night.
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Tory MEP Den Dover has been found to have abused parliamentary acounts and must now pay back over half a million sterling to the European Parliament,...
Colin Ross News Stories (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
The Conservatives have expelled Den Dover, the Conservative former Chief Whip in the European parliament, after the Strasbourg authorities ruled that he had breached its rules and demanded that he pay back just over £500,000.
Cambria Politico (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Those with long memories will quickly recognise Den Dover, the Tory MEP expelled from both party and group for directing no less than £500,000 in the wrong direction (ie, family-wards), as an old acquaintance. When the Conservative Party was a term of abuse in Wales - in days when miners still existed, and the far-Left still [...]
Re-cycle of Life (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
It was last Tuesday that Den Dover, formerly the Conservative whip here in Brussels, got a letter from the European Parliament authorities asking him to pay back over £500,000 in allowances. Den Dover was a senior Conservative in the European Parliament His case file will now, automatically be passed to Olaf, the European Union'...
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Den Dover has Whip withdrawn David Cameron today expelled the Conservative party’s former chief whip in the European parliament who has been found guilty of breaching Strasbourg rules. The parliament decided that Den Dover, who resigned as chief whip in June, had breached its rules and demanded that he pay back just over £500,000. This remarkably quick response [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Nobody, anywhere seems to have a word to say in defence of Den Dover, the MEP who was expelled from the Conservative Party for using his expensive account to misdirect £500,000 to his family (except for a lone blogger on ConservativeHome who says that he worked for his constituents in North West England.) He does not have a word to say for himself
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
LONDON – The Conservatives said Wednesday they have expelled an EU lawmaker from their party after the European Parliament required him to pay back expenses running into six figures. Den Dover was ejected after an investigation into claims t
Is there more to life than shoes? (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Says Lib Dem MEP Chris Davies in reference to the news that Tory MEP Ben Den Dover is going to have to pay back half a million pounds and is no longer a Tory Party MEP. He was accused of paying about £750,000 in staff and office allowances to a family owned firm HP Holdings, thus directly benefiting his wife and daughter. It emerged on Wednesday that an investigation by the secretary general of the...
Irfan Ahmed (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
A Conservative MEP from the North West of England has been expelled from the Conservative Party by David Cameron, the MEP being Den Dover! This MEP had been paying family members to do secretarial work, I'm sure they were a few MEP's in the North West doing that maybe Cameron should have sacked them all and cleared up all the scum. You Can read more on the issue by following the link ! This according...
Letters From A Tory (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Dear Den Dover, At long last, you have been given the punishment that you should deserved five months ago. Giles Chichester, John Purvis, Sir Robert Atkins and yourself are crooked and disloyal in the extreme, as I pointed out when I wrote to you all back in June 2008. Now that it has been established by the [...]
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Via The Guardian: David Cameron yesterday expelled the Conservative party’s former chief whip in the European parliament after the Strasbourg authorities ruled that he had breached its rules and demanded that he pay back just over £500,000. Den Dover, who resigned as chief whip in June over claims that he had siphoned off £758,000 of public money [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
An MEP who channelled more than £500,000 of allowances into a business run by his wife and daughter has been expelled from the Conservative Party. Den Dover, who used to be the party's chief whip in Europe, was dismissed after David Cameron learnt that a European Parliament investigation had found major discrepancies in his use of allowances.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
A sleazy Tory Euro MP who used expenses to bankroll his family has been ordered to pay back more than £500,000, it was revealed last night.
Liberal England (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
The BBC reports : A Conservative MEP is being expelled from the party after the EU Parliament told him to repay £500,000 in expenses paid to his family for office work. Den Dover, a former chief whip who has denied any wrongdoing, was stripped of the party whip after an EU probe found him guilty of a conflict of interest. Thanks to Costigan Quist for alerting me to the opportunity to use this headline....
