Alan Duncan

It's not just the Sun who'll be nasty | Charlie Beckett

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

As Jacqui Janes tapes her conversation with Gordon Brown, it's clear politicians are heading for asymmetric war with the public The Sun is certainly out to get its former friend Gordon Brown , to the extent that it has published a deeply awkward private telephone conversation between the prime minister and the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. But however nasty the motives, was it a valid...

Expenses inquiry clears Tory Duncan

Jailhouselawyer's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Expenses inquiry clears Tory Duncan Shadow prisons minister Alan Duncan has been cleared of wrongly claiming tens of thousands of pounds in mortgage interest payments on his second home. The Commons Standards and Privileges Committee said there was nothing in the Tory MP's mortgage arrangements that breached Commons rules. Mr Duncan referred the case to Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards John...

MPs' expenses: Alan Duncan cleared of breaking rules with mortgage claims

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Shadow prisons minister cleared of breaking the rules on expenses by a committee of MPs despite failing to produce mortgage documents.

MPs' expenses: Alan Duncan charged £598 for lawnmower repairs

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Alan Duncan was removed from the shadow cabinet in September by David Cameron after he was filmed by an antisleaze campaigner claiming that MPs were forced to live on "rations" since the expenses scandal.

Expenses inquiry clears Tory Duncan

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Shadow prisons minister Alan Duncan has been cleared of wrongly claiming tens of thousands of pounds in mortgage interest payments on his second home.

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MPs Reject Key Kelly Demand

[objet petit a] (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Paul Waugh of the Evening Standard is on the ball: [....] Today's Standards and Privileges Committee report on Alan Duncan includes a few lines that are much, much more important than their verdict on Dunky himself (who was fully cleared). The Committee - which is meant to police MPs behaviour don't forget - is very narked that Labour MP John Mann wrote to Standards Commissioner John Lyon to ask for...

Top Tory Cleared Of Expenses Rules Breach

Sky News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Shadow minister Alan Duncan has been cleared of breaching expenses rules after it was alleged he claimed for a mortgage on a house which he owned outright.

Alan Duncan cleared of breaking second home allowance rules

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Watchdog says shadow prisons minister was obeying 'the rules at the time' when he claimed allowance in relation to a property on which he was not paying a mortgage Alan Duncan, the shadow prisons minister, was today cleared of breaking Commons rules in relation to expense claims for his second home. The Commons standards and privileges committee said that Duncan was obeying "the rules at the...

Alan Duncan Cleared of Expenses Rules Breach

Tory Politico (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Alan Duncan has been cleared by the The Commons Standards and Privileges Committee of breaching expenses rules. It had been alleged that he had claimed for a mortgage on a house which he already owned outright, but the committee said there was nothing in his mortgage arrangements that breached Commons rules. Developing

MP 'did not break expenses rules'

BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Tory MP Alan Duncan did not break expenses rules, Parliament's standards watchdog John Lyon has said.

Shadow minister cleared of breaking expenses rules

The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Shadow prisons minister Alan Duncan was cleared today of wrongly claiming tens of thousands of pounds in mortgage interest payments on his second home.

Duncan awaiting expenses verdict

BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Tory MP Alan Duncan will learn whether he is to be criticised over his expenses after a standards inquiry.

Back in S5

BBC - Victoria Derbyshire's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

..after Sir Christopher Kelly's news conference at Westminster yesterday. This morning we're expecting to hear whether there will be any sanctions on the Conservative MP Alan Duncan over his expenses arrangements. Back in July the Daily Telegraph reported that Mr Duncan took out a new mortgage on a house he already owned outright so that he could claim the mortgage interest on expenses. Plus we hope...

A Compromise

Islington Newmania (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009

Noticed that Stephen Fry chucked in twitter because someone said he was boring , o m g . You may recall that when he discovered his thespian abilities stretched no further than Panto he had a similar peevish moment flouncing off to France with nary a “Chase me “ NowI love the gays I really do but this is clearly not the behaviour of anyone who should be allowed into the army , or indeed...

MPs' Pay and Expenses- Being Fair

Skipper (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009

I know this topic is already fairly dogeared but I wanted to add a few thoughts to it as I feel MPs have been rather unfairly judged. This is not to say that there have not been shocking excesses which should be condemned. These include: Shame Column 1. Claiming for Mortgages already paid up. One or two MPs did this(Elliot Morley') and must have known they were cheating the system. 2. Flipping. Altering...