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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Political leaders were warned to choose their words with care when discussing the Labour MPs charged with criminal offences Political leaders were given a pointed warning yesterday to choose their words with care when discussing the three Labour MPs charged with criminal offences, amid fears that a series of interventions over the weekend could damage their chances of a fair trial. As the Labour party...
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icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday
The "golden goodbye" payments for three MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses will be suspended until legal proceedings are over, Commons Speaker John Bercow has said.
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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
The "golden goodbye" payments for three MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses will be suspended until legal proceedings are over, Commons Speaker John Bercow has said.
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - UK & world news (Free subscription) | yesterday
The "golden goodbye" payments for three MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses will be suspended until legal proceedings are over, Commons Speaker John Bercow has said.
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Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
The "golden goodbye" payments for three MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses will be suspended until legal proceedings are over, Commons Speaker John Bercow has said.
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Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bulgaria is going to continue to get support from the UK regardless of the outcome of the upcoming British Parliamentary Elections. This was stated in London Monday by Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov, who met with representatives of the political parties in the UK, as cited by the press center of the Council of Ministers. "We work well with both leading parties in Great Britain, and we...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Speaker John Bercow warns MPs not to risk the chances of a fair trial for the three MPs facing charges over their expenses.
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Graham Pointer's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2010
I see the headline in Sunday Telegraph is the possibility of the general election being on 15 April- the Thursday after Easter. I can see a problem with this- Parliament would have to be dissolved on 19 March. There has to be at least 3 months between the Pre-Budget Report and the actual Budget, which means that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, will have to present the Budget in the...
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 07/02/2010
There's a lot in the papers today about the amount of severance pay MPs receive if they stand down from Parliament. Depending on length of service, the sum is anything from £30-£65,000. Naturally there is a lot of disquiet about some MPs receiving such sums. The Speaker, John Bercow, says there's nothing that can be done about it. Rot. Why not introduce a simple Bill which says that anyone...
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John L Bell's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/02/2010
Does it not strike anyone else as strange that the report by Legg covering the expenses scandal by the MPs' is listed as co-authored by; 'Review of past ACA payments: first report of session 2009-10 report, together with formal minutes House of Commons papers 348 2009-10 Corporate Author: Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Members Estimate Committee Author: John Bercow (Speaker, chairman of...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/02/2010
Bercow urges MPs to back all reforms advanced by the select committee chaired by Labour backbencher Tony Wright Speaker John Bercow today took the unusual step of rejecting government moves to oppose an elected committee of MPs to oversee how to timetable and scrutinise government legislation. Vast swathes of government bills currently leave the Commons undebated. Speaking at the Oxford Union, Bercow...
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Dungeekin. . . (Free subscription) | 05/02/2010
Nicked - four thieving bastards* Parliamentary officials have announced sweeping changes to the MP Expense system, in the wake of the news that three MPs and one Peer are to face criminal charges. Director of Public Prosecutions Kier Starmer announced this morning that MP's Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor are to be charged, along with Lord Hanningfield , in respect of alleged offences...
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UKIP (Free subscription) | 05/02/2010
UKIP's candidate for Buckingham, Nigel Farage, has welcomed the Tory Party's call to back his opponent, John Bercow, in the upcoming general election. On hearing the news that David Cameron had urged “supporters of all parties — and of none — to vote for the Speaker John Bercow” and that similar messages of support were expected from Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg, Mr Farage told...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/02/2010
Coverage throughout the day with Andrew Sparrow as expenses reports are published and new figures on allowances released 8.57am: The controversy about MPs' expenses erupted in May last year when the Daily Telegraph started publishing the full details of claims that the parliamentary authorities were trying to keep secret. Today, in the words of John Bercow in the Times , we will witness "the...
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Boulton (Free subscription) | 03/02/2010
Spotted! In the peers' gallery high above the Commons chamber during Prime Minister's Questions: Betty Boothroyd, the former tiller girl who graced the Speaker's Chair from 1992-2000. She was wearing an electric blue jacket of the sort that was Margaret Thatcher's trademark. And, as ever, Betty was wearing an enormous Parliamentary portcullis brooch on her lapel, too. Even though she's now 80, Betty...
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