• Director of prosecutions to decide if trials take place • Accused parliamentarians all deny wrongdoing Scotland Yard believes it has uncovered enough evidence to bring criminal charges against four MPs and peers for allegedly abusing their expenses. Police announced they had sent files of evidence concerning four parliamentarians to the Crown Prosecution Service. Keir Starmer, the director...
Six MPs and peers are facing criminal charges of fraud following investigations by Scotland Yard into the abuse of the parliamentary expenses system, the Daily Telegraph reports. Detectives will pass files imminently on the Labour MPs Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine, and peers Baroness Uddin, Lord Hanningfield and Lord Clarke of Hampstead to the Crown Prosecution Service.
The Telegraph reports this morning that as a result of the expenses scandal three sitting Labour MPs face prosecution. Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine all face prosecution when police pass files to the Crown Prosecution Service in January. With them will be files on two Labour Peers, Baroness Uddin and Lord Clarke of [...]
MPs' expenses: six MPs and peers face fraud charges From the left: Lord Clarke of Hampstead, Baroness Uddin, Lord Hanningfield, Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine The Daily Telegraph understands that detectives will imminently pass files on Labour MPs Elliot...
Oh I do hope that they end up hauled before the courts, then fined and jailed. The Daily Telegraph understands that detectives will imminently pass files on Labour MPs Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine, and peers Baroness Uddin, Lord Hanningfield and Lord Clarke of Hampstead to the Crown Prosecution Service. Link Then if the authorities would be so good as to use proceeds of crime legislation...
This little piggy claimed expenses This piggy flipped a second home These little piggies claimed for mortgages Even though they had none And these little piggies went wee wee wee all the way to jail...... The Daily Telegraph understands that detectives will imminently pass files on Labour MPs Elliot Morley , David Chaytor and Jim Devine , and peers Baroness Uddin , Lord Hanningfield and Lord Clarke...
MPs today received the final demand for repayments as the process of righting the wrongs of the Commons expenses system entered its final phase. The man charged with retrospectively auditing the expense claims, Sir Thomas Legg, has now told MPs what he believes they owe after a period of appeal. This will not end the discontent about allowances. All sides of the house will make representations to...
I could not make OH's stroll last year, but I am glad I made the effort this year, just to make an active point that some of us are not very pleased with the current set up. This is about the first 'manifestation' that I have been on since about 1973. It was good to catch up with the Devil, Anna Raccoon, Dick Puddlecote and OH, and others that had travelled the length & breadth of the country....
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...
From the Telegraph : MPs will no longer be able to cash in on lucrative resettlement allowances if they stand down at future general elections or are defeated. Current rules mean MPs are given up to £60,000 – almost a full year’s salary - when they leave the Commons. The system has been called into disrepute after The Daily Telegraph’s expenses disclosures led to a number of...
With MPs still reeling over their letters from Sir Thomas Legg, Scotland Yard chief Sir Paul Stephenson has added to their torment by wading in with his size 12s. He has confirmed that "a handful" of MPs are being investigated by the Metropolitan Police over their expenses, but the number could "change significantly" and more MPs could face investigation. Wow! Speaking for the...
Sir Paul Stephenson says number of suspects could change significantly at any time More politicians could come under police investigation over fraudulent expenses, the head of Scotland Yard said today. Sir Paul Stephenson said the number of suspects could "change significantly at any time" as inquiries flush out more suspicious claims. The Met commissioner declined to reveal exactly how...
www.dailymail.co.uk | www.mailonsunday.co.uk Expenses MP faces charge: Yard believes it has enough evidence to bring ex-minister to court Former Labour minister Elliot Morley, who claimed ?16,000 interest payments for a 'phantom' mortgage, is seen as the most likely politician to be charged. News Headlines Expenses MP faces
Channel 4 News' fact-checking department did a piece yesterday which analyses my safe seats and expenses scandal correlation work from back in May. It has been prompted by an article that Nick Clegg wrote in The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday about expenses where in the final paragraph he says: And of course, if we’re to sort out politics fully, we need to think about the future, not just the past....
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