“Lord Astor, the stepfather of David Cameron’s wife, is seeking to block legislation which would force peers to pay tax in the UK or resign from the House of Lords.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jacqui Smith has said her controversial second home allowance that has forced a Commons inquiry was not against the rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jacqui Smith, the British Home Secretary, will face a formal sleaze inquiry after claiming thousands of pounds in tax payer-funded housing allowances while lodging with her sister.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Labour peers accused of attempting to change the law in favour of companies employing them will not be investigated by the police, Scotland Yard said today.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A complaint has been made to the parliamentary sleaze watchdog about Home Secretary Jacqui Smith claiming allowances for a second home while living as a lodger with her sister, it was confirmed today.”
The Independent, 9th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An independent watchdog should immediately be appointed to clean up the House of Lords, Sir Christopher Kelly, the official Whitehall standards regulator, says.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“John Yates, the Scotland Yard assistant commissioner who headed the ‘cash for honours’ inquiry, is to review whether four Labour peers should face a police inquiry, it was announced yesterday.”
The Guardian, 30th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The House of Lords embarked on a hasty damage-limitation exercise yesterday by preparing new powers to suspend any member found to have broken the rules in the ‘cash for peers’ crisis.”
The Times, 27th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Details of MPs’ claims for plasma televisions, furniture and cleaning bills will be kept secret after Harriet Harman bowed to backbenchers’ pressure to stop expenses claims being published.”
The Times, 16th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Former ministers can exploit loose and ambiguous guidelines on lobbying to cash in ‘with impunity’ on their inside knowledge of Westminster, a Commons committee warns.”
The Independent, 5th January 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A Commons select committee is going to launch its own inquiry into the arrest of the Tory MP Damian Green, it said today (9 December).”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The vow by Commons Speaker Michael Martin to prevent ‘unauthorised’ raids on MPs’ offices in the wake of the Damian Green affair was seriously undermined last night as it emerged that the Government is preparing new laws to allow investigators to mount parliamentary searches without a warrant.”
The Independent, 7th December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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The Independent, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The House of Commons Speaker is to make a statement over the decision to allow police to search the offices of shadow immigration minister Damian Green.”
BBC News, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Government plans to reform banking, welfare and policing are set to be outlined in the Queen’s Speech.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Opposition politicians have accused the government of ‘arrogantly’ misusing its oversight of parliamentary business, as it emerged yesterday that the number of days MPs would attend parliament in the next session would be the smallest since 1979-80.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Commons Speaker Michael Martin is to investigate reports that former prime minister Tony Blair ‘deliberately misled’ parliament, he said today.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A clampdown on MPs’ expenses has been proposed in the wake of an investigation which cleared husband and wife Cabinet ministers Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper of breaking House of Commons rules.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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