MPs' Finances
MEP 'used expenses to make donation to Tory party'
A senior Tory MEP channelled more than £750,000 of parliamentary allowances into a family firm which then gave donations to the Conservative Party, The Independent has established.
Inside MPs' Finances
'UK's laziest MEP' made two speeches in 4 years
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
David Sumberg, one of the Conservative Party’s MEPs from the North West, has been branded “Britain’s laziest MEP” for asking only two questions and giving two speeches since the last European elections in 2004. It was revealed earlier this year that the MEP made payments to his wife, Carolyn, of up to £60,000 a year for her services as a secretary.
Cameron will sack MEPs found to have broken expenses rules
Monday, 9 June 2008
David Cameron will sack any Tory MEPs found to have broken the rules after ordering an investigation into their expenses aimed at quashing public concerns about sleaze.
Spelman nanny row pushes sleaze back on to Tory agenda
Sunday, 8 June 2008
The Conservatives were dragged deeper into a row over the alleged misuse of politicians' allowances yesterday, when it emerged that David Cameron's party chairman is to go before a sleaze watchdog over claims that she paid her nanny with taxpayers' money.
Conservative chairman 'used expenses to pay her nanny'
Saturday, 7 June 2008
David Cameron's problems over "Tory sleaze" deepened last night amid allegations that the Conservative Party chairman Caroline Spelman paid her nanny out of her parliamentary allowances.
Second top Tory MEP quits after expenses allegations
Saturday, 7 June 2008
A Tory MEP who paid his wife and daughter's company £758,000 in parliamentary expenses has been dropped as the party's chief whip in the European Parliament. Den Dover, who said it was within the rules to pay the family company for secretarial and support work between 2001 and 2007, was replaced the day after the Tories' former leader in Brussels, Giles Chichester, quit after breaking rules on expenses. Yesterday David Cameron, the Conservative leader, moved to quell the row over expenses, ordering that all the party's MEPs should publish a compete breakdown of their claims.
Tory EU leader quits over breach of rules on expenses
Friday, 6 June 2008
Giles Chichester resigned yesterday as leader of the Tory group in the European Parliament after breaking rules on expenses, and is now under pressure to stand down as an MEP.
Tories' Euro-leader quits over expenses
Thursday, 5 June 2008
Giles Chichester resigned as leader of the Conservative Euro MPs today after breaking European Parliament rules on political expenses.
Anger over plan to give MPs £23,000 grant
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Proposals to pay MPs £23,000 a year on top of their salaries to help them avoid embarrassing disclosures over their expenses provoked anger, as campaigners labelled them a "sneaky" move that would prevent the system becoming more transparent.
MPs' expenses: It's the bailiffs – call the taxpayer!
Sunday, 25 May 2008
Cherie Blair's claim that moving to Downing Street played havoc with her household budget was borne out on Friday, when it emerged that the former prime minister and his wife were threatened with the bailiffs over an unpaid water bill.
Revealed at last: leading MPs' expenses claims
Saturday, 24 May 2008
Gordon Brown once claimed £15 for light bulbs, Peter Mandelson spent nearly £3,000 on a shower and Tony Blair lavished nearly £11,000 of taxpayers' money on a new kitchen, according to the most detailed account of MPs' expenditure ever published.
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