Archive: Mps Pay And Allowances

Want to fire your MP? Here's how

If you were hoping the coalition government might make it much easier to fire your MP - well, there's good news and bad news.

Commons could 'fire' misbehaving MPs

Analysis: Why recall proposals shouldn't trouble MPs

Tory MPs pour scorn on coalition's 'fake' recall proposals

Commons could 'fire' misbehaving MPs

Passing judgement? MPs could authorise by-elections under coalition proposals

MPs are to be given the power to effectively fire misbehaving colleagues under coalition plans out today.

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Laws 'faces police expenses probe'

David Laws has already been punished by MPs with a seven-day suspension from parliament

Disgraced former Cabinet minister David Laws could be the subject of an investigation into his expenses claims by the police, according to reports.

Coalition braces for David Laws expenses report

Will report pave way for David Laws' Cabinet return?

David Laws' return to government rests on a crucial standards report on his expenses claims due this week.

Forty-four MPs have expenses claims rejected

Ipsa paid out £3.2 million over November and December

A total of 44 MPs had their expenses claims rejected in the final two months of 2010, the parliamentary watchdog has revealed.

Peevish MPs accept pay freeze

Pay freeze for MPs' wages will last one year

The Commons agreed to freeze MPs' pay last night, but only after 90 minutes of grumbling from backbenchers.

MPs hope for relaxed expenses rules

Ipsa will shake up its expenses regime later this week

Parliament's expenses watchdog is set to loosen up the allowances regime later this week, according to a report.

Expenses: 'Secret deals' go under the radar

The details were not published until yesterday

Parliament has published details of MPs' minor expenses offences which were previously allowed to be kept secret under Commons rules.

Trust in British politicians falls to sub-Romanian levels

The saga of duck-houses and dry-rot led to a halving of trust in political parties

Public trust in politicians fell dramatically since the expenses scandal - putting them below their peers in Romania and Italy, according to a survey.

Supreme court rejects expenses MPs' appeal

Supreme court, not parliament, will decide expenses MPs' fate

Three former expenses MPs' bid to avoid a criminal trial has been decisively thwarted by the supreme court.

Expenses peers suspended after Lords' judgment

Peers have voted to uphold the proposed sanctions, meaning all three members will be suspended

Three members of the House of Lords will face judgment today after the privileges committee recommended the toughest sanctions to be visited on peers for centuries.

Former MPs blasted over expenses

The standards and privileges committee has condemned former MPs for their misuse of expenses.

Six MPs 'still owe' expenses money

The expenses cloud continues to linger over Westminster

Six MPs have reportedly still not paid back expenses money as requested by the audit of Sir Thomas Legg eight months ago.

Khan escapes formal probe over rule-breaking

Sadiq Khan ran Ed Miliband's campaign for the Labour leadership

Sadiq Khan has avoided a formal ruling by the standards commissioner after using taxpayers' money to write to constituents during the election campaign.

Expenses peer enters not guilty plea

Lord Taylor of Warwick pleads not guilty

A Conservative peer appearing in court today over criminal charges relating to the expenses scandal has entered a not guilty plea.

Commons leader urges publication of 'secret expenses deals'

Sir George Young is heading off criticism of 'secret expenses deals'

The details of deals made between MPs and the standards and privileges committee over expenses misdemeanours should be published more widely, Sir George Young has urged.

Expenses three turn to supreme court

Supreme court justices will hear questions relating to MPs' case

Three former MPs seeking to avoid a criminal trial over their expenses claims have received a setback - but still been allowed to appeal to the supreme court.

Expenses duck house sold for charity

Ducks and expenses: The symbol of allowances has been sold

The duck house which became a symbol of MPs' misuse of expenses has been sold for charity.

Revealed: MPs' x-rated tirades against Ipsa

Some MPs' rants were worthy of 'The Thick Of It'

The full extent of MPs' anger against the new expenses system has been revealed, complete with 'Thick Of It'-style tirades against the Commons authorities.

MPs' union lobbies watchdog over parental leave

MPs' staff in Portcullis House have struggled with new expenses regime

The Unite union is pressuring parliament's expenses watchdog to make paternity leave claims unconditional.

Ipsa chief defends his record

Ipsa has been the subject of controversy in the Westminster village

The chief executive of the body overseeing MPs' expenses has defended himself against the torrent of criticism the new system has received.

Expenses MPs lose privilege appeal

MPs had hoped to use parliamentary privilege defence

Three former MPs and a peer's bid to avoid a criminal trial over their expenses claims has failed.

MPs' pensions feel the squeeze

Attempts to bring MPs' generous pensions into line with the private sector are to be proposed this week.

Ipsa chief admits expenses failings

The head of the expenses watchdog attacked by MPs for introducing an unworkable new allowances regime has conceded the new rules have caused "bumps in the road".