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Right Dishonourable Members: We need a Cable for that Speaker

June 22, 2009 – 1:10 am

MPs in the running to succeed Michael Martin as House of Commons Speaker on Monday have come under scrutiny in more allegations over expenses claims. Details of tax-funded expenses have been published in The Sunday Telegraph. The paper says Labour’s Margaret Beckett claimed more than £11,000 for gardening and Tory MP John Bercow twice claimed [...]

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Monday Funnies: The Right Dishonourable Members

May 18, 2009 – 9:56 pm

David Cameron has called for a wider crackdown on MP’s allowances as he and Gordon Brown clashed on the issue at prime minister’s questions…
The exchanges came after days of damaging allegations over MPs expenses.
A growing number of MPs from all parties have agreed to pay back thousands of pounds claimed in expenses after reports based [...]

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Perfectly Impartial In Every Way

January 29, 2009 – 10:15 am

A Commons motion criticising the BBC and Sky for refusing to broadcast a plea for humanitarian aid funding for Gaza has been backed by 170 MPs.
The Disasters Emergency Committee’s Gaza Crisis Appeal was screened on Monday by ITV, Channel 4 and Five.
The BBC’s explanation that airing the film would threaten its impartiality was described by [...]

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