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11 Nov 2010, 2:03 am
“The Supreme Court has ruled that three former Labour MPs must face a criminal trial over their expenses claims. [read post]
29 Sep 2022, 6:56 am
The letter may have been shopped around to other MPs as Liberal MP Anthony Housefather has told the Globe he did not sign it. [read post]
4 Aug 2020, 8:02 am
“Now MP targets Herbert Smith over Post Office work” — “An MP has urged both the justice and business select committees to investigate the role of law firms – and in particular Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) – in helping client companies accused of wrongdoing set up compensation schemes. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 12:12 am
The Wikinomics blog expands my chart on the Copyright MPs by focusing on vote totals and the percentage of students needed to swing the relevant ridings. [read post]
18 Apr 2009, 3:50 am
At the urging of the NDP, the Parliamentary website is now offering details on MP voting records. [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 2:35 am
Supreme court rules expenses MPs must face trial Guardian: Highest court in UK dismisses argument that expenses issue should be covered by parliamentary privilege rather than legal system The supreme court has dismissed claims made by David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine that they should not be tried in a criminal court because their expenses are covered by parliamentary privilege. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 8:18 am
“An MP’s wife was given a nine-month suspended jail sentence today for snatching a kitten from the home of her husband’s mistress.” Full story The Independent, 28th October 2011 Source: www.independent.co.uk [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 1:35 am
"A group of MPs is suing the CIA in the American courts in an attempt to force the agency to hand over information about Britain's secret involvement in its extraordinary rendition programme. [read post]
25 Jul 2011, 4:10 am
“The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), which was brought in to clean up the discredited MPs’ expenses system, initially indicated that politicians would be identified when a formal probe was launched.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2011 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 3:17 am
“The parliamentary watchdog has warned MPs that his organisation will come down on them ‘like a ton of bricks’ if they break new expenses rules, saying those who cheat could be fined or have pay docked. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 2:23 am
“A speech given by The Rt Hon Nick Herbert MP to the CityForum event on ‘securing strategic partnerships for police transformation’ on 26 January 2012.” Full speech Home Office, 26th January 2012 Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk [read post]
31 Jul 2008, 8:38 am
“The internet industry must take more responsibility for protecting young people from the ‘dark side’ of digital content relating to abuse, violence and suicide, according to a committee of MPs. [read post]
16 Nov 2009, 2:42 am
"The group of senior MPs and peers responsible for scrutinising the activities of the intelligence agencies has sharply criticised the government for failing to hand over the guidelines provided to MI5 and MI6 officers for interrogating terror suspects. [read post]
23 May 2012, 1:47 am
“MPs aiming to claw back powers from Europe have secretly interviewed candidates to become Britain’s next judge at the European court of human rights.” Full story The Guardian, 22nd May 2012 Source: www.guardian.co.uk [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 1:29 am
“A former Conservative Sussex MP is to take the man who beat him at the general election to court over comments he made about his expenses claims. [read post]
6 Jul 2009, 3:29 am
“MPs have branded current sentencing policy incoherent and inconsistent, and warned that it risks being driven by a misguided view of what the public want. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 2:07 am
“MPs say vulnerable groups may be disproportionately affected by a shake-up of civil legal aid in England and Wales and want it to be ‘refined’. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 6:54 am
“The way in which a private contractor was awarded a £300m monopoly of court interpreting services throughout England and Wales and the firm’s ‘underperformance’ are to be investigated by MPs.” Full story The Guardian, 20th July 2012 Source: www.guardian.co.uk [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 5:06 am
Three former MPs and a peer are set to stand trial over expenses fraud allegations after a judge ruled they could not claim parliamentary privilege to stop prosecution. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 8:08 am
“Claims that a senior army general and a defence minister misled MPs and peers over British troops’ use of banned interrogation techniques will be examined by a public inquiry into the mistreatment of prisoners, the Defence Secretary, Des Browne, said. [read post]
