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16 Dec 2011, 1:45 am
“Three former Labour MPs who were jailed for fiddling their expenses have been ordered to pay back a total of £125,000 – less than half of the money spent on their court cases.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2011 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 1:44 am
“An appeal brought by three former Labour MPs and a Tory peer facing trial over allegations that they fiddled their expenses was not an attempt to ‘take them above the law’, three of the country’s top judges heard today. [read post]
30 Jul 2010, 3:17 am
“Three former Labour MPs and an ex-Tory peer facing expenses fraud allegations have lost appeals over a ruling that they are not protected by parliamentary privilege from prosecution. [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 2:32 am
“An all-party group of MPs has written to the judge heading the inquiry into the UK’s role in torture and rendition setting out the steps they believe are needed to establish the truth. [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 2:18 am
“A Muslim extremist who posted a call for attacks on MPs who supported the Iraq war on a radical website, along with where to buy a knife, has been jailed for 12 years.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2011 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk [read post]
23 May 2008, 1:45 am
“A request to see MPs’ expenses seemed innocuous enough. [read post]
22 Jul 2008, 11:55 am
“Prison reform has been hastily implemented, underfunded and has left record numbers behind bars, MPs said in a scathing report published today. [read post]
25 Feb 2010, 7:32 am
“A leading law firm has been found ‘in contempt’ of the Commons after threatening an MP with legal proceedings if he made allegations about one of its clients in the House. [read post]
13 Apr 2010, 4:23 am
“Labour MPs awarded legal aid to fund their court battle against charges that they fiddled parliamentary expenses will have to pay the money back, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today. [read post]
26 Jul 2011, 1:21 am
“The General Medical Council, which regulates doctors, is putting the public at risk by being too lenient with some of those who come before it accused of poor practice or wrongdoing, according to a committee of MPs.” Full story The Guardian, 26th July 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 3:03 am
“Jack Straw is to amend plans allowing life peers to resign from the House of Lords, to stop them standing as an MP for up to five years, it is reported. [read post]
21 Mar 2011, 2:48 am
“Voters are being barred from speaking to their MPs under a new generation of gagging orders known as hyper-injunctions, the House of Commons has been told. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 11:44 am
MP Fuad Siniora, chairman of the Futures Bloc [official website], issued a statement saying... [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 1:28 am
“MPs have urged the government to improve safeguards for British citizens wanted by authorities overseas by reforming extradition laws, indicating the strength of political feeling in support of Gary McKinnon, who has been battling for six years against a US extradition bid to face hacking charges.” Full story The Guardian, 6th December 2011 Source: www.guardian.co.uk [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 7:54 am
“A Tory MP has been given the green light to sue the Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers for libel over allegations he bullied a female colleague. [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 1:27 am
“It is the ultimate twist in the expenses scandal that the three MPs who, with one peer, face charges under the Theft Act 1968 are now invoking parliamentary privilege as their defence. [read post]
20 Jan 2007, 7:59 am
[JURIST] Australian MPs concerned about new US military commission rules [manual, PDF; JURIST report] plan to write to US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi next week to ask them to ensure Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainee David Hicks [JURIST news archive] gets a fair trial in the US or to return him to Australia to face trial there. [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 1:19 am
“News International and David Cameron’s PR chief, Andy Coulson, face the prospect of a fresh parliamentary inquiry into phone-hacking by the News of the World after Labour MPs said they plan to press for the issue to be referred to the powerful standards and privileges committee of the House of Commons. [read post]
28 Dec 2013, 8:59 am
[JURIST] Iraqi police arrested Ahmed al-Awlani, an MP and prominent Sunni supporter of anti-government protests, on Saturday in the city of Ramadi. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 1:32 am
“Gordon Brown’s efforts to protect Britain’s opt-outs on the new EU treaty at next week’s summit in Lisbon came under fresh pressure yesterday when a Labour-dominated committee of MPs claimed the latest draft of the treaty presented fresh threats to British sovereignty. [read post]
