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North East MPs to repay thousands after review of expenses system Feb 05 2010

A DAMNING review of Commons expenses has ordered North East MPs to repay thousands of pounds.Read

Labour party leader will step down in protest Feb 05 2010

A SENIOR Labour party leader has warned he will step down after a row over an all-women shortlist for the North Tyneside MP nomination.Read

North East MPs ordered to repay thousands in expenses Feb 04 2010

THE long-awaited review of House of Commons expenses has ordered MPs to repay £1.12m, it was revealed today.Read

North East peers defend their expenses claims Dec 23 2009

PEERS from the region claimed more than £400,000 in expenses in one year, according to Parliamentary figures.Read

David Clelland MP furious at continued expenses row Oct 15 2009

A TYNESIDE MP has blasted moves to force him to repay expense claims linked to his second home as an “outrage”.Read

MPs face mortgage payback nightmare in expenses crackdown Oct 14 2009

MPs face a mortgage payback timebomb because of the new expenses crackdown.Read

MP Sharon Hodgson

North MPs spent thousands on gadgets Jun 24 2009

NORTH MPs spent tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money on gadgets and mobile phone calls.Read

Sir Alan Beith comes clean on laundry expenses Jun 22 2009

THE North MP who wants to clear up British politics has charged taxpayers thousands of pounds for cleaning his second home and laundry.Read

MP David Clelland

North MPs promise to repay £10,000 expenses Jun 20 2009

NORTH East MPs caught out in the expenses sacndal have so far promised to pay back more than £10,000. Read

The Houses of Parliament

North East MPs defend their expenses claims Jun 19 2009

MPs who charged the taxpayer for everything from spoons to redecorating bedrooms last night defended their lavish lifestyles.Read

North East MPs’ expenses claims finally published Jun 19 2009

DETAILS of MPs’ expenses claims were finally published by the House of Commons yesterday, evoking fresh public outcry. Regional affairs correspondent Adrian Pearson reveals what your MP claimed.Read

MPs' expenses claims

MPs' expense claims published Jun 18 2009

Details of MPs’ expenses claims were finally published by the House of Commons today - but with much of the detail that led to a public outcry blacked out.Read

Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown announces new expenses legislation Jun 11 2009

LEGISLATION is to be rushed through Parliament to end Westminster’s system of self-regulation and impose a new code of conduct on MPs in the wake of the expenses scandal, Gordon Brown announced yesterday.Read

Stephen Hughes

Labour man blames MPs’ expenses as Euro vote slides Jun 08 2009

LABOUR last night received one of the worst ever shares of the vote it has recorded in Euro elections in the North East as pressure mounted on Gordon Brown to quit.Read

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith resigns over expenses scandal Jun 03 2009

HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith has become the first Cabinet casualty of the MPs’ expenses scandal, after it was revealed she told Gordon Brown within days of revelations about her finances that she wanted to quit the Government in a reshuffle.Read

Labour MP Janet Anderson feels expenses heat May 26 2009

A NORTH EAST-born MP yesterday became the latest to fall foul of the expenses backlash griping Parliament.Read

North MPs expenses not probed but elsewhere ministers resign May 22 2009

NO Labour MPs in the North East are currently being investigated by the party over their expenses claims, the Government’s chief whip last night revealed.Read

North East MPs line up behind Beith’s bid to become Speaker May 21 2009

VETERAN Labour MP Ronnie Campbell has declared Sir Alan Beith is his “number one” choice to become the new Commons Speaker.Read

Liberal Democrat MP Alan Beith

Sir Alan Beith lays out case for becoming Commons Speaker May 20 2009

A NORTH East MP last night emerged as a leading candidate to clean up Westminster.Read

MP Roberta Blackman-Woods calls for Michael Martin to quit May 19 2009

A SENIOR Labour MP last night said Commons Speaker Michael Martin should quit as part of a new “package” to tackle the expenses scandal.Read

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