Former Labour MP Jared O’Mara guilty of expenses fraud
Jared O’Mara, elected as Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam in 2017, has been convicted of expenses fraud involving fake invoices. … Read the full post »
Read my posts about MPs’ expenses, and in particular the scandal over expense claims which broke during the 2005-10 Parliament.
Jared O’Mara, elected as Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam in 2017, has been convicted of expenses fraud involving fake invoices. … Read the full post »
The recall petition in Brecon and Radnorshire has been successful, triggering a Parliamentary by-election. … Read the full post »
Conservative MP Chris Davies has been fined and given community service after being found guilty of expense claims abuse. … Read the full post »
Whilst we wait to find out if there will be a Parliamentary by-election in Peterborough, and with one definitely on the way in Newport West following the sad death of Paul Flynn, there is also now the chance of one in Brecon and Radnorshire. … Read the full post »
Three MPs in South Yorkshire are being investigated by police over alleged electoral expenses fraud. … Read the full post »
Until reading Norman Baker’s new book I’d forgotten who some of the opponents of opening up MPs expenses to freedom of information requests had been. … Read the full post »
A complaint against former Respect MP George Galloway over his use of parliamentary funds has been referred to the police, the parliamentary standards watchdog has confirmed. … Read the full post »
MPs accused of abusing expense rules? Check. Speaker trying to keep key information secret? Check. Daily Telegraph spilling the beans? Check. … Read the full post »
Security and safety for MPs is important – and after the last fuss there was a change in the law to let MPs and candidates keep their home addresses secret on public election paperwork. … Read the full post »
The police have returned the paperwork related to David Laws’s expenses – which suggests that they have not found anything in it worthy of legal action. … Read the full post »