Where are they now? Sleaze round-up

Wendy Alexander: although the Electoral Commission has decided not to report her to the Procurator Fiscal for accepting an illegal overseas donation to her Scottish Labour leadership campaign, the Scottish Parliament’s Standards Commissioner has reported her.

We await news of what the Procurator Fiscal decides. Meanwhile, she’s in more hot water for putting down a motion in the Scottish Parliament praising a local firm, but failing to declare the financial support she has received from it although the Parliament’s rules require such declarations to be made alongside motions.

Gordon Brown: the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is now investigating his apparent breach of the rules on subletting property paid for out of MPs’ expenses. He has also changed his arrangements so that such subletting no longer takes place.

Michael Martin: the House of Commons Speaker is facing questions over his use of Airmiles garnered from official business to pay for flights for his family. Norman Baker said, “A benefit accrued because of spending by the taxpayer should be returned to the taxpayer”.