MPs' expenses
-
‘Minister for common sense’ who has criticised Whitehall waste is said to have received £39,000 in two years
-
Paul Maynard is accused of using his taxpayer-funded constituency office for Tory campaigning
-
Paul Maynard under investigation by MPs’ expenses watchdog over claims he charged taxpayers for political campaign services
-
Former permanent secretary in the Lord Chancellor’s Department who presided over the public inquiry into MPs’ expenses
-
Winding-up payments to rise to £17,300 and will also be given to those not seeking re-election
-
The case of the missing bathrobes … what Liz Truss’s latest gaffe tells us about grubbiness and greed
Arwa MahdawiDid a member of the ex-PM’s team pilfer some dressing gowns? If so, it wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen on her watch, but it represents a particular, pernicious form of Westminster entitlement, writes Arwa Mahdawi
-
Labour minister whose campaign skills forced government action on a range of life-saving social changes in the law
-
Ipsa’s earlier advice on expenses for food and decorations led to MPs receiving abuse from the public
-
Several MPs say they will not claim for festive gatherings, with Jess Phillips calling advice ‘stupid’
-
This week, from 2018: The credibility of establishment figures has been demolished by technological change and political upheavals. But it’s too late to turn back the clockPodcast
-
Brief letters: Poor deal for ferry workers | Women on the plough | Signing off as Mum | Partygate fines
-
Brief letters: Best cathedrals | Raspberry challenge | Christmas puddings past | Curates’ pay
-
As the Geoffrey Cox afffair proves it’s time to stop this naked greed in politics
-
Peter Bottomley among those who want reform of system that allows MPs to let London homes then claim rental expenses elsewhere
-
Other lives: First chief executive of Ipsa charged with clearing up the mess of the MPs’ expenses scandal
The Guardian view on the crisis in politics: better politicians need better standards