Article: The Great Expenses Cover-up ; SPECIAL ORDER: Harriet Harman pushed the new rules through.

Article: MPs reach end of road in battle over secret expenses
The Independent - London;  May 23, 2008 ;     571 words ......years battling to keep secret details of MPs' spending the authorities of...powers when it demanded that details of MPs' additional costs allowances...with the court's order that the details of 14 MPs, including Brown, Blair, and...

Article: MPs shy on expenses details
Sunday Star-Times;  June 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ......in knowing the full details of MPs' travel expenses...purpose of trips, or the details of individual expenses claimed, as MPs last week shied away...public to know where MPs travel, the purpose of the trip or the details of any expenses they...

Article: Anger as MPs still refuse to publish expenses.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 22, 2008 ;     510 words ...Byline: Ian Drury MPs are refusing to publish details of their lavish taxpayer-funded...the public in the dark about details of MPs' generous expenses. Tory MP...announcing that he would publish details of all 646 MPs' claims. Several are said to...

Article: MPs to give second job details.
Independent Television News Limited (ITN);  July 1, 2009 ;     197 words ...Summary: MPs are to give details of second jobs and outside...to clean up politics. MPs are to give details of second jobs and outside...More than half of the MPs with outside interests...Cameron published the details of shadow cabinet earnings...

Article: MPs reveal lucrative extra jobs ; A host of Westcountry MPs face potentially further embarrassment as details of lucrative second jobs are revealed.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 27, 2009 ;     475 words ...A host of Westcountry MPs face potentially further embarrassment as details of lucrative second jobs are...More than half of the region's MPs will have to provide more details of their earnings from outside...Commons expenses. Senior Tory MPs have lined up to announce they...

Article: MPs told to come clean on expenses
Yorkshire Post;  January 23, 2008 ;     603 words ...MPs face having virtually all of their...the House of Commons to release the details of several MPs' claims in a move which could open...parliamentarians. Allowance claims for the MPs' staff, information technology, stationary...While his ruling applied to only six MPs - including Prime ...

Article: MPs face having alltheir expense claimsrevealed in detail
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  January 23, 2008 ;     377 words ......ordered the Commons to release the details of several claims by current and former MPs in a move that could open the...parliamentarians. Allowance claims for the MPs' staff, IT, stationery and the...would treat requests covering MPs. The Commons, which originally...

Article: Faith in our MPs is eroded with each damning revelation
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;  May 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ......well before the damaging details of MPs' expenses claims began...might break down when the details of their excesses come...atmosphere among most MPs was one of resignation...began publishing damaging details of MPs' expense claims. Suddenly...

Article: Leaders tell MPs to come clean on family expenses
The Independent - London;  February 2, 2008 ;     453 words ......scrambled to force their MPs to reveal details of the relatives...announced that all Labour MPs would be told to release similar details. Nick Clegg, the...also called on his MPs to release the details and went further, arguing that MPs should be limited...

Article: MPs IN COURT FIGHT TO KEEP EXES SECRET ; (1) They dont want details of second homes made public (2) Speakers move will cost taxpayer thousands of pounds
Evening Standard - London;  March 25, 2008 ;     497 words ......to block an order to reveal details of senior MPs expenses. The move by the...Commons authorities to publish details of how prominent MPs use public funds for second...authorities seeking to keep secret details of MPs travel and second home claims...

Article: West mps lead fight over perks ; A campaign to oppose the Government's controversial bid to suppress details of MPs' pay and perks is being spearheaded by Westcountry politicians.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  January 21, 2009 ;     436 words ......controversial bid to suppress details of MPs' pay and perks is being spearheaded...purchase-by-purchase history. But Lib-Dem MPs from Devon and Cornwall have...which they say would treat MPs different from other public...condemns the move to "single out MPs and peers in a special ...

Article: Reveal every detail about expenses, MPs are told.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 27, 2008 ;     516 words ......records on thecontroversial Additional Costs Allowance, which MPs can claim to help with thecost of running two homes. And...thetribunal [pounds sterling]87m is the total amount claimed by MPs for expenses last year blastedthe ACA as 'a recipe for confusion...Parliament handles information. Although the case ...

Article: pounds1.3m cost of MPs' home makeovers ; Taxpayers funded a million-pound second home makeover for Westcountry MPs to live the high life at public expense.
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ......duties". Yet the details revealed yesterday...extent to which some MPs' second homes were...before crucial details were blacked out...no addresses for MPs' homes, meaning it...are the names and details of people and companies...The cases of Labour MPs David Chaytor and...

Article: Party leaders urge MPs to divulge details of payroll
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  February 2, 2008 ;     377 words ......yesterday engaged in a scramble to get their MPs to come clean over family members who they...they expected greater openness by their MPs about who was on their payroll. Mr Cameron disclosed that a ring-round of Conservative MPs had found more than 70 who employed wives...