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Article: How the expenses crisis engulfed Parliament.
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2009
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2007 February 13: Efforts by the House of Commons authorities to avoid publishing a breakdown of MPs' travel expenses fail after rulings under the Freedom of Information Act by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas and the Information Tribunal. The expenses, which were previously published under broad headings, now include a breakdown of the costs of travel by car, plane, taxi and train.
June 15: MPs are ordered to release details of how much taxpayers' money they claim for running a second home under headings such as mortgages, food, utilities, telecoms bills, ...