FACTBOX - Casualties of the MPs' expenses scandal
LONDON (Reuters) - The government published an official list of claims for expenses by MPs on Thursday.
Here is a list of MPs who have said they will step down following weeks of embarrassing revelations in the Daily Telegraph:
* Speaker Michael Martin is to stand down on June 21. Martin, criticised over his handling of the expenses controversy, is the first Speaker forced to resign since 1695.
* Junior Justice Minister Shahid Malik stepped down from his ministerial post, though not as an MP, pending the result of an investigation into allegations he paid below-market rent for a house. Malik was cleared last week after the newspaper allegations, however he could face a fresh probe into his conduct.
The following MPs have said they will leave parliament at the next election:
* David Chaytor, Labour, who claimed for a mortgage he had already paid off.
* Labour MP and former Environment Minister Elliot Morley, who claimed 16,000 pounds for a mortgage that had already been repaid.
* Andrew Mackay, Conservative, former senior political adviser to David Cameron.
* His wife, Julie Kirkbride, Conservative. Both over property claims. Continued...
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