FACTBOX - Casualties of the MPs' expenses scandal

Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:24am BST
 
Email | Print | | Single Page
[-] Text [+]

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...

 
Chancellor Alistair Darling attends a cabinet meeting in Nottingham, November 20, 2009.   REUTERS/Andrew Winning
Darling to cut GDP forecast

Chancellor Alistair Darling will downgrade the 2009 economic outlook when he presents his pre-budget report next month but still point to growth resuming at the turn of the year.  Full Article 

Most Popular General News on Reuters UK

  • Articles
  • Videos