MPs 'lacked principles' on expenses
The head of an inquiry into Commons expenses has hit out at MPs for lacking principles.
Sir Christopher Kelly said the system appeared to have been "exploited for personal gain".
Opening the Committee on Standards in Public Life's first evidence session, he insisted politicians needed to show qualities including selflessness, integrity and honesty.
"These values are timeless," he said. "If they had been followed more by more MPs over the past few years we would not be in the situation that we are."
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