FORMER Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was today awaiting the results of an official inquiry into her expenses as MPs returned to the House of Commons after the summer break.Read
TOILET seats, helipad hedge trimming, pornographic films, luxury wallpaper and flatscreen TVs – these are just some of the items Midland MPs have claimed for on expenses.Read
BIRMINGHAM MP and cabinet minister Liam Byrne has repaid £1,757 to the House of Commons, following a row over plans to use his Commons allowance to buy a flat with his brother.Read
Under-fire Tory MP Julie Kirkbride is facing fresh allegations over her use of taxpayers’ money after it emerged she employs her sister even though she lives more than 100 miles from her constituency.Read
Embattled Bromsgrove MP Julie Kirkbride is dismissing the latest claim about her expenses which allege that her brother bought around £1,000 of electrical equipment using her parliamentary office expense account.Read