A Labour MP is to introduce a parliamentary bill offering greater protection for tenants whose landlords' properties are repossessed.Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South East, came first in last week's ballot to bring in private members' bills. He said
MPs have approved the new independent body which will run their expenses system - despite a row about a former Lib Dem MP who will sit on its board.By law the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) must have a former MP on its panel. B
The MP for Salisbury, Robert Key, has announced he does not intend to stand at the next general election.Mr Key, 64, has served the constituency since 1983 and had recently been re-adopted as its candidate for the next general election. His decision
Long-serving Conservative MP Sir Patrick Cormack has announced that he will stand down at the next election.The 70-year-old said the unhappy events following the MPs' expenses scandal had made the work of politicians much more of a burden . Sir P
Conservative MP David Tredinnick has been forced to repay £1,945 by the Commons standards watchdog.The MP used pictures of himself with party leader David Cameron and local Tory politicians in a newsletter, in the run up to June's local electi
Conservative Party vice-chairman Richard Spring has announced he will stand down from Parliament at the next general election.Mr Spring, MP for Suffolk West, joined the Commons in 1992 and said he was retiring from political life with mixed feeling
A second member of the MPs' standards committee is facing questions over his expenses amid reports he claimed £65,000 for second homes in London.Labour MP Andrew Dismore is reported to have flipped his second home designation from west to no
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