Besides the fact that AV doesn't do much to stop this (in the safest seats, MPs tend to get big percentages of the vote anyway), it's another continuation of the idea that we can get reforms passed on the back of public anger towards
MPs over the expenses scandal.
Somewhat oddly, although she praised the media's assault on
MPs over expenses, when it came to her own chamber — the House of Lords — media criticism was not welcomed by her, for she asked, «Is it really in anyone's interests for the media to be party to the undermining of our Second Chamber...?»
Not exact matches
It must be the book of the moment given the furore
over MPs expenses and the rush into constitutional reform.
The decision to allow
over 50
MPs to escape revealing details about their landlords is prompting claims of another
expenses cover - up.
David Cameron could lose one of his prized four female Cabinet ministers if
MPs condemn culture secretary Maria Miller
over her
expenses claims
Ed Miliband tried to muster residual anger
over MPs»
expenses and the banking crash as he sought to accelerate the momentum of the phone - hacking scandal in a speech later.
The Prime Minister repeatedly defended her but admitted the party had experienced a «difficult week» and said he under - estimated the depth of the «raw» public anger
over MPs»
expenses.
The Prime Minister has told
MPs he thought it was right to allow Maria Miller «the chance to get on with her job» following the controversy
over her
expenses claims.
David Cameron has reiterated his support for Culture Secretary Maria Miller after she was forced to apologise to
MPs over a report into her
expenses claims.
Over half the public (53 %) think Maria Miller's behaviour in relation to her
expenses is «typical of most or all
MPs», a new ITV News / ComRes poll has found.
On the day letters are sent out to
MPs raising questions
over expenses claims, a report by the Commons standards and privileges committee orders former home secretary Jacqui Smith to apologise for breaching rules on second home
expenses.
Three former
MPs seeking to avoid a criminal trial
over their
expenses claims have received a setback - but still been allowed to appeal to the supreme court.
Following the furore
over MPs»
expenses many feel this upcoming election will see many voters moving away from the main parties and the Greens hope, with this kind of directed advertising, they will be able to garner a great deal of that support.
The greatest vitriol will no doubt be reserved for
MPs whose gold - plated pension scheme will be even harder for people to stomach amidst private sector woe and further controversy
over parliamentary
expenses.
Over the past four days, the Telegraph has published a series of articles detailing questionable
expense claims made by
MPs from all political parties, including members of the Cabinet and shadow cabinet.
But he was also the first to resign the post in more than 300 years, after he lost the confidence of many members
over his handling of the
MPs»
expenses scandal in 2009.
The stringent new rules, which come in the wake of the
expenses scandal, are likely to provoke further objections from
MPs, but all three party leaders have indicated their willingness to uphold them, in a bid to allay public anger
over the allowances debacle.
Final predictions - there's always the controversy
over MPs expenses being made exempt from Freedom of Information requests for Cameron to latch on to - his party is opposing the move, but Labour
MPs are being whipped into supporting it.
And it's largely a justifiable one which puts in perspective the media furore
over MPs»
expenses.
Three former Labour
MPs and a peer seeking to avoid facing a criminal trial
over their
expenses claims will have their parliamentary privilege defence tested by the high court today.
Since the complaints about her
expenses related to 2010 before IPSA was established, the complaints were given to the standards committee, a body of
MPs whose primary task now is to police and judge the conduct of
MPs over issues such as lobbying, and the register of
MPs interests.
The Queen should call a snap election to clean up parliament in the wake of the row
over MPs»
expenses, it was claimed today.
Ms Harman was revealing the government's plans for cleaning up Parliament in the wake of public anger
over MPs»
expenses claims.
Maria Miller was forced to resign as culture and media minister because of public revulsion
over MPs»
expenses.
The Daily Telegraph has obtained details of
MPs»
expenses claims
over the past four years which it has published.
But the paper said Mr Duncan, the shadow Commons leader, who oversees party policy on
MPs»
expenses, recouped # 4,000 for gardening costs
over three years.
In a sign that the government acknowledges the damage from another row
over expenses, Duncan Smith said he was open to a proposal by Sir Ian Kennedy, the chairman of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), to end the right of
MPs to sit in judgment on their peers.
Iain Duncan Smith has offered tentative support for a proposal to end the right of
MPs to regulate their own affairs, warning that the continuing focus on
expenses because of the row
over Maria Miller's housing claims is «eating away at the credibility of parliament».
Daily Mail columnist and wife of Michael Gove clashes with Jay Rayner and Jack Monroe after Private Eye skewering
over MPs»
expenses
As a poll found that 82 % of Tories believed that Miller should lose her job
over her
expenses, the work and pensions secretary said he was «very open» to a proposal by parliament's
expenses watchdog to introduce independent regulation of
MPs.
Mr Cameron told the Lib Dem leader not to «put himself on a pedestal»
over MPs»
expenses, after Mr Clegg repeated his claim that politicians from «both of the old parties» had not been held to account for flipping their second home designations to maximise their income from allowances.
It comes at a time when Mr Brown is facing criticism
over other issues, including his reform plans for
MPs»
expenses, which will also go to a vote on Thursday.
It was supposed to be the day of reckoning, the day when
MPs were finally called to account
over their
expenses.
The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is currently investigating a number of
MPs over complaints about their use of
expenses.
No 10 denies suggestion that Gordon Brown is advocating a rise in
MPs» basic salary in order to avert a Commons mutiny
over expenses
Culture Secretary Maria Miller has been defended by the leader of the House of Commons
over her apology to
MPs, following an inquiry into her
expenses.
The move comes as
MPs face growing scrutiny
over their
expense claims, following a series of embarrassing newspaper revelations.
The fifth anniversary of the Daily Telegraph exposures about
MPs»
expenses once again brings to mind that, like so many other cases involving the Establishment, it was the little people that got done
over while the real culprits escaped free.
We went
over what was topical — I mentioned Zimbabwe and
MPs»
expenses, little knowing of the Labour deputy leader's impending photo - call — and she confirmed my invitation.
The procedures were used for what My Lyon described as «less serious» breaches of the rules regarding such matters as office stationery, but the public anger
over expenses has moved Sir George to prevent any further damage to the standing of
MPs, which is already at an all - time low following the scandal last year.
Following the very real, visceral anger from the public
over MPs expenses, all party leaders delivered messages to their electorate promising to restore their trust.
MPs are travelling back to their constituencies today, with voters prepared to express their anger
over the
expenses scandal.
The furore
over MPs expenses stepped up a gear today, with a Tory resignation and the suspension of a former Labour minister.
The threat of disciplinary action hangs
over the heads of Conservative
MPs this morning after the latest wave of
expenses revelations damaged the party.
«David Cameron has sought to embarrass Gordon Brown
over his
expenses bill by pledging he will not claim the «second homes» allowance for
MPs if he moves into Downing Street.
«It seems to me that most
MPs simply fail to understand the level of public disbelief at the stream of revelations
over the extensive enrichment of parliamentarians courtesy of the allowances and
expenses system.
The whingers of Westminster: Just elected and already
MPs are protesting
over expenses crackdown
Over the past fortnight, Mr Cameron has taken action against Tory
MPs found to have abused the
expenses system.
Conservative shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May is challenged
over fellow
MPs»
expense claims.
The Damien McBride emails, the You Tube performance on
MPs»
expenses, the Commons» defeat
over Ghurkas, highlight a naïve reliance on thuggishly ineffective spin doctors, poor presentational skills and a deaf ear to some populist issues that other opportunistic leaders ruthlessly claim as their own.