Sentences with phrase «parliament over expense»
A large majority of voters think Maria Miller should be sacked as Culture Secretary, according to a poll conducted in the wake of her apology to Parliament over expenses.
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In a video statement on the Downing Street website, he added: «The issue of expenses is casting a cloud over the whole of Parliament.
She said: «I have always acted fully within parliament's clear rules on expenses and sought written approval from the parliamentary fees office in 2007 over my living arrangements.»
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.
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».
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.
Amid the scandal over MPs» expenses, David Cameron said he was considering fixed - term parliaments and more public involvement in choosing parliamentary candidates.