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The Labour Party formed a three-person panel of its National Executive Committee (NEC) in order to investigate some of its MPs who were referred to it over expenses allegations, which quickly became known as the "Star Chamber" (a reference to the court of the same name employed by English monarchs to dispense summary justice in the 16th and ...
The Palace of Westminster, in which the Houses of Parliament are based This article lists the published allegations of expenses abuse made against specific members of the British Parliament in the course of the United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal. While the majority of these were first made public by The Daily Telegraph on or after 8 May 2009, a few cases had already come to public ...
In October 2016, the Labour Party was fined £20,000 by the Electoral Commission for under-reporting of election expenses at national level, which at the time was the largest fine the commission had imposed since being founded in 2001. The Commission noted the party's co-operation in its investigation. [3]
Pages in category "Labour Party (UK) scandals" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... 2024 United Kingdom general election betting scandal; A.
Ms Lee, who donated up to £500,000 to Labour MP Barry Gardiner, rejected the accusation and claimed she was used as a “political football” to distract from the Partygate scandal.
After the expense revelations broke, Moran stopped attending Parliament claiming that the stress of the expenses scandal had worsened an existing medical condition. [43] Liberal Democrat candidate Qurban Hussain suggested she had gone into hiding, "leaving her constituents completely unrepresented while continuing to draw her generous salary".
Lord Alli’s gifts included eyewear and work clothing worth £18,000 for the PM, clothes for his wife Lady Victoria Starmer, and a £10,000 donation to the PM’s chief of staff Sue Gray’s son ...
Regardless, few at Labour's annual conference in the northern English city of Liverpool are enjoying the kind of celebration they expected from the party's first gathering since its return to ...