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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 ...
[35] Former Labour Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell criticised Starmer for accepting the gifts while "talking about tough decisions and painful policies coming and possibly a new wave of austerity," adding that Labour Party founder Keir Hardie attended Parliament in "an ordinary working man’s suit instead of the usual formal ...
In the first controversy to rock Sir Keir Starmer’s government, he was given a Downing Street pass after donating more than £700,000 to the party in the past two decades.
Details of covertly recorded discussions with four Labour Party peers which their ability to influence legislation and the consultancy fees that they charged (including retainer payments of up to £120,000) were published by The Sunday Times. United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal (2009). Widespread actual and alleged misuse of the ...
2024 Labour Party freebies controversy; 2024 Rochdale by-election; 2024 United Kingdom general election betting scandal; A. Antisemitism in the British Labour Party; B.
As shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves announced the party’s plans for an extra £28bn a year in green investment at Labour’s conference in September 2021. Before the election, Sir Keir ditched ...
The official opposition Labour Party has said the scandal is just the latest example of the Conservative Party’s pattern of cronyism, in reference to the way that lucrative government contracts ...