THE expenses scandal is likely to deepen this spring with another three peers and at least two MPs facing possible criminal charges over their allegedly fraudulent claims.
Police are actively investigating a second batch of cases after the decision last week to charge four politicians under the Theft Act. Keir Starmer, director of public prosecutions (DPP), mentioned only one of the other cases when he announced the charges against the four at a press conference on Friday......
..... One of the MPs is Eric Illsley, a Labour member and former union official, who allegedly overclaimed £6,000 in council tax. Whitehall sources have confirmed that at least one other MP is being investigated.......
The DPP has already decided to charge the Labour MPs David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine and the Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield...
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Police are actively investigating a second batch of cases after the decision last week to charge four politicians under the Theft Act. Keir Starmer, director of public prosecutions (DPP), mentioned only one of the other cases when he announced the charges against the four at a press conference on Friday......
..... One of the MPs is Eric Illsley, a Labour member and former union official, who allegedly overclaimed £6,000 in council tax. Whitehall sources have confirmed that at least one other MP is being investigated.......
The DPP has already decided to charge the Labour MPs David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine and the Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield...
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