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Four British lawmakers could face criminal charges over the expenses they claimed from taxpayers, prosecutors said Monday, marking the latest twist in a scandal over lavish spending by elected officials.
Michael Jackson's private family funeral was fit for a king and had a price tag to match: roughly $1 million, according to court documents released Tuesday.
Drain the moat, tear down the duck house, fire the housekeeper. British lawmakers face strict new allowance rules following a scandal over their outrageous expense claims.
First it cost their reputations. Now it'll cost them cash.
The man who leaked details of lavish expense claims by British lawmakers says he was motivated by anger over the poor pay and equipment of U.K. soldiers, a newspaper reported Friday.
General Motors Co. said it would continue to restrict the amount of money it spends on events, sponsorships and corporate travel Tuesday, as the automaker made its expense policy public, a requirement for companies receiving government aid.
Companies that received billions of dollars of government aid have published policies meant to limit lavish expenses, new rules that follow reports of costly private jets, spa retreats and other corporate excess at firms receiving taxpayer money.
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Britain's Parliament posted copies of lawmakers' expense claims online Thursday, weeks after uncensored files were leaked to a newspaper. Here are some of the new revelations about what legislators charged the public for:
Britons won the chance on Thursday to see the lawmaker expenses claims that sparked a political scandal — but found the most outrageous details hidden by the thick black strokes of a censor's pen.
It would be a fitting use for this quasi-cash to send it right back to the government. But for most state workers, it likely won’t get that far.
It was part of an expense claim that outraged taxpayers: A floating duck house, claimed for on the public purse.
- It would be a bitter fate for a former wunderkind who ceded the top job to the Tony Blair for a decade: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown could be forced out just short of two years into the job he has long coveted, felled by the toxic combination of a scandal over lawmakers’ expenses, an economy in decline and a resurgent Conservative opposition.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown was dealt a devastating blow to his leadership late Thursday when one of his most ambitious ministers resigned — hours after Britain voted in European elections — and called on him to step down.
Britain's Treasury chief promised Monday to repay a disputed expense reimbursement as he sought to avoid becoming the highest profile casualty in the furor over lawmakers' allowances.
The British lawmakers' expenses scandal spread to Europe on Monday, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown ordered his European legislators to meet stricter accountability rules amid fears that similar abuses could be taking place at the European Parliament.
Conservative Party leader David Cameron called Tuesday for sweeping reforms to Britain's political system, part of an aggressive damage-control campaign that has made him the only political figure to gain ground from a scandal over lawmakers' expenses.
For the first time in three centuries, the speaker of the House of Commons has resigned — the biggest casualty in a widening scandal in which lawmakers expensed such things as installing a chandelier or cleaning a moat at a country home.
Britain's prime minister called for drastic steps to restore trust in the country's scandal-tainted political class, as lawmakers across the political spectrum sought to take cover from public anger over their lavish expense claims.
It took a sassy American to force stuffy British lawmakers to come clean over their expenses.
Britain's primary opposition leader banned members of his party Tuesday from filing expense claims for food and household items amid public outrage after lawmakers sought reimbursements for items such as swimming pool construction and tennis court upkeep.
Some of the items claimed on expenses by British lawmakers, according to the Daily Telegraph:
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the leader of the country's main opposition party apologized Monday for lawmakers' excessive expenses claims, pledging to overhaul the system and win back public trust.
Britain's prime minister proposed a crackdown on lawmakers' expenses Tuesday, saying ordinary people had lost faith in the way legislators use taxpayers' money.
Businesses, trade associations and nonprofit groups spent $22 million on lobbying state officials and the public to attempt to sway policy decisions in 2007, according to a campaign finance reform group's analysis released Monday.
UK MPs' expenses: fraud charges for six MPs and lordsSix MPs and peers are facing criminal charges of fraud following investigations by Scotland Yard into the abuse of the parliamentary expenses system, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
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Expenses: Defiant MPs vow to fight demand they pay back more than £1million | Mail OnlineMPs are still defiantly trying to get away from repaying expenses fraudulently claimed!!!
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UK MPs ignore public anger and give themselves £9,000 expenses deal by stealthMPs have ignored public anger over the expenses system by quietly introducing new rules which allow them to claim up to £9,125 a year without producing any receipts.
Furious MPs vow: We will quit over new expenses blitzA new crackdown on MPs' expenses has brought about a mass revolt – with some threatening to resign rather than comply with the tough new regime.
Over the last two months, thanks mainly to the London Daily Telegraph and their anonymous source, we have been given a wonderful insight into United Kingdom Members of Parliament's expense claims.
British MP's face could now face a prison sentenceBritish MP's who knowingly make false claims on expenses can now possibly face criminal charges and a jail sentence. To date these claims have ranged from things like gardening to mortgages to one MP claiming for a 'Duck Island' for his pond to another MP claiming for his moat t …
Have you bought a cup of coffee lately in a restaurant? How much was it? My favorite coffee house, which is Denny's, charges $2.12 for a cup of coffee. A good server will keep me in refills as long as I tip well. A bad server doesn't care whether I see even one refill.
LA County to Investigate Tarzana rehab centerRehab facility where Exec makes more than County USC Hospital Director to be investigated by Board of Supervisors & the Dept of Public Health.
David Chaytor To Step DownDavid Chaytor, MP for Bury North is stepping down at the next election. I suggest he goes now and a by-election is called.
MP Frank Cook has 'no recollection' of £5 expenses claim for church donationLabour backbencher apologises after apparently trying to claim back money donated at Battle of Britain memorial
Lawmakers Bill Taxpayers For TVs, Cameras, Lexus Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings spent $24,730 in taxpayer money last year to lease a 2008 luxury Lexus hybrid sedan. Ohio Rep. Michael Turner expensed a $1,435 digital camera. Eni Faleomavaega, the House delegate from American Samoa, bought two 46-inch Sony TVs.
In the Past few months, the expenses scandal has got everyone thinking about the European and Local Elections in the coming weeks. It is indeed fair to say that such a scandal poses a threat to the Labour Party, The Conservative Party and to some degree the Liberal Democrats.
What happened to individual rights to work and gamble and prosper. Did not wall-street gamble and loose billions.
Business Community must get behind single-payer health insuranceThere are two expenses that businesses should not incur, and for exactly the same reason. Taxes and health care ...
British Official Says He Will Quit In Scandal Over ExpensesAfter days of mounting pressure over Britain's parliamentary expenses scandal, Michael Martin, the speaker of the House of Commons, announced Tuesday that he would step down — the first holder of the prestigious position to be ousted in more than 300 years.
MPs' expenses: the story that changed British politics.It was at precisely 1.21pm on Thursday, May 8 that Downing Street got its first hint of what was to become one of the biggest parliamentary scandals in British history.
Public interest or public curiosity?The release of MPs' expenses goes back to a US journalist working in the UK who put in the first Freedom of Information request. Here, in a personal opinion, Heather Brooke says behind what might seem like trivial details of moats and dog food is a fundamental democratic point.
David Cameron's shadow cabinet drawn into expenses scandal: MPs expensesThe Daily Telegraph can disclose that Michael Gove and Andrew Lansley "flipped" properties designated as their second homes to claim allowances for multiple properties at taxpayers' expense. The tactic has been criticised by another member of the shadow cabinet.
Art thief seeks statue resale 'to cover expenses'A rowing club in Malmö has opened negotiations with a thief that made off with their statue last autumn. "It has not gone that well so far. We don't have the money that they want," said Peter Kauranen at Malmö Rowing Club to local newspaper Sydsvenskan.
Guide to Expense LiesWhat do politicians mean when they defend their expense claims?
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