W Mids mayor/PCC roles look like safety-net for right-wing Labour MPs
Pattern of regional roles as fall-back needs to end Mike O’Brien is a former Labour MP and front-bencher under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown who consistently voted for the Iraq […]
Tag Archives: expenses
Letter signatory John Reid spent weekend with mass murderer Karadžić – and failed to declare funding
Former Home Secretary Reid, now Baron Reid of Cardowen, spent cosy weekend with genocidal Serbian – and failed to disclose who paid for it John Reid, now Baron Reid of […]
Breaking: Tory MP Chris Davies sacked by constituents via recall petition
Welsh Tory MP Chris Davies has been sacked by his constituents by means of a successful ‘recall’ petition. Davies had admitted falsifying expense claims and received a criminal conviction. A […]
Tory chair Lewis gets owned by locals for SureStart jibe – it’s both hilarious and tragic
Tory chair and Great Yarmouth MP Brandon Lewis showed typical Tory arrogance yesterday with a dismissive comment about a large attendance of local people to protest against Tory-controlled Norfolk County […]
Exclusive: Tom Watson’s undeclared donation – or donations?
In 2015, Tom Watson contested – and won – Labour’s deputy leadership election. He enjoyed widespread support from a membership inspired by his promise to give his full support to […]
Latest OLAF fraud allegation email claims Farage also indicted in US
At the end of last year, the SKWAWKBOX revealed that UKIP MEPs were under investigation by the EU’s OLAF anti-fraud unit for allegedly fraudulent expense claims. The article was originally dismissed […]
Jury decided this Labour MP’s election expense charges. Why NOT Tories? #GE17
As the SKWAWKBOX covered this morning, the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) has decided not to prosecute some 28 Tory MPs, candidates and their election agents over alleged breaches of electoral […]
Exclusive: the next big #Torycampaignscandal? #GE17
As the national press has reported, the Conservative party is spending a huge amount of money on ‘wraparounds’ – additional pages to form the front and back page of a […]
MP expense payments to undisclosed recipients – FOI reveals.. what exactly?
Last month the following Freedom of Information request was submitted to IPSA (the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) about a series of payments claimed on expenses with largely round numbers but […]
Coyne’s ‘dirty tricks’ on apartments and what he’d rather you forget
Voting in the contest for the General Secretary’s position in the Unite union has opened today and Unite members should receive ballot papers shortly. The SKWAWKBOX has made no secret […]