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 […]
Tag Archives: expenses
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 […]
Tory ‘no intent’ #electionfraud confidence is a non-starter. Here’s why
News broke across most of the mainstream media today of the questioning by police ‘under caution’ of Tory MP Craig McKinlay in relation to electoral expense fraud – and that […]
@paulnuttallukip you’ve claimed £250k for your UK office. What office? #UKIPfraud
Exactly a month ago, the SKWAWKBOX highlighted the issue of Paul Nuttall’s constituency ‘office’, but it’s an issue that has largely been eclipsed by the revelations of Nuttall’s false claims […]
#TimLoughton lied re expense claim to a MEMORIAL and other stuff you should know. #KenLoach
As you’ll probably know, the odious Tory MP Tim Loughton was enjoying his time (presumably a freebie) at the BAFTA awards last night when he was greatly offended by Ken Loach […]
A response to Hoban’s ‘history re-write’
A couple of weeks ago, I published a letter from Tory Work & Pensions Minister Mark Hoban that attempted to rewrite history and redefine several words. For example, Hoban claimed […]