MPs' expenses

• People walk along Westminster Bridge past Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament during a heatwave in September 2023

  MPs’ pay watchdog to give public more of a say on how politicians are funded

  Ipsa’s Karen Walker says that even after recent ‘big change’ to system there is still room for potential improvement

• Farage with a microphone speaking at a Trump rally in 2020.

  Nigel Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event

• Boris Johnson talks about his memoir at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester on 12 October 2024.

  The Boris Files

  Payments and pravda in the Boris Files

• two people by the river thames with the houses of parliament behind them

  Members of public to be selected for ‘honest conversation’ about MPs’ pay

  Parliamentary watchdog will invite people to citizens’ forum to debate ‘what democracy is worth’

• Mark Pritchard in a dark suit walking down a street

  Tory MP claims 1,100ドル for purchase of freely available Who’s Who books

  Mark Pritchard submitted four separate expenses claims for index which is available in Commons library

• Nigel Farage is interviewed by Sky News Australia

  Nigel Farage gets his 10th job as he becomes Sky News Australia commentator

  In addition to role as MP, Reform UK leader has gigs including Telegraph column and advertising gold bullion

• Taiwo Owatemi

  Minister attacks expenses rules after Labour MP’s claim for ‘pet rent’

  Watchdog accepted Taiwo Owatemi’s claim for landlord’s surcharge to let her keep dog in London flat

• George Cottrell with Nigel Farage

  Farage’s trip to meet Musk was part-funded by former fraudster George Cottrell

  Cottrell, who served eight months for fraud, paid 15,000ドル for Reform party leader’s flight to US in December
• Defence Equipment and Support Minister Quentin Davies sits in a Jackal 2 armoured vehicle at the Long Valley Test Ground in Aldershot, Hampshire as he announced a 74ドル million order for 110 Jackal 2 vehicles and more than 70 Coyote Tactical Support Vehicles.<br>GBKRT5 Defence Equipment and Support Minister Quentin Davies sits in a Jackal 2 armoured vehicle at the Long Valley Test Ground in Aldershot, Hampshire as he announced a 74ドル million order for 110 Jackal 2 vehicles and more than 70 Coyote Tactical Support Vehicles.

  Lord Davies of Stamford obituary

  Maverick Conservative MP who defected to Labour in 2007 as a result of the Tory party’s mounting antipathy towards Europe
• MPs in the House of Commons

  Watchdog recommends 2,500ドル pay rise for UK MPs

  Under Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority’s proposal, a backbench MP’s wage would rise from 91,346ドル to just under 94,000ドル

• Tulip Siddiq.

  Tulip Siddiq resigns as Treasury minister over alleged Bangladeshi financial links

  Siddiq was under pressure over her occupancy of properties linked to her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s ousted leader
• Jacob Rees-Mogg sitting in a chair facing Nigel Farage

  UK government to crack down on MPs earning extra cash from media firms

  Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nigel Farage are among those who have earned large sums from broadcasters, but a tightening of rules on MPs’ outside interests is being considered
• Tulip Siddiq with her aunt Sheikh Hasina and Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow in 2013.

  Ties between Labour MP Tulip Siddiq and deposed Bangladeshi regime under spotlight

  City minister under pressure to explain why she benefited from property paid for by people linked to regime of aunt Sheikh Hasina

• Sir Keir Starmer speaking in the House of Commons

  Labour updates ministerial code of conduct in effort to restore trust

  Ministers can still accept gifts but must declare their value in monthly register and ‘show good judgment’

• Zoe Williams

  James Cleverly spent 655ドル a head on in-flight catering – while asylum seekers receive 49ドル a week

  Zoe Williams

  It is staggering that the then home secretary racked up such a massive bill. But perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, given the 700ドルm cost of the Rwanda scheme, writes Zoe Williams
• James Cleverly arrives at Kigali airport in Rwanda in December 2023.

  James Cleverly spent 655ドル a head on in-flight catering for one-day trip to Rwanda

  FOI request reveals then home secretary spent 9,803ドル.20 on catering for flight to Kigali to sign deportation deal that never deported a single person
• The state opening of parliament, House of Lords, July 2024

  The Guardian view on modernising parliament: time for creative changes

  Editorial: MPs are seeking suggestions from the public on improving standards at Westminster. A radical response is overdue

• Pat McFadden speaks during a television interview on the third day of the annual Labour party conference in Liverpool

  Government to close ‘Tory loophole’ around declaring interests and gifts

  Pat McFadden says ‘unfair’ system has meant ministers face less scrutiny than shadow ministers and other MPs
• Martin Kettle

  After Labour’s near-death experience, Starmer needs a way to head off claims of sleaze. I have a way

  Martin Kettle

  We were promised an honest government of service and the public will demand that, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
• Martha Gill

  To put frockgate behind them, the Starmers could learn from the Johnson administration

  Martha Gill

  The PM – or just his wife – would be wiser to borrow outfits for special occasions, as Sarah Brown and Carrie Johnnson did