The United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal was a major political scandal that emerged in 2009, concerning expense claims made by members of the British Parliament in both the House of Commons a
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Heather Brooke in May 2012
Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, was a Scottish politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior to becoming speaker,
United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal
…Cameron said that some of the claims made were "unethical and wrong", and imposed new rules on what Conservative MPs could claim for in the future. Michael Martin, the Commons Speaker, made a statement to MPs on 11 May, the first sitting of the Commons since the Daily Telegraph began publishing specific details…
Martin in 2003
Martin in 2007