As election day gets closer and closer it is vital that the expenses crisis isn’t drowned out in promises and spin. Over the last two years the Sunlight Centre’s largest campaigns and investigations have been into the Smith Institute and former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. With your help we want to remind voters about this [...]

Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Sunlight Team
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Labour MP Sadiq Khan has been reported to the Metropolitan Police over his expenses. The Met have confirmed they are considering the allegation and this morning’s Times suggest that the Minister is “facing a fraud investigation”. Mr Khan had expenses claims rejected for birthday cards for constituents after the Fees Office explicitly told him such a claim [...]

Posted on April 8th, 2010 by Sunlight Team
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Controversal MP Shahid Malik has today attacked the Sunlight Centre for what he saw as a politically motivated complaint against him put in to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. In response Harry Cole from the Sunlight Centre said: “For Mr Malik to suggest that the complaint by the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics was politically motivated shows, [...]

Posted on April 3rd, 2010 by Sunlight Team
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