The Crown Prosecution Service said “Two charges under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 for false accounting have been brought against Jim Devine MP. The first charge alleges that between July 2008 and April 2009, Mr Devine dishonestly claimed £3,240 for cleaning services using false invoices. The second charge alleges that in March 2009, [...]

Posted on February 5th, 2010 by Sunlight Team
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The Sunlight Centre have today reported Gordon Brown to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner:

Posted on January 18th, 2010 by Sunlight Team
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Although the Kelly Report into MPs expenses was published yesterday some MPs have complained that their £65,000 a year salaries will not be enough to live on.  This is despite the Kelly Report suggesting a crackdown on expenses which the public hoped would bring an end to the MPs gravy train.  The report will reportedly [...]

Posted on November 5th, 2009 by chris
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KELLY REPORT CHECK LIST Are the Kelly Report recommendations tough or weak? The Sunlight Centre has broken down the potential reforms into four categories and 30 potential reforms to enable journalists to judge the toughness of the proposals. Score the report. The check list was compiled by Juliet Samuel, the author of Disinfecting Parliament: The [...]

Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Mike Rouse
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Read the Kelly report in full. Click here. Sir Christopher Kelly publishes report today on MPs expenses.  Today. Sunlight Correspondents are currently in Westminster including Juliet Samuel author of the shadow report ‘Disinfecting Parliament’ to measure the success of the Kelly report both with the media, the public and MPs (if anyone is brave enough [...]

Posted on November 4th, 2009 by chris
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To live up to our name of campaigning for transparency and openness we have published all the Sunlight Finances for the past quarter. These include all the donations we have received and how we have allocated and spent our supporters money. We have published the finances in to formats; one is purely the donations (Pay [...]

Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by chris
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Former Home Office minister Tony McNulty is ordered to repay almost £14,000 after claiming a second home allowance for his parents’ house.  The Commons standards and privileges committee ruled that Mr McNulty breached Commons rules by making a claim for expenses that were, // “not wholly and exclusively incurred in connection with his parliamentary duties” [...]

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by chris
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The proposed release date of the Kelly Report on the 4th November as reported in the Times and the Telegraph it is likely to ban the employment of family members, something which the Sunlight ‘Disinfecting Parliament’ has already suggested, While many family members work hard for Members, the abuse of this leniency has shown that [...]

Posted on October 26th, 2009 by chris
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The Sunlight Centre Complaint regarding Lord Renard’s designation of his second home has been turned down by the Clerk of the Parliaments. Peers accused of abusing their expenses have been given the green light to carry on claiming.  They include peers who have been accused of raking in large sums from the taxpayer based on [...]

Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by chris
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After the lengthy Parliamentary recess and the Legg Audit the Sunlight Centre has launched itself back into the planned Private Prosecution against the former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.  A profile of the Sunlight Centre and an interview with Chris Galley were featured in today’s Independent. Below are some extracts and quotes from Mr Galley’s interview. [...]

Posted on October 16th, 2009 by chris
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