Over the past two years, the problems of parliamentary expenses have tended to be dominated by stories affecting the House of Commons. The Daily Telegraph was at the forefront of revealing claims made by MPs. However, The Sunday Times identified problems with peers’ expenses and this acted as a wake-up call to the House. Since…
Not surprisingly, the Lords has been getting some unfavourable coverage as a result of the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions not to prosescute Baroness Uddin in the light of the vague rules governing a peer’s principal residence. The Clerk of the Parliaments yesterday issued a statement explaining his interpretation. In it, he also refers to the…
