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MPS to investigate alleged expenses misuse

After consideration by the joint Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service assessment panel the Met has decided to launch an investigation into the alleged misuse of expenses by a small number of MPs and peers.

The investigation will be conducted by officers from the Met’s Economic and Specialist Crime Command, under the oversight of T/AC Janet Williams.

The joint Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service assessment panel continue to consider a small number of other individuals.
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http://cms.met.police.uk/news/major_operational_announcements/mps_to_investigate_alleged_expenses_misuse

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I wonder who they have in mind?

Police to investigate MP expenses


The expenses row has enveloped all the major parties

Scotland Yard has decided to launch an investigation into the alleged misuse of expenses by a small number of MPs and peers, the BBC has learned. It follows a public outcry about the way many MPs had been using their second homes expenses.
Since the scandal broke, several MPs have announced they will be stepping down at the next election.
Police say officers from their economic and specialist crime command will conduct the investigation.
It will be overseen by the Metropolitan Police's temporary assistant commissioner Janet Williams, a former special branch commander.
In a statement, the force said: "After consideration by the joint Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service assessment panel the Met has decided to launch an investigation into the alleged misuse of expenses by a small number of MPs and Peers."
They will not confirm who is under investigation nor what parties they are from.
On Friday Parliament published a list of MPs who have repaid claims, suggesting 182 from all parties had returned money totalling £478, 616.
Many said that while claims had been within the rules, they were responding to constituents' anger.
The scandal has enveloped all the major parties and prompted the resignations of at least two cabinet ministers.
Both Downing Street and the Conservatives say they have no comment to make on the latest development.

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5hyIax6ES2hZNqwt3xYsX6mWIqjtg


Police to investigate MPs' expenses
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A small number of MPs and peers will face criminal investigations into allegations they misused their expenses.
Scotland Yard said a joint assessment panel of senior detectives and prosecutors had decided full inquiries were necessary.
The police inquiries were expected to focus on politicians accused of deliberately misleading the authorities or claiming "phantom mortgages".
The investigation will be conducted by officers from the Met's Economic and Specialist Crime Command, overseen by Temporary Assistant Commissioner Janet Williams. It is understood the joint panel of experts will continue to consider a small number of other individuals.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "After consideration by the joint Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Service assessment panel the Met has decided to launch an investigation into the alleged misuse of expenses by a small number of MPs and peers."
Scotland Yard declined to name the MPs or peers at the centre of the police inquiries or their political allegiance.
But it is widely known that those at the centre of the initial probe were linked to so-called "phantom mortgages".
Labour MPs David Chaytor and Elliot Morley both announced they would stand down after it emerged they claimed interest payments for paid-off mortgages.
Two other MPs, Ben Chapman and Bill Wiggin, may also face further inquiries after they were exposed as claiming for mortgages that did not exist.
Baroness Uddin, who apparently claimed an empty Maidstone flat was her main home so she could claim expenses for peers living outside the capital, may also face questions.


Looks like Blears has got away with it for the moment, the de-selection failed but she still has to get past the expenses investigation and then the next election

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Chaytor, Uddin and Morley are having their collars felt.

Uddin's in deep shyte.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/19/mps-expenses-met-police-investigation


Sources say cases in which an MP might have claimed interest for a mortgage already paid off might warrant a criminal inquiry for fraud. Labour (http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/labour) MPs Elliot Morley and David Chaytor both continued to claim for mortgage interest payments despite having paid off loans of £16,000 and £13,000 respectively. Both said they will stand down at the next election.
Parliamentary standards inquiries into Chaytor and Morley are on hold while the police consider their cases.
Labour's Lady Uddin, who denies any wrongdoing, is accused of claiming as much as £100,000 for a property reportedly left empty, while the Conservative Bill Wiggin allegedly claimed £11,000 in parliamentary allowances for a property he owned outright.


Does that sound deep enough?