Tuesday, 26 July 2011 08:07 'MPs suspected of fiddling their expenses will not be named after all – because exposing them would be ‘unfair’. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said they would not be identified unless an inquiry found them guilty. Earlier this year, the watchdog signalled it would expose anybody who had put in dubious claims and that their hearings would be held in public, following the outcry in 2009 over the original expenses scandal. But Luke March, the body’s compliance officer, has now backtracked, saying identities will not be revealed until an inquiry is completed – and only if an MP has been found guilty.'U-turn as New MPs Expenses Watchdog Refuses to Name
Members Being Investigated 'Because it Would Be Unfair to
Them'
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
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