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Expenses claim row MPs appear in dock together
6:07am Friday 12th March 2010
BURY North MP David Chaytor has been released on bail after appearing before magistrates charged with three counts of theft by false accounting.
MPs' 'golden goodbye' payments suspended
11:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010
The "golden goodbye" payments for Bury North MP David Chaytor and two other MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses will be suspended until legal proceedings are over, Commons Speaker John Bercow has said.
MP David Chaytor vows to fight expenses charges
3:20pm Sunday 7th February 2010
Lawyers for three Labour MPs facing charges over their expense claims believe they cannot be tried in court.
MP David Chaytor faces criminal charges over expenses claims
11:21am Friday 5th February 2010
Three Labour MPs, including Bury North MP David Chaytor, and a Conservative peer have been charged with offences of false accounting arising from their claims for parliamentary expenses, the Director of Public Prosecutions announced today.
Lord Hanningfield resigns over expenses allegations
12:04pm Friday 5th February 2010
Conservative peer Lord Hanningfield resigned as a shadow minister today over allegations that he claimed expenses for staying overnight in London when he had been driven home.
David Chaytor one of three MPs charged
11:42am Friday 5th February 2010
Bury North MP David Chaytor is one of three Labour MPs who have been charged with offences of false accounting arising from their claims for parliamentary expenses, the Director of Public Prosecutions has announced.
MPs and peers await decision on whether they will face criminal charges
10:43am Friday 5th February 2010
MPs and peers who have had their expenses claims investigated by the police will learn today whether they will face criminal charges.
MP linked with legal challenge against expenses charges
6:00am Thursday 14th January 2010
DAVID Chaytor is reported to be among three MPs behind a legal challenge to protect them against possible prosecution over their Parliamentary expenses.
MPs expenses claims under scrutiny again
11:41am Thursday 17th December 2009
THE expenses claims of Bury’s two MPs have come under the spotlight again.
VOTE: MP claimed for £600 plasma TV on expenses
9:08am Friday 11th December 2009
BOLTON MP David Crausby billed taxpayers almost £600 for a new plasma screen TV, the latest release of MP’s expenses data has revealed.
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