From the Guardian tonight:
Lord Hanningfield, the Tory peer jailed for fiddling his expenses, has been arrested on suspicion of making fraudulent expenses claims from Essex county council.
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Essex police would not confirm Hanningfield had been brought in for questioning but sources confirmed to the Press Association that the peer had been arrested. His arrest came five days after he was released from his prison term.
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A spokesman for the Essex force would only confirm that a 70-year-old man had been arrested on suspicion of fraud as part of an investigation into expenses claimed at Essex county council. He has been bailed to return in January 2012…..
Colchester Liberal Democrat MP Bob Russell, who first alerted the Metropolitan Police to his concerns over Lord Hanningfield?s expenses claims at the House of Lords, has said:
?I repeat my call for a full, Independent Inquiry into the stewardship of Essex County Council during the time Lord Hanningfield was Leader of the Council.
?I feel that questions need to be asked of Officers and Councillors as to who knew what, and when.?