There will be a few people at the County Council looking out for news updates tomorrow morning. According to the Guardian:
Six parliamentarians will learn tomorrow if they are to face fraud or false accounting charges over their expenses claims, it emerged today.
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The Crown Prosecution Service, which has been considering police files of evidence against six MPs and members of the House of Lords, will announce its decision at 11am….
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….Among those known to have been investigated by detectives are Labour MPs Elliot Morley and David Chaytor and Labour peer Lady Uddin.
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Morley and Chaytor were believed to have been examined by the police inquiry for claiming thousands of pounds for mortgages which had already been paid off.
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Jim Devine, Labour MP for Livingston, was reportedly under investigation for invoices he submitted for electrical work worth more than ?2,000 from a company with an allegedly fake address and an invalid VAT number.
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Uddin was facing allegations over a ?100,000 claim in allowances, and Lord Clarke of Hampstead, a former party chairman, admitted his “terrible error” in claiming up to ?18,000 a year for overnight subsistence when he often stayed with friends in London or returned home to St Albans, Hertfordshire.
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Lord Hanningfield, a Tory peer who is also leader of Essex county council, was reported to be under investigation over whether he was returning to his home while claiming overnight allowances totalling ?100,000 over a seven-year period.
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All deny wrongdoing.
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