CPS handed files in expenses probe

Scotland Yard have handed more files on politicians' expenses to the CPS
12 April 2012

Scotland Yard have handed two more files of evidence against politicians suspected of abusing their expenses to prosecutors.

Officials at the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are now examining six cases of alleged wrongdoing by MPs and peers.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a "small number" of cases remain under investigation by detectives.

He said: "The Metropolitan Police Service has delivered two further files of evidence relating to Parliamentary expenses to the Crown Prosecution Service.

"These files relate to two people and will now be subject to CPS consideration on whether there should be any charges. The CPS is now considering files relating to a total of six people from both Houses. A small number of cases remain under investigation."

None of the parliamentarians concerned have been named by the police, although recent media reporting has concentrated on six individuals.

They include Labour MPs Elliot Morley and David Chaytor, who each claimed thousands of pounds in second home allowances for so-called "phantom" mortgages which had already been paid off.

A third Labour MP, Jim Devine, has reportedly been under investigation over invoices he submitted for electrical work worth £2,157 from a company with an allegedly fake address and an invalid VAT number.

Labour peers Baroness Uddin and Lord Clarke have also been linked in reports to the probe, as has Lord Hanningfield, a Conservative peer who is also leader of Essex County Council.

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