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MPs' expenses: the email that sealed Elliot Morley's fate
MPs' expenses cheat Elliot Morley: twitcher who feathered his own nest
Bank review 'will push up cost of borrowing'
Libya forces David Cameron to rethink defence cuts
MPs' expenses: Elliot Morley faces longest jail term pleads guilty to dishonestly claiming £32,000
Japan hit by strongest aftershock yet a month on from earthquake
Brazil school shooting: at least 12 children killed in Rio as former pupil goes on rampage
MPs' expenses: former minister Elliot Morley pleads guilty to dishonestly claiming £32,000
Japan earthquake: 7.4 magnitude quake hits devastated region
Spain 'won't follow Portugal' with bail-out

MPs' expenses: the email that sealed Elliot Morley's fate

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:42 PM PDT

It was an email sent to The Daily Telegraph by Elliot Morley almost two years ago that led to the former minister admitting last night that he was Parliament's worst expenses cheat.

MPs' expenses cheat Elliot Morley: twitcher who feathered his own nest

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:35 PM PDT

Former Labour environment minister facing longest term of all the expenses scandal MPs for dishonestly claiming £32,000.

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Bank review 'will push up cost of borrowing'

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 02:01 PM PDT

House buyers to find it more expensive to borrow money under government plans to allow financial institutions to fail.

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Libya forces David Cameron to rethink defence cuts

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Prime Minister "actively engaged" in a reassessment of Britain's military capabilities and planned cuts in equipment and manpower in light of the conflict in Libya.

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MPs' expenses: Elliot Morley faces longest jail term pleads guilty to dishonestly claiming £32,000

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 01:50 PM PDT

Former Labour environment minister facing longest prison sentence of all prosecuted MPs after dishonestly claiming £32,000; the greatest figure exposed in the expenses scandal .

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Japan hit by strongest aftershock yet a month on from earthquake

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:51 AM PDT

Strong quake hits northern Japan, triggering tsunami alert and renewing fears over Fukushima nuclear plant.

Brazil school shooting: at least 12 children killed in Rio as former pupil goes on rampage

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 10:08 AM PDT

24-year-old former pupil kills children aged between 12 and 14 before shooting himself dead.

MPs' expenses: former minister Elliot Morley pleads guilty to dishonestly claiming £32,000

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 09:07 AM PDT

Former environment minister and Labour MP facing jail for dishonestly claiming mortgage payments worth £32,000.

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Japan earthquake: 7.4 magnitude quake hits devastated region

Posted: 07 Apr 2011 08:20 AM PDT

Emergency workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant ordered to evacuate as quake hits 25 miles under the water off the coast of the devastated Miyagi prefecture.