PARIS — In May 2009, The Daily Telegraph set off a political storm in Britain when it detailed widespread expense-account abuse by members of Parliament.
In temperate regions, savannas became much more widespread, at the expense of forests, during the long, cool, dry intervals contemporaneous with the ice ages, or glacial intervals, of the Pleistocene Epoch (2.6 million to 11,700 years ago).
His problems multiplied in the spring of 2009, when against a backdrop of growing unemployment a political scandal erupted, involving the widespread abuse of expense accounts by members of Parliament, including members of Brown's cabinet, some of whom resigned (a major cabinet reshuffle followed).
With its reputation tarnished by revelations of widespread abuse of expenses, the House of Commons on Monday elected as its new speaker John Bercow, 46, a little-known Conservative backbencher.
The exposure of widespread cheating on parliamentary expense allowances has fostered a broad disdain for politicians of all stripes that has become one of the main themes of the election, but which polls suggests is weighing particularly heavily on Labour.
LONDON — In the latest twist of a scandal that has stained the reputation of British Parliament members with claims of widespread fraud on their expense accounts, the country's chief prosecutor said Friday that criminal charges, including false accounting, would be brought against four legislators.
The practice soon led to price-fixing, the enrichment of courtiers at the public's expense, and widespread resentment.
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Labour is to reform the way it punishes MPs accused of misusing their expenses after widespread anger at the deselection of Ian Gibson, the former Norwich North MP.
In 2009, widespread abuse of the expenses system was revealed by the Daily Telegraph, leading to four parliamentarians being jailed and many others disgraced.
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