Sleaze Continues to Feature in Political News
Tory MP Derek Conway has been told to apologise and pay back the money he falsely claimed for his son from his expenses, and now his whole career has been thrown into doubt by Harriet Harman, the leader of the House of Commons.
Conway was suspended from Parliament last year and told to pay back the money that he had paid another of his sons.
The Justice Secretary Jack Straw could also face an inquiry over a £2000 donation given to his 2005 election campaign by a Saudi Arabian owned company, Westminster International Consultants, as the companyhas never traded in the UK, which is against electoral law.
Straw also received £3000 from Lord Taylor, who has recently been accused of accepting cash in return for influencing legislation.
A third man, Arif Patel, who runs a clothing firm in Preston also donated £2,000 to the same campaign. Mr Patel is currently the subject of an ongoing police and customs investigation into an alleged multi-million pound VAT and counterfeit goods fraud.
If the Electoral Commission decides that Straw broke the rules he too may be asked to apologise in the House of Commons and pay back the donations.
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