The Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg told the BBC earlier today that the panel had been set up to examine Liberal Democrat MPs’ expenses had “so far” not found any of the Lib Dem MPs guilty of similar things to those from the other parties.

“If any Lib Dem MP is discovered to have done some of the things other parties’ MPs have done - not paying capital gains tax, flipping second homes, claiming for mortgages that did not exist - we would refer them to the independent Standards Commissioner,”

“It should then be a matter for people in the constituency to sack those MPs”,

Speaking later on the BBC News at 6pm,Nick Clegg said: I would much rather move to a system were local people having the power to sack their MPs; if they consider that they have done something wrong.”