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The revelations over MPs’ expenses that began in May 2009 ranged from petty thieving to outright fraud and sparked a crisis in confidence unprecedented in modern times. Ordinary men and women with political views across the spectrum were in turns amused, incredulous, shocked and then angry as the disclosures revealed Westminster’s culture of corruption as never before.
Drawing on his experience as an MP and as a member of the Committee on Standards and Privileges, Martin Bell explains how the expenses crisis arose and lays out his prescription for healing the deep wounds inflicted by the scandal.
Martin Bell OBE is one of the best-known and most highly regarded names in British televison journalism. As a BBC reporter he has covered foreign assignments in more than 80 countries and eleven wars, and in 1997 became the first independent MP to be elected to Parliament since 1950.
“Bell doesn’t mince his words condemning the ‘corrupt’ politicians who have lost our trust because they pick our pockets” Sunday Herald
