British MPs have been ordered to repay more than £1.1 million (€1.26m) in allowances following a review prompted by last year’s expenses scandal.

The long-awaited review of Commons expenses delivered its damning verdict today - ordering hundreds of MPs to repay more than £1.1m (€1.25m) and accusing senior figures of being obsessed with feathering their own nests.

The politicians' expenses scandal in Britain was poised to claim another victim today after a second Labour MP admitted claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash for a non-existent mortgage.

The North's First Minister Peter Robinson and his wife Iris munched their way through £30,000 (€33,500) of food claimed for in their MPs’ expenses over a four-year period, it was revealed today.

Andrew MacKay has resigned as British Conservative Party leader David Cameron’s Commons aide over “unacceptable” expenses claims, it was announced today.