Leader of the opposition Ed Miliband has floated proposals for a cap on MPs’ earnings from outside Parliament, as two of Westminster’s most senior former ministers were forced to defend themselves against cash-for-access allegations.

A complaint about former British Labour Party minister and Rotherham MP Denis MacShane has been referred to the Metropolitan Police, the UK parliament's standards watchdog said today.

Peter Hain said today he would "get on with" his Cabinet jobs, insisting it was "absurd" to suggest he had tried to cover up donations to his campaign for Labour's deputy leadership.

BRITISH MP George Galloway yesterday described allegations that he was in the secret pay of dictator Saddam Hussein as a “deeply wounding dagger through my political heart.”

Keith Vaz will be staying in hospital overnight after passing out in his office.