MPs ordered to repay £1.1m in expenses review

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.

Former mandarin Thomas Legg lambasted the “deeply flawed” system at Westminster, saying even the “vague” rules that existed had not been enforced.