Expenses leak latest
So what has happened to the leak inquiry into how details of MPs' expenses ended up in the hands of the Daily Telegraph?
The Commons authorities tried to bring in the police, but the police said they were not interested. So the Commons authorities are left pursuing their own investigation.
I am told they are still pretty confident they know where the leak came from, but haven't got enough evidence yet.
And I am also told that the leak inquiry is itself holding up official publication of expense details for 2008-09.
The authorities fear that if they put in train publication for expenses for the last financial year then, with the leaker still in place, an unredacted version would simply end up in the hands of the Telegraph again.
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Comment number 1.
At 22nd Jun 2009, stanilic wrote:All this means is that they have no evidence as to a guilty party other than gossip. The absence of evidence is usually a sign that there isn't any.
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