The new Commons expenses watchdog has gone back on its pledge to name MPs under investigation for dubious claims - because it would be ''unfair''.
If an MP is eventually cleared, there will be no official confirmation that they ever faced an allegation Photo: GETTY
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), which was brought in to clean up the discredited MPs' expenses system, initially indicated that politicians would be identified when a formal probe was launched.
It also suggested there would be a ''presumption'' for hearings with MPs to be held in public.
However, the body's compliance officer Luke March has now insisted that details will not be disclosed until his inquiries conclude. If the MP is eventually cleared, there will be no official confirmation that they ever faced an allegation.
The shift, disclosed by Mr March following questions from the Press Association, raises the prospect of the new regime being less transparent than its predecessor.
Ipsa chairman Sir Ian Kennedy told MPs earlier this year that preliminary investigations had been launched into 40 politicians' expenses claims since the general election....read more
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