Expenses

The coverage of the MPs expenses scandal is an example of old and new media co-existing, according to Jon Bernstein, the former multimedia editor of Channel 4 News.

Having had to sit on the sidelines for what must have seemed like an eternity, watching daily Telegraph exclusives on MPs' expenses, The Guardian is hoping making its mark on the story with an interesting crowdsourcing experiment.

The MP's expenses system is quackers as it is, but this takes the biscuit. After claiming £1,645 on a luxury duck house, Tory MP Sir Peter Viggers has been ordered to resign by Conservative party leader David Cameron. This may seem harsh, but by the public's standards, he is getting off lightly.

Jacqui Smith denies any wrongdoing regarding her alleged abuse of MPs' second home allowances.

The Home Secretary faces an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, John Lyon, in to claims she uses her sister's London home as a main residence, despite reports Ms Smith spends as little as two nights a week there. 

Ms Smith's main constituency residence is in Redditch, Worcestershire, where she has reportedly illegally gained £116,000 in second home expenses on the property.