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Rotherham MP expenses scandal

Rotherham MP Denis MacShane has been found to have breached rules on expenses claims.

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Yvette Cooper MP: 'Police should investigate MacShane again'

The Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the former MP's case should be re-examined by police following 'very severe condemnation' by Parliament's sleaze watchdog.

"I think it is right that the police should be looking again at this..."

"...they have said they are doing that. They have to make their decision

independently, the Crown Prosecution Service have to make their decisions

independently."

– Yvette Cooper MP, speaking on the Andrew Marr Show

The comments came after the Commons authorities insisted that damning letters from Mr MacShane to the standards commissioner could not be used against him in court.

Former Labour MP for Rotherham Dennis MacShane resigned on Friday after he was found to have falsified invoices to claim thousands of pounds in taxpayer-funded expenses.

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