This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.

You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/8144906.stm

The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.

Version 0 Version 1
MP couple win squatter court bid MP couple win squatter court bid
(10 minutes later)
Married Labour MPs Ann and Alan Keen have won a court hearing to take their house back from squatters. Married Labour MPs Ann and Alan Keen have won a court hearing to take their "main" home back from squatters.
A judge at Brentford County Court granted the couple an Interim Possession Order at a civil hearing.A judge at Brentford County Court granted the couple an Interim Possession Order at a civil hearing.
The pair's expenses have been in the spotlight after they claimed £137,679 for a second home near Parliament, ten miles away. It comes as the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner confirmed the pair are facing a probe over the property.
The squatters, who entered the house on 26 June, will have 24 hours to vacate it once the notice has been served. Under Commons rules, they should have spent most of their nights there but it emerged last month that it had not been lived in for up to a year.
The couple insist they were only staying full-time at their taxpayer-funded "second" home - which is just nine miles away in Westminster - while renovations took place.
But a spokeswoman for standards commissioner John Lyon said: "The commissioner has received a complaint, and agreed to investigate it."
The squatters, who entered the empty property on 26 June, will have 24 hours to vacate the terraced property once the notice has been served.