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| Police are reopening their investigation into the disgraced former MP Denis MacShane's expenses. | Police are reopening their investigation into the disgraced former MP Denis MacShane's expenses. |
| Scotland Yard said it would look again at his claims after last year's damning report by the parliamentary standards watchdog. | Scotland Yard said it would look again at his claims after last year's damning report by the parliamentary standards watchdog. |
| A spokesman said: "We can confirm that following an assessment of the report published by the standards and privileges committee, and following liaison with the Crown Prosecution Service, the Metropolitan police is reopening the investigation." | A spokesman said: "We can confirm that following an assessment of the report published by the standards and privileges committee, and following liaison with the Crown Prosecution Service, the Metropolitan police is reopening the investigation." |
| Police began examining MacShane's expenses over two years ago after allegations about abuses surfaced. | Police began examining MacShane's expenses over two years ago after allegations about abuses surfaced. |
| The criminal investigation was dropped last July but the former Labour minister stepped down from the Commons in November after the committee found he had faked receipts in order to receive thousands of pounds of public money. | The criminal investigation was dropped last July but the former Labour minister stepped down from the Commons in November after the committee found he had faked receipts in order to receive thousands of pounds of public money. |
| The report included letters, previously unseen by police, from MacShane to the standards commissioner detailing his actions. | The report included letters, previously unseen by police, from MacShane to the standards commissioner detailing his actions. |
| However, the Commons authorities have suggested such material would be inadmissible in court as it is protected by parliamentary privilege. | However, the Commons authorities have suggested such material would be inadmissible in court as it is protected by parliamentary privilege. |
| More details soon. |