United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal expenses back. Gordon Brown said that MPs should "deal with" the retroactive rules, while David Cameron warned that any member of the Conservative Party who was unwilling to comply with the rules would not be able to stand for the party at the next general election. At the 2010 British Press Awards, "The Daily Telegraph" was named the "National Newspaper of the Year" for its coverage of the MPs expenses scandal, which was also referred to as the "Scoop of the Year". William Lewis won "Journalist of the Year" for his reporting role as well. United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal
Mexican presidential expenses controversy expenditures into the public domain proved that it was committed to transparency. Mexican presidential expenses controversy The Mexican presidential expenses controversy, widely dubbed Toallagate ("towelgate"), was a political scandal that occurred in Mexico in 2001 involving expenditures on the residence of President Vicente Fox. The affair caused severe embarrassment to the Fox administration and resulted in the resignations of Carlos Rojas, the head of the presidential acquisitions committee, and at least three members of Rojas' staff. In June 2001, the Mexican newspaper "Milenio" reported that the president's office had spent around US $440,000 to redecorate two cabins in the presidential