United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal grandees’ of the party. On 12 May, the Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron, announced that all questionable claims by the Shadow Cabinet would be repaid. The Liberal Democrats expenses were revealed last of the three main parties, followed by Sinn Féin members' claims in which it was reported that the five Sinn Féin MPs together had claimed nearly £500,000 in second home allowances, despite never taking up their seats at Westminster due to the party's abstentionist policy. Sinn Féin stated that its members often have to travel to London on parliamentary business. The claims published by "The Daily Telegraph"
Parliamentary privilege in the United Kingdom was unsuccessfully used to try and prevent details of 2010 MPs expenses scandal from emerging. In recent years the doctrine of Parliamentary privilege has made headlines in relation to the arrest of Damian Green and several cases relating to super-injunctions such as "RJW & SJW v The Guardian newspaper & Person or Persons Unknown" ('Trafigura') and "CTB v News Group Newspapers" leading to calls to reform the law relating to privilege. Parliamentary privilege has two main components: The doctrine was first enshrined in law after the Glorious Revolution following the passage of the 1689 Bill of Rights. Parliamentary privilege in