United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal lodged against the High Court ruling, and the requested details were made public on 23 May 2008. Prior to "The Daily Telegraph"'s revelations in May and June 2009 and the official publication of expenses claims in June 2009, and during the Freedom of Information cases, there were a variety of exposés that covered the controversial John Lewis List (a list considered to indicate amounts that could be claimed without question) and individual MPs’ expenses claims. Examples of items publicised prior to the May 2009 disclosures included: In May 2009, two months prior to the official disclosure of full expenses claims,
The Saint (UK newspaper) connection with the Union and University. As a recent example, heads of a prominent University society approached Students' Association sabbaticals - who have no control over the newspaper - in an attempt to stop a controversial article from running in Issue 112. However, the paper has been mired in scandal in the past and the Association and the University have often come into heated conflict with the editorial staff of the newspaper, resulting in evictions and attempts at gaining a degree of editorial control. "The Saint" is well known for its criticism of many Union 'hacks' and their policies, resulting