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Formal probe launched into Baroness Warsi’s expenses claims
A formal investigation has been launched into Baroness Warsi’s expenses claims. The House of Lords Standards Commissioner launched the probe after allegations surfaced that the Cabinet Minister claimed over £165-a-night for accommodation expenses while staying at a friend’s house rent-free. Scotland Yard said it had decided not to investigate Lady Warsi’s expenses and had passed the matter back to the House of Lords. Labour had called for a criminal inquiry into the Tory peer’s expenses. Lady Warsi, the Conservative Party co-chairman, has denied any wrongdoing, insisting that she had acted within the rules at all times and made an “appropriate payment” to her friend - Tory official Naweed Khan, who is now one of her aides - for the nights she stayed at a
property in Acton, west London. Cameron has been accused by Labour of being inconsistent for referring Warsi to the independent adviser on ministerial interest while refusing to take the same step with his culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, who has also faced criticism over his conduct in office in relation to News Corp’s BSkyB bid. Cameron insisted on Tuesday that they were two “very different cases”. David Cameron has denied that he is deploying a “double standard” by subjecting the Conservative party’s cochairman to an independent inquiry into whether she broke the ministerial code while denying the need for a similar probe into the culture secretary’s dealings with News Corporation. The prime minister’s decision to investigate allegations Continued on page 31 >>
Were the Molenbeek riots Belgium: Burqa Bounty of £200 Offered orchestrated from the UK? by Far-Right Politician Filip Dewinter
According to the Flemish weekly Knack claim the Molenbeek riots in Brussels last week were possibly orchestrated from the UK. There are allegations that Sharia4UK, an organisation similar to Belgium’s Sharia4Belgium, was instrumental in fanning the flames of violence. Knack claims that the leader of Sharia4UK, Anjem Choudary, texted people in Belgium on Thursday asking them to give an appropriate response to the arrest of a woman wearing a full face veil. The garment that only leaves the eyes visible to Continued on page 31 >>
Belgian right-wingers have offered to pay a bounty to anyone who reports a veiled woman to police. The Vlaams Belang political party made the 250 euros (£200) offer today in the wake of face veil riots in Brussels. Filip Dewinter, a senior figure within the right-wing party, told Reuters the riots had made police apprehensive about enforcing the burqa ban. He claimed that the payment should put pressure on authorities to further enforce it. Mr Dewinter said: ‘It’s a textile prison for the women who have to live under it.’ The anti-immigration nationalist party’s stunt follows protesters hurling bins and metal barriers at
a Brussels police station last week. The riot broke out after a Muslim woman was arrested for refusing
But added that any officer who sees a woman wearing a niqab would issue a penalty.
to remove her face veil, or niqab. A Brussels police spokesman said he was unaware of the money being offered.
He said: ‘When someone is breaking the law we always have to intervene, demonstrations or no, the niqab is Continued on page 31 >>