No Expenses Spared: The Riveting Story of the Investigation That Bought the British Government to Its Knees - Softcover

Winnett, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552162221 ISBN 13: 9780552162227

Publisher: Corgi, 2010

Synopsis

The Daily Telegraph 's expose of MPs' expenses, which dominated the news agenda for more than six weeks, made history by leading to the resignation of the Speaker and several Cabinet ministers, as well as taking Gordon Brown to the very brink of losing his grip on power. It is a story which began in the unlikely setting of a Chilean vineyard, when Robert Winnett, the paper's deputy political editor, first learned from Gordon Brown's soon-to-be-disgraced aide Damian McBride, that a disc containing details of every MP's expense claims had gone missing. Winnett was destined to become the reporter who would secure the disc and its contents for his newspaper, landing what has been described by some commentators as "the political scoop of the century." Yet it was only after several other newspapers had been approached, that John Wick, a former SAS Major turned whistle blower, made contact with the Daily Telegraph to offer the explosive material.

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About the Author

Robert Winnett is the deputy political editor of the Daily Telegraph. During his 11-year career on Fleet Street, he has been behind some of the country's biggest political scoops including exposing the cash-for honors scandal under Tony Blair and Derek Conway's controversial employment of his sons. He has been short-listed for three "scoop of the year" awards at the British Press Awards and has won other prizes for his work. He has worked on some of the biggest stories including the global credit crunch and the recent American Presidential election. Gordon Rayner is Chief Reporter of the Daily Telegraph, a position he has held since joining the newspaper in 2007. He began his career at the Sun in 1995. From there he moved on to the Daily Mail, where he helped uncover one of the biggest scandals of Tony Blair's premiership by revealing the e-mails between Cherie Blair and the fraud Peter Foster which proved No.10 had lied over the "Cheriegate" affair.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corgi
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552162221
• ISBN 13: 9780552162227
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448