The police watchdog have launched an investigation into allegations that the Metropolitan Police covered up child sex offences involving officers and MPs.
Sir Malcolm Rifkind has said that he will step down as chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee and not stand for re-election in the upcoming polls after the ‘cash for access’ scandal.
Former foreign secretaries and current MPs Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind have been suspended from the Labour and Tory parties after being filmed apparently offering to use their political influence in return for money.
Two former prison officers who had been arrested on suspicion of of corrupt payments, have been released on bail.
Swiss authorities have raised the Geneva offices of a subsidiary of HSBC over allegations of money laundering.