LONDON, Saturday, 05-Jul-2008 01:44:01 GMT

UK POLITICS: Top news stories from the BBC Watchdog set to probe MP expenses The committee on standards in public life is considering an inquiry into MPs' expenses, the BBC understands. Top spy seriously ill in hospital Britain's top spy, Alex Allan, the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, is seriously ill. OTHER TOP NEWS STORIES IN THIS SECTION Muslims 'under siege like Jews' Hain writing Mandela book Mayor's aide in cash claim probe Cost of crime '£275 per person' Badger cull proposals 'rejected' UK POLITICS: Other news stories Find Homes for Sale... Ad - www.JustListed.com PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Ilkley Gazette MPs told of worries over Stansted planes Plans for airspace changes that could see planes queuing over quiet villages were up for debate in Parliament this week.... Bury Free Press Torys battle for city GPs... Birmingham Evening Mail Brown speaks of pride in the NHS... Lisburn Star PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... IC Burton Tory turmoil as Mayor Boris Johnson is forced to axe the deputy who lied about his past... Daily Mail Tory turmoil as Mayor Boris Johnson is forced to axe the deputy who lied about his past... Mail on Sunday PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Grantham Journal MPs vote for low pay rise but keep John Lewis list expenses... IC Wales PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Chelmsford Weekly News PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Northern Echo Geldof endorses Davis's liberties protest... Skegness Standard PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Burnley Express UK IT chief takes axe to budgets... CIO PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... IC Walsall PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Evening Gazette PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Bristol Evening Post Brown speaks of pride in the NHS... Lancaster Guardian PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Leicester Mercury Brown speaks of pride in the NHS... Halifax Evening Courier Muslim politician: Prejudice up in Britain... UPI PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard Who do you think you are kidding, Darling?... Evening Standard Brown speaks of pride in the NHS... Buxton Today Brown speaks of pride in the NHS... Morpeth Herald PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Biggleswade Chronicle PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... IC Lichfield Brown speaks of pride in the NHS... Newmarket Journal PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Gloucester Gazette PM 'bottled MPs' expense reforms'... Rye and Battle Observer