U.K. Lawmakers Still Wrangling Over Expenses - Wall Street Journal

BY JENNA VOIGT AND LAURENCE NORMAN

LONDON—Eighteen months after U.K. politicians' abuse of expenses claims exploded into the country's biggest political scandal for a generation, parliament is still squabbling over how to police its lawmakers.

The stakes are high. Expenses rules that are too draconian could drive many talented lawmakers out of politics, and leave parliament to the preserve of the independently wealthy.

But any sense that there might be a return to the bad old days could do irreparable damage to parliament's reputation at a time when the government is telling the public to make sacrifices as part of an austerity drive to pare back ...