The party was fined for failing to account properly for its election expenses in 2006.
Newark MP Mrs Jones was initially found guilty of falsifying her election expenses and disqualified as a member of parliament, but was cleared on appeal.
On the day Welfare was banned, another court ruled that Mrs Ciller had dipped into a fund reserved for national-security purposes, and had spent the money on election expenses.
He was quoted as saying that his movement would back the centre-right and centre-left blocs if they supported an immediate change in Italy's electoral law, the cancellation of repaying election expenses and a maximum of two terms for MPs.
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Not long after the police started investigating Ms Jones's election expenses in late 1997, Mr Thompson sent a letter to a senior Labour Party official containing allegations of serious misconduct by the then leader of the district council, Gill Dawn.
She had worked hard to restore her political reputation, following her conviction for breaking election law on campaign expenses at the last election.
Mr Gibson is one of four Labour MPs to have been told they cannot stand at the next election over their expenses.
The AP also found no apparent reimbursement to Melgen in more than six years' worth of campaign expenses on file with the Federal Election Commission.
Former agriculture minister Lord Hailsham quit as an MP at the 2010 general election after he attracted criticism for using parliamentary expenses to pay for dredging a moat on his country estate.
In an ideal world Mr Brown would govern as best as he can till the late autumn, oversee the implementation of the speeded-up Kelly reforms, thus drawing the sting from the expenses scandal, and then call an election to clear the air.
Independent election watchdogs believe that candidates routinely under-report or hide campaign expenses.
The current European Parliament President, Hans-Gert Poettering has reformed the pay and expenses regime to clamp down on abuses - after the next election, MEPs will have to provide receipts for their expenditure and there will be new rules on employing assistants to prevent abuses.
The prime minister has said that no MP found to have "defied the rules" over their expenses claims will be able to represent Labour at the next general election.
Since the expenses revelations were published more than 20 MPs have said they will stand down at the next election.
It is not clear when a by-election will be held but the prospect will be an unwelcome one for Gordon Brown, left reeling by the expenses scandal and the spate of cabinet resignations in the past few days.
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