MPs' expenses watchdog accidentally posts private data online

Information on staff’s names, pay, working patterns and holidays was uploaded in error and stayed up for four hoursConfidential data about MPs’ staff pay, working patterns and holidays was accidentally posted on the internet for four hours by the House of Commons expenses watchdog.The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) said it was writing to all MPs and their staff affected to apologise for the distress caused. Continue reading...