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Page last updated at 17:36 GMT, Tuesday, 12 May 2009 18:36 UK

Reforms pledged as claims row grows

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Conservative MPs will pay back "excessive" expenses claims and Labour MPs are set to do the same, as public anger builds over their spending.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised on behalf of all political parties for MPs' expenses revelations over recent days, while Conservative leader David Cameron has urged MPs to say "sorry" for the expenses system.

Laura Kuenssberg reports.

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