Radio 4 discusses the £40,000 open primary ballot to choose the next Tory candidate for Totnes

The BBC Today programme reports on Totnes' Tories' balloting of all 69,000 local constituents to choose the successor candidate to Anthony Steen MP.  Click here to listen.  The Western Morning News estimates the cost will be up to £40,000.

Labour and Tory MPs talk to Radio 4 about the public hatred towards them during expenses-gate

"Becky Milligan reports from inside Parliament about what it was like being an MP during [the expenses-gate] period, caught in the eye of the expenses hurricane. Speaking candidly, MPs reveal the impact the crisis has had on their political and domestic lives. From disillusionment to death threats, the human fallout has been severe."

Nadine Dorries MP features prominently and there's another chance to hear Anthony Steen's famous 'the public are jealous of me'  interview.

Listen here for seven days after this posting.

Anthony Steen's 'the public are jealous of me' interview

Sky News's round-up of today's expenses allegations includes Tory MP Anthony Steen's defence that "the system is wrong and for the public it's totally confusing"