Watchdog looks at protecting MPs by cutting details from expenses

Exclusive: Ipsa plans to reduce publication of claims for travel and venue hire after killing of David Amess

The UK's parliamentary spending watchdog has begun redacting parts of MPs' expenses to protect their safety since the killing of Sir David Amess.

After the veteran MP was stabbed to death at a constituency surgery on Friday, some colleagues raised concerns with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) over the amount of information released about their claims for travel and venues hired for surgeries under transparency requirements.