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Politicians can apologise and keep their jobs but over in the private sector misusing a company credit card can result in the sack, experts and employers say.

Former minister Chris Carter offers explanations for his ministerial credit card spending "slip ups" and defends the cards' continued use.

Labour MP Shane Jones began yesterday bluffing away a dirty secret he has carried for two years, but by day's end, after admitting it, even he was questioning his political future.

EMA chief executive Alasdair Thomson says ministers should be treated like company employees.

What the disgraced former minister spent taxpayers' money on - and what he was doing on the days he watched those movies.

Labour MP Shane Jones spoke to reporters after admitting he had used his ministerial credit card to order porn. Read the full transcript.

One minister received contant pleas from Ministerial Services to forward overdue credit card reconciliations instead of waiting to be asked.

Former Labour Minister Shane Jones told radio he was a "red-blooded adult" but using his ministerial credit card for porn should not have happened.

Former Labour Minister Rick Barker charged 16 Corona beers on his ministerial credit card, and later reimbursed it for "some" of the cost.

Labour MP Chris Carter has owned up to spending taxpayer money on pay per-view films and flowers for his partner.

Porn? Wine? Flowers? Golf clubs? What is appropriate? Share your views on the ministerial spending scandal.

MP Shane Jones is expected to be one of the more embarrassed former Labour Cabinet ministers when details of credit card spending going back six years are released today.

John Key John Key's international profile was boosted yesterday when more than 100 newspapers around the world ran stories covering his "snip" quip.

Prime Minister John Key revealed yesterday that he has had a vasectomy, providing a new slant on questions about Budget cuts.

John Key's national cycleway has hit a bumpy patch, with only about 10km constructed from the $50m fund set up for the project.

Inflation makes savers the biggest Budget losers.

The Government has embarked on a path to abolish building depreciation on virtually every building type and could hit depreciation claims on commercial building fit-outs in future, says Bayleys Valuations director John Freeman.

It's time to kill the middle class welfare boondoggles.