Former MP Taito Phillip Field is still entitled to travel perks despite being convicted of bribery and corruption.

Finance Minister Bill English will revert to claiming only $24,000 a year for living in his Wellington family home, instead of $47,000.

Deputy Prime Minister Bill English has decided to pay back part of his ministerial housing allowance.

The designation of Bill English's family home as an official ministerial residence has allowed him to get more than the $24,000 he would otherwise have been limited to.

Ministers say they are welcoming a review into their allowances as more questions are raised about their expense arrangements.

Ministers renting out their private Wellington properties may be required to offset the cost of their official ministerial residences.

The Bill English housing furore prompts an enquiry into ministerial housing privileges.

A Minister of Finance who lectures all and sundry about tightening their belts while taxpayers are paying off his mortgage is not a terribly good look.

John Key has backed Bill English's $900-a-week accommodation subsidy for his $1.2 million home in Karori.

Finance Minister Bill English is defending taxpayers paying more than $900 a week for his $1.2 million family home in Wellington.

Mr Key tells the National Party conference the Government faces difficult economic times and a 'challenge of high and rising youth unemployment'.

Taxpayers are contributing nearly $1000 a week to allow Bill English to live in his own million-dollar Wellington home.

Phil Goff runs up biggest MP expenses bill in just released list of who is spending what in Parliament.

Taskforce chairman Don Brash is confident New Zealand can close the gap with Australian levels of productivity and income by 2025.