The Daily Politics - 08/05/2009

Anita Anand has the top political stories of the day. The programme tackes the question of MPs' expenses, with guests Nick Cohen of the Observer and Fraser Nelson of the Spectator. UK Independence Party MEP Gerard Batten discusses the party's election manifesto, and political commentator Lance Price examines the celebrity factor in the light of Joanna Lumley's success in campaigning for settlement rights in Britain for Gurkha soldiers.