[1] Morley was prosecuted and on 7 April 2011 pleaded guilty in Southwark Crown Court to two counts of false accounting, involving over £30,000.

In 2004, he sought to strengthen the United Kingdom's efforts to purchase legally harvested lumber[10] and aided the launch of a programme to manage flooding and coastal erosion called 'WaveNet'.

[1] The Telegraph also alleged Morley let a London flat designated as his main residence to another Labour MP, Ian Cawsey, a close friend and former special adviser.

Cawsey named the property as his second home, allowing him to claim £1,000 a month to cover the rent which he was charged by Morley.

[19] On 27 May 2010, Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine, and Lord Hanningfield (Paul White) appeared at Southwark Crown Court for a preliminary hearing.

[5] Morley eventually pleaded guilty in the Crown Court at Southwark on 7 April 2011 before Mr Justice Saunders, who had presided over the other prosecutions in the Parliamentary expenses scandal.

[21] Morley was previously a Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers for services to flood and coastal defence.

[citation needed] He is Honorary Vice President of the Association of Drainage Authorities and Wildlife and Countryside Link.