Nick Brown, the man charged with investigating allegations that Labour MPs abused the system of Commons expenses, was dragged into the controversy over his own claims last night.
The Government Chief Whip, a close ally of Gordon Brown, was accused by The Daily Telegraph of claiming £18,800 over four years in unreceipted expenses for food consumed at his designated second home in Newcastle.
Mr Brown also faced questions over £200-a-month bills he regularly submitted for repairs and maintenance, plus £250 a month for cleaning, also without receipts. He is said to have claimed a total of £87,708 on his second home between 2004 and 2008. The MP for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend told his local newspaper, The Journal,that his claims were “not unreasonable”.
Obviously, Nick Brown does not know the meaning of unreasonable!
well i disagree and think you probably dont even know what the hell your on about, "oh something to do with newcastle, lets slate him for being a thief, at the end of the day he says the food bills were for entertaining official guests, mate they have got a stressfull job to begin with and at the end of the day even if they werent spending all this money on exspenses, we wouldnt see it and furthermore if you could claim for stuff, would you not........... wel i just think you have been very pathetic by designing this page
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