Allowancesgate: Brown in the spotlight over flat as Hain admits his 80-year old mum is on the Parliamentary payroll!

February 5, 2008 by

Yesterday we read how Peter Hain had his 80-year old mum on the Parliamentary Payroll.
Today we learn that Gordon Brown: “The Prime Minister is also facing a complaint over expenses for a second home. He claimed up to £20,000 a year for a flat in Great Smith Street, Westminster, for nearly three years, even though he had the run of a grace-and-favour apartment in Downing Street.
At the time the Brown’s primary residence was classed as the constituency home in Scotland.”
The Peter Hain story may be read: here.
The Gordon Brown story may be read: here.