Britain ' s Brown to repay $19 000 expense claims
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In the latest blow to Gordon BrownGordon Brown's beleaguered leadership  the British prime minister is being forced to repay over 12 000 pounds ($19 000) in disputed claims following an audit into how British lawmakers spent public money.
 Dozens of lawmakers received letters Monday from Thomas Legg -- who Brown appointed to audit expense claims -- asking them to repay the money or offer further explanations for why they claimed it. Legg was chosen to audit the spending rules in an effort to quell public outrage over lawmakers' greed for taxpayer funds.
 Brown's office confirmed Monday that he will pay back some money claimed for a maid and for decorating  but said Legg had told Brown he had not broken any rules.
 "Mr. Brown will pay in full " his office said.
 Brown has urged all lawmakers to repay the excessive claims identified by Legg.
 Under those recommendations  Brown's expenses were 12 415 pounds ($19 597) over the limit.
 "We have got to clean up politics  we have got to consign the old discredited system to the dustbin of history  so this is part of the process " Brown told GMTV television.
In the latest blow to Gordon BrownGordon Brown's beleaguered leadership  the British prime minister is being forced to repay over 12 000 pounds ($19 000) in disputed claims following an audit into how British lawmakers spent public money.
 Dozens of lawmakers received letters Monday from Thomas Legg -- who Brown appointed to audit expense claims -- asking them to repay the money or offer further explanations for why they claimed it. Legg was chosen to audit the spending rules in an effort to quell public outrage over lawmakers' greed for taxpayer funds.
 Brown's office confirmed Monday that he will pay back some money claimed for a maid and for decorating  but said Legg had told Brown he had not broken any rules.
 "Mr. Brown will pay in full " his office said.
 Brown has urged all lawmakers to repay the excessive claims identified by Legg.
 Under those recommendations  Brown's expenses were 12 415 pounds ($19 597) over the limit.
 "We have got to clean up politics  we have got to consign the old discredited system to the dustbin of history  so this is part of the process " Brown told GMTV television.