Brown apologises for MP claims scandal

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologised yesterday for politicians’ expenses, which included claims for dog food and light bulbs, in a bid to quell a damaging parliamentary scandal.

The revelations in The Daily Telegraph about MPs claims were the latest in a string of embarrassing headlines about Labour MPs – including Brown and his cabinet colleagues – and opposition figures.

There has been wide- spread public anger, even calls for parliament to be dissolved. An election is not legally required until 2010.