May 8th, 2009 - Reuters
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LONDON (Reuters) - The ailing Labour government suffered another blow to its authority on Friday when a newspaper published details of expense claims made by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other ministers.
Brown, trailing the Conservative Party in the opinion polls ahead of an election due by mid-2010, reclaimed 6,577 pounds he had paid his brother for cleaning services at his London flat, the Daily Telegraph reported.
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