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Alan Johnson defends Sir Thomas Legg over MPs' expenses

Home Secretary Alan Johnson during his speech at the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre

Home Secretary Alan Johnson during his speech at the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre Photo: PA The Cabinet minister was backed by John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, who said the public had to be satisfied that MPs had... Full Article at The Telegraph

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  1. Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba (R) and Britain's Home Secretary Alan Johnson sit together at the start of a seminar for Spanish and British top police officials in Madrid November 17, 2009.
  2. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 11: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Home Secretary Alan Johnson MP attends the Armistice Day service at Westminster Abbey on November 11, 2009 in London, England.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03:  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (r) and Home Secretary Alan Johnson (l) attend a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27:  Home Secretary  Alan Johnson carries Muriel Spark's 'The Girls of Slender Means' out of the weekly cabinet meeting on October 27, 2009 in London, England.
  5. LONDON - OCTOBER 13:  Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits the Kiln Place Estate with Home Secretary Alan Johnson on October 13, 2009 in North London, England. The estate has cracked down on anti social behaviour among residents through close co-operation with the police.
  6. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw (R) talks with Home Secretary Alan Johnson at the Labour Party Conference on September 29, 2009 in Brighton, England.
  7. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Members of the Cabinet (L-R) Jack Straw, Alistair Darling, Harriet Harman, Lord Mandelson, Alan Johnson and David Miliband listen to Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he  speaks to the Labour Party Conference on September 29, 2009 in Brighton, England.
  8. CALAIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 23:  An Afghan migrant living in a makeshift tent adjacent to the Calais ferry terminal holds his pet kestrel on September 23, 2009 in Calais, France.
  9. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29:  Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith (R) and former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Margaret Beckett watch Prime Minister Gordon Brown's address to the Labour Party Conference on September 29, 2009 in Brighton, England.

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