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MPs face 'extra costs' - Beckett

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Margaret Beckett wants careful consideration of any expense reforms Members of parliament face costs that are not incurred by people "in other walks of life", former minister Margaret Beckett has said. Full Article at BBC News

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  1. 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.
  2. LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 22: (L-R) John Bercow, Margaret Beckett, Richard Shepherd, Ann Widdecombe, Parmjit Dhanda, Sir Alan Beith and Sir Alan Haselhurst some of the candidates for Speaker of The House of Commons pose for a group photo outside Parliament on June 22, 2009 in London.
  3. Former British Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett speaks at a hustings event where possible candidates for the position of Speaker of the House of Commons, presented their manifestos to fellow Members of Parliament and the media in London, Monday, June, 15, 2009.
  4. DERBY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 7: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) is greeted by Housing Minister Margaret Beckett at the Rolls-Royce Learning and Development Centre on January 7, 2009 in Derby.
  5. LEEDS, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 28: Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) arrives for the weekly Cabinet meeting at the Royal Armouries with ministers Jack Straw (L), Rosie Winterton MP (2nd L), Baroness Scotland (R) and Margaret Beckett (2nd R) on November 28, 2008, Leeds, England.
  6. Family members of released British yachtsmen listen to another family member speak to the media outside the Foreign Office in London December 2, 2009. A group of British yachtsmen were released earlier today after being detained by Iranian authorities after straying into Iranian waters.
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 02: Ed Smith (C), father of freed sailor Olly Smith, stands with the families of Oliver Young and Luke Porter as he talks to reporters outside the Foreign Office on December 2, 2009 in London.
  8. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 02: A general view of Greg Rusedski of Great Britain serving to Mark Philippoussis of Australia during day two of the AEGON Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall on December 2, 2009 in London, England.
  9. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 02: Tanerau Latimer of New Zealand passes the ball during the All Blacks trainning session at Harrow School playing fields on December 2, 2009 in London, England.

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