Filling in the blanks
Here are some of the discrepancies between the redacted information released today by the Commons about Gordon Brown's expenses and more extensive material they have already disclosed last year.
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The first example relates to his Sky TV subscription which seems to have become a secret.
Today:
As disclosed in May 2008:
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The second relates to the fact that one of his claims was made early for costs in the next financial year - this has been blacked out in today's material.
Today:
As disclosed in May 2008:
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Update 1240: A Commons spokeswoman has told the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ that the Sky subscription information was removed since the fees office was allowed to take out all information on suppliers of services to MPs' homes in case the publication of that information helped to identify an MP's address or made it easier to breach security.
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