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| Brown pledges MP code of conduct | Brown pledges MP code of conduct |
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| MPs will have to agree to a legally binding code of conduct as part of a plan to "clean-up" Parliament, Gordon Brown has told the BBC. | MPs will have to agree to a legally binding code of conduct as part of a plan to "clean-up" Parliament, Gordon Brown has told the BBC. |
| The prime minister said he also wants a clean-up of all public institutions - such as the NHS and the BBC - in the wake of the MPs' expenses allegations. | |
| He told the Andrew Marr show he had been "shocked" by the abuses uncovered by the Daily Telegraph. | He told the Andrew Marr show he had been "shocked" by the abuses uncovered by the Daily Telegraph. |
| Tory leader David Cameron said he wants people to be able to "recall" MPs. | Tory leader David Cameron said he wants people to be able to "recall" MPs. |
| Mr Cameron is also calling for an immediate general election to give the public an opportunity to get rid of MPs who have been caught up in the scandal. | |
| But Mr Brown ruled out an early poll, arguing he needed time to reform the expenses system. | |
| He told the Andrew Marr programme: "To be honest, what I've seen offends my Presbyterian conscience. What I've seen is something that is appalling. | |
| "I did not expect to see instances where there are clear cases which maybe have to be answered for fraud. | |
| "And what we've seen means that only the openness which came from the Freedom of Information Act, only that openness, is the means by which you can find out what's happening and then you've got to have proper discipline. I'm appalled. I'm shocked by what happened." | |
| Asked if some MPs should be investigated for fraud, he said it was a matter for the police but added: "I would not shrink from that." |