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| Hewitt to step down at election | Hewitt to step down at election |
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| Former Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt is to stand down as an MP at the next election but has said the move has nothing to do with the expenses furore. | Former Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt is to stand down as an MP at the next election but has said the move has nothing to do with the expenses furore. |
| The Labour MP for Leicester West said she was leaving the Commons for personal reasons as she wanted to spend more time with her family. | The Labour MP for Leicester West said she was leaving the Commons for personal reasons as she wanted to spend more time with her family. |
| Ms Hewitt served as trade and health secretaries under Tony Blair, leaving the Cabinet when Mr Blair left office. | Ms Hewitt served as trade and health secretaries under Tony Blair, leaving the Cabinet when Mr Blair left office. |
| More than a dozen MPs have said they will step down in recent weeks. | More than a dozen MPs have said they will step down in recent weeks. |
| Some have been forced out as a result of controversy over their expenses while a number have said they are leaving Parliament for health or family reasons. | Some have been forced out as a result of controversy over their expenses while a number have said they are leaving Parliament for health or family reasons. |
| The Daily Telegraph, which has obtained the details of all MPs' expenses for the past four years, has not published any details of Ms Hewitt's claims. | The Daily Telegraph, which has obtained the details of all MPs' expenses for the past four years, has not published any details of Ms Hewitt's claims. |
| Ms Hewitt has called for the public to be consulted on the revamp of the discredited expenses system. | Ms Hewitt has called for the public to be consulted on the revamp of the discredited expenses system. |
| When she left the Cabinet in 2007, Ms Hewitt said she wanted to spend more time with her family, some of whom live in Australia - where Ms Hewitt was born. | When she left the Cabinet in 2007, Ms Hewitt said she wanted to spend more time with her family, some of whom live in Australia - where Ms Hewitt was born. |
| Ms Hewitt was a senior aide to former Labour leader Neil Kinnock and a director of civil liberties organisation Liberty before being elected to Parliament in 1997. |