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| Defiant Hain 'to get on with job' | Defiant Hain 'to get on with job' |
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| Peter Hain has apologised for "the embarrassment caused by poor administration" but insisted that he wants to "get on with my cabinet jobs". | Peter Hain has apologised for "the embarrassment caused by poor administration" but insisted that he wants to "get on with my cabinet jobs". |
| Mr Hain has been under pressure over the failure to declare on time more than £100,000 donated to his failed bid to become Labour's deputy leader. | Mr Hain has been under pressure over the failure to declare on time more than £100,000 donated to his failed bid to become Labour's deputy leader. |
| The work and pensions and Welsh secretary said he was "more than happy" for inquiries to "take their course". | |
| In a statement he said the idea he had attempted "to hide anything is absurd". | In a statement he said the idea he had attempted "to hide anything is absurd". |
| He said that all those who had donated money to his campaign "are eligible and legally entitled to do so". | |
| Mr Hain also said the senior civil servant at the Department for Work and Pensions was "satisfied" that none of the donations had breached the ministerial code. | |
| Pressure has been growing on Mr Hain after he disclosed on Thursday that he had failed to declare £103,000 in donations - on top of the £82,000 he did declare. | |
| Mr Hain, who finished fifth of six in the race to succeed John Prescott as Labour's deputy leader, blamed his government responsibilities for distracting him from the running of his campaign. |