UK & USA Today Editoweb 12 October 2009

Brown to repay thousands as expense scandal flares

Prime Minister Gordon Brown was engulfed in a fresh expenses row on Monday as an independent reviewer asked him and other MPs to repay thousands of pounds of excessive claims.

UK says interests would have been hurt by Megrahi death

British business and other interests would have been damaged if the Lockerbie bomber had died in a Scottish prison instead of being allowed to return to Libya, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.

Tube workers to hold strike ballot over pay

London Underground workers are to vote on whether to strike in a long-running dispute over pay, their union said on Monday.

Brown warns against reversing stimuli too soon

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday that Conservative Party plans to reverse the huge monetary and fiscal support thrown into the economy would derail the recovery.

Child sex ring: third woman charged

A woman has been charged following an investigation that saw three other people including nursery worker Vanessa George admit child sex offences, police have said.

Insurance industry assails health care bill

Insurance companies aren't playing nice any more on the health care overhaul. The industry put out a report Monday concluding that the Senate's health care legislation would drive up costs to consumers, delivering a dire message at a crucial point in the debate and potentially threatening President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

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