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Expense Scandal Claims British Parliament's Speaker

by Rob Gifford, NPR
May 19, 2009

The speaker of the British parliament is resigning over his role in a scandal about the expense claims of members of parliament. Michael Martin is the first speaker to step down under pressure since a previous incumbent was forced out for taking bribes in 1695.

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