Brown Brands Hain 'Incompetent' Over His Pounds 103,000 Donations Blunders

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Peter Hain was facing fresh embarrassment last night after the Prime Minister branded his donations blunders "incompetent". But Gordon Brown also attempted to bolster the embattled Work and Pensions Secretary by insisting he believed he would escape serious punishment for failing to disclose more than pounds 103,000 in gifts to his Labour deputy leadership bid.

Speaking in an interview for ITV News At Ten, Mr Brown said, "It was a mistake that was made, it was an incompetence that he has readily admitted to.

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Brown Brands Hain 'Incompetent' Over His Pounds 103,000 Donations Blunders

"This now goes before the Standards committee in the House of Commons and before th...

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