The woman behind UK expenses scandal

The World

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the woman who started the huge expenses scandal rocking Britain’s parliament. Freelance writer Heather Brooke was the first to file a freedom of information request for the expenses that British lawmakers got reimbursed by taxpayers. That request back in 2005 led to the embarrassing revelations coming out now in Britain.

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