<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6dcf480f-ce61-496c-bbd8-21ba3de177d2/3E95E0A0-E1EF-4CD7-910E-33989B5EE5DA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5225440/Minister-James-Purnell-accused-of-leaving-his-flat-like-a-pigsty.html" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5225440/Minister-James-Purnell-accused-of-leaving-his-flat-like-a-pigsty.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.telegraph.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5225440/Minister-James-Purnell-accused-of-leaving-his-flat-like-a-pigsty.html"><H1>Minister James Purnell accused of leaving his flat 'like a pigsty' </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5225440/Minister-James-Purnell-accused-of-leaving-his-flat-like-a-pigsty.html">despite claiming more than £1,600 in expenses for cleaning and repairs. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5225440/Minister-James-Purnell-accused-of-leaving-his-flat-like-a-pigsty.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.telegraph.co.uk/img/FC2BB3FE-C158-49F6-A687-9A085500DF43" alt="Minister James Purnell accused of leaving his flat 'like a pigsty'" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5225440/Minister-James-Purnell-accused-of-leaving-his-flat-like-a-pigsty.html"><P> The minister, tipped as a future Labour leader, claimed £100 a month for cleaning and a further £586 for repairs on the duplex flat, which has a roof terrace overlooking Covent Garden in central London. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5225440/Minister-James-Purnell-accused-of-leaving-his-flat-like-a-pigsty.html"><P> His landlord has kept the £2,520 deposit but the minister denies that he still owes £910.63 for alarm repairs, £307.74 for cleaning, £47.50 inventory charges and £190.00 for changing the locks. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5225440/Minister-James-Purnell-accused-of-leaving-his-flat-like-a-pigsty.html"><P> An insider at the company which managed the flat said it had been in an "absolutely dreadful condition." </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5225440/Minister-James-Purnell-accused-of-leaving-his-flat-like-a-pigsty.html"><P> "It looked like a pigsty," he added. "We had to have that whole flat deep cleaned and redecorated. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5225440/Minister-James-Purnell-accused-of-leaving-his-flat-like-a-pigsty.html"><P> "The kitchen sink was disgusting. It looked like it had never been cleaned for the duration of the tenancy. 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