British Chancellor denies his spending taxpayers' money for his own conveniences

As it became known on Monday, Alistair Darling, British Chancellor of the Exchequer, declined accusations he had charged U.K. taxpayers for expenses related to two homes, while Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other political leaders continue to fight against a national backlash over alleged abuse of parliamentary expense claims. 

Darling submitted a claim for reimbursement of a 1,004 pound (or $1,619) service charge on his London flat. For the last three months of the claim, Darling rented out the flat and was at the same time claiming allowances for his free, government-provided apartment on Downing Street, says The Daily Telegraph. That would appear to break parliamentary rules ensuring parliament members to claim expenses on only one property at a time. 

At the same time, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in the Sunday interview that he would not leave his post and would reject any efforts by members of his Labour cabinet to encourage him to quit in an effort to improve the party's prospects of retaining power in the next general election.