Gordon Brown rejected a gift of a leather jacket given to him by President George Bush on his first trip to the United States as Prime Minister. By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent The list of gifts received by government ministers in the last year, which they are required to declare if the value is estimated at more than £140, shows that Mr Brown chose not to exercise the option of keeping the presidential present. Ministers are only allowed to retain gifts received in the course of their ministerial duties if they recompense the public purse to the appropriate value. While Tony Blair, Mr Brown's predecessor, purchased a picture worth £500 given to him by Mr Bush, the gift of a "leather holdall / clothing" given to the new Prime Minister a few months later is said to have been "held by the department". In fact, the...
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