Rather a good weeze is it not,
bring out and publish a whole raft of suggestions to come into force weekes away, get rid of allowances, food allowances, housing allowances, all allowances and make them bite where it will hurt some of the MP'S, so much so a revolt from the said MP'S may take place, then Brown can turn round and say, hey I wanted this but the Conservatives etc rejected it.......
BUT why give them allowance?????? why not simply settle the Hotel bill up to a maximum figure, that way there will be no claiming £200 a day whilst living in a fleapit and pocketing the rest.
Makes him look good even if he didn't want them in the first place.