LONDON, May 20 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested Wednesday that he has had a change of heart on allowing Gurkha military veterans to settle permanently in Britain.
During Question Time in the House of Commons, Brown said he now thinks all military veterans could be given settlement rights "in a way that protects the public purse," the BBC reported. Earlier this month, members of Parliament voted to condemn the current restrictive government policy with members of Brown's Labor Party joining opposition members.