UK interior minister seen quitting government

LONDON: British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith plans to resign from her government post, according to media reports, creating further turmoil for a government battered by an expenses scandal sweeping through parliament.

Smith's reputation suffered in March when a leaked copy of her parliamentary expenses claim showed she charged taxpayers for the rental of two pornographic movies by her husband.

Britons are furious that many members of parliament (MPs) have milked the expenses system, claiming from taxpayers the cost of everything from dog food to cleaning their swimming pools at a time when many people are struggling in a recession.