Joanna Lumley says Gordon Brown agrees to come up with new Gurkhas policyJoanna Lumley said today that she was confident Gordon Brown would "do the right thing" after he agreed to come up with a new policy on Gurkha residency rights by the end of this month.
The actress, whose father served in the 6th Gurkha rifles, met the Prime Minister in Parliament this afternoon, a week after the shock Commons defeat over his Government's current plans to restrict settlement of the Nepali veterans in the UK.
Speaking to reporters outside the Palace of Westminster, Ms Lumley said: “The meeting was extremely positive. He is wholly supportive of the Gurkha cause. He is going to come up with a new solution by the end of this month.
"I trust him, I rely on him, and I know that he has now taken this matter into his own hands and so today is a very good day.”
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