Brown made the decision to overhaul the expenses scheme last week but has dropped his idea to provide a daily allowance for MPs, which would have meant their second home allowance would have been removed to be replaced by a flat-rate sum for each day they attend Parliament.
This would have meant MPs having to clock in and out of work like thousands of other UK employees and Mike Hawkesford, managing director of time and attendance software provider Crown Computing, believes this would be a positive step.
He said: "Why shouldn't MPs have to clock in and out like many thousands of other white-collar private and public-sector workers in the UK?
"It seems eminently sensible and a much fairer way of calculating what time MPs actually do spend in London in the Commons - and combined with receipts for out of pocket expenses it would give a much clearer picture for the UK taxpayer.
"Measuring MP's time, broken down into activities, would help voters better understand what they do and the value they give the taxpayer - and it's already being used in many other public-sector organisations around the UK.
"Brown's proposal for a flat-rate allowance didn't go far enough as it would have ruled out the need to produce receipts in favour of a set daily allowance. We would propose the measurement of time combined with receipts to give full transparency."
Gordon Brown to go ahead with vote on reform of MPs' expenses
The prime minister has decided to press ahead with a vote tomorrow on reforming MPs' expenses - without carrying out an independent review.
