Brown criticised over expenses fallout

BRITISH prime minister Gordon Brown was accused of being out of touch on the expenses scandal yesterday after Labour withdrew the party whip from the three MPs being prosecuted.

Tory leader David Cameron described the move, three days after the charges were announced, as a “humiliating” U-turn by the prime minister.

Labour insisted the suspension of David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine followed a review undertaken “immediately” after it became clear on Friday they were facing trial.