Cameron attacks Brown on expenses

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Cameron attacks Brown on expenses Mr Cameron says Gordon Brown is incapable of reforming the system David Cameron has accused Gordon Brown of a "humiliating change" of stance after Labour suspended its three MPs facing charges over their expenses.The move came as the Tory leader prepared for a speech featuring a claim his Labour counterpart was tolerating the MPs' attempt to "evade justice". The Tories were the "new generation" of politicians "at ease with openness" who would reform politics, he added. Downing Street called Mr Cameron's attack on Mr Brown "desperate". It is understood that lawyers for Labour MPs Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine, who are charged with theft offences, may claim their expense claims are covered by the centuries-old Parliamentary privilege law, which traditionally protects them from being sued for what they say in the Commons. Politicians from all the main parties have criticised the lawyers' move. Labour MPs suspendedThe MPs - plus a Conservative peer, Lord Hanningfield - face charges of false accounting under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968.[Read more...]

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