Whips tell Brown rebellion will be BIG. No, bigger than BIG. HUGEMONGANTIC.
...or, at least, that's how I'm reading this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7842402.stm Brown backs down in expenses row
The government has shelved plans to hold a vote on controversial proposals to restrict the amount of information published about MP expenses.
No 10 had insisted it would hold a vote on exempting expenses information from Freedom of Information laws and that Labour MPs would be forced to back it.
But the government has now decided to abandon the vote after opposition parties said they would not support it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7842402.stm Brown backs down in expenses row
The government has shelved plans to hold a vote on controversial proposals to restrict the amount of information published about MP expenses.
No 10 had insisted it would hold a vote on exempting expenses information from Freedom of Information laws and that Labour MPs would be forced to back it.
But the government has now decided to abandon the vote after opposition parties said they would not support it.