UK CANNIBALS: Brown Attacked by Own Lawmakers on Expenses Scandal...

Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s justice minister stepped aside as parliamentary officials started a probe into his expenses claims, plunging the U.K. government deeper into turmoil as the impact of the scandal spreads.
Shahid Malik, a junior minister in the Justice Department, said he will step down as independent adviser Philip Mawer investigates a Daily Telegraph story saying the lawmaker claimed the maximum amount in expenses for a second home in London while renting another house in his constituency at a discounted rate.