0900GMT/1000GMT: Brown appears before MPs Gordon Brown is facing questions about the economy and the rising price of food, oil and energy as he appears before senior MPs. It is the second time he has faced the Commons Liaison Committee, made up of the chairs of 30 select committees. "Managing the economic slowdown" is one topic he is due to be grilled on, a day after predictions of lower standards of living in the UK for at least a year. These sessions with the prime minister usually last for two and a half hours. His appearance began at 1000 BST. The committee has also indicated it wishes to ask Mr Brown about "international flashpoints", which are likely to include the ongoing British military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the political situation in Zimbabwe. Proposed constitutional reforms - such as the need to...
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