PRIME Minister Gordon Brown was today continuing a regional tour of Britain, as Conservatives accused him of losing the authority to govern.
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown was today continuing a regional tour of Britain, as Conservatives accused him of losing the authority to govern.
The accusation, from shadow foreign secretary William Hague, came after a day in which plans to part-privatise the Royal Mail were dropped, the Government moved to renationalise a major rail franchise and MPs voted down a key element of Mr Brown's reforms to parliamentary expenses.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister was forced to defend himself against allegations of "deceit" as Conservatives sought to make the political row over public spending into an issue of Mr Brown's honesty.
Tory leader David Cameron branded Mr Brown's claim that the Conservatives were planning to slash spending by 10% as a deceit.
