'U-turn' for PM on Libyan pay-out

Gordon Brown has confirmed the UK will support compensation claims being made against Libya by IRA victims' families.

The government has been criticised for its closer ties with Libya by victims of the IRA, which was supplied with explosives by Tripoli.

Mr Brown insisted his government's priority had been to ensure Libya renounced terror and nuclear weapons.

Opposition MPs said the prime minister's "U-turn" undermined his authority and made Britain look weak.