FACTBOX-Casualties of Britain's expenses scandal

The inquiry will look at whether he failed to declare a discounted rent, thereby breaking a ministerial code.

The Daily Telegraph said Malik claimed more than 23,000 pounds ($35,000) from the taxpayer last year for his London house while securing a three-bedroom house in his Yorkshire constituency, in northern England, at a discounted rent of less than 100 pounds a week.

Malik, from the ruling Labour party, said he had followed the rules on parliamentary expenses and the Telegraph allegations were inaccurate.

-- Labour suspended lawmaker David Chaytor pending an inquiry after the Daily Telegraph said he claimed 13,000 pounds of taxpayers' money for a mortgage he had already paid off.

Brown's political spokesman said Chaytor has promised to repay the cash.

-- Labour lawmaker and former Agriculture Minister Elliot Morley was suspended from the party after the Daily Telegraph said he had filed 16,000 pounds of expense claims for a mortgage he had already repaid.

In a statement to the newspaper, Morley apologised and said he had made a mistake, but did not believe he had committed a criminal offence. He said he had repaid some money.