Gordon Brown, Britain's prime minister, has reshuffled his government amid a leadership crisis following the resignation of four cabinet ministers in the past week.The main change saw Alan Johnson, widely seen as a rival to Brown's position, promoted from health to interior minister, while Alistair Darling, finance minister, retained his role despite rumours he would lose his job.John Hutton, defence secretary, announced on Friday he was stepping down, although would stay loyal to the prime minister, just hours after James Purnell, work and pensions secretary, quit the cabinet and called on Brown to resign.The reshuffle comes a day after Britain went to the polls in European and local elections, in which voters were expected to express their anger over a scandal regarding the expenses of several politicians.
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