Tower Block Of Commons C4, 9pm

WITHOUT their usual generous expense accounts, some of the MPs who've swapped their comfortable life for a week in a tower block begin to struggle.

On Hull's Orchard Park estate, Labour veteran Austin Mitchell isn't keen to survive on benefits but agrees to take on the childcare responsibilities of his host, unemployed chef Dave.

On Birmingham's Newtown estate, Tory Tim Loughton is taken aback when he moves in with a family-of-four living in a one-bedroom flat. And on Barking's Goresbrook estate, Lib Dem Mark Oaten finds moving into a household with five children and four cats a shock.