Anger over silent Ben

BRITISH MPs are set to review a “bonkers” Big Ben plan after claiming they didn’t know the famous bell would be silenced for four years.

Three parliamentary committees agreed on the $47 million refurbishment of Elizabeth Tower before it was approved by the House of Commons Commission, chaired by Speaker John Bercow.

But last night MPs insisted they had no idea they were signing off on a plan that would silence the Great Bell’s bongs because of health and safety concerns for the workers’ hearing.