Brown make prices pledge after defeat

After the poll result, vote in our poll Should Gordon Brown stand down? Should Gordon Brown stand down? Gordon Brown today vowed to do "whatever is necessary" to help people struggling with rising food and fuel prices in the wake of Labour's catastrophic defeat in the Glasgow East by-election. The Prime Minister, who earlier brushed off a call by Tory leader David Cameron for a General Election, insisted that he understood popular concerns at a time of global economic problems. Chancellor Alistair Darling, speaking on BBC Radio, responded to the poll results by insisting that Mr Brown was still the best man to lead the party. Mr Brown addressed Labour's National Policy Forum at the Warwick University campus in Coventry, and promised new measures in the coming weeks to help people cope with the pressures of energy costs. "We... [read full story]