Gordon Brown

Further row over MPs' expenses reform

Reforms to MP’s expenses have been thrown into doubt after the standards chief claimed he is under ‘no obligation’ to follow them. Professor Sir Ian Kennedy, the man responsible for implementing a proposed plan to clean-up...

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Restore trust in the democracy for which so many died

Telegraph View: the public's belief in the integrity of the political process has been greatly damaged by this Government Remembrance Sunday is an opportunity to reflect on, and give thanks for, the sacrifices that were made by...

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Pictured: Mother who died trying to save son from blaze after firework was pushed through letterbox

A murder inquiry has been launched into a fatal house fire which is thought to have been started when a firework was put through the letterbox. Mary Fox, 59, became trapped in the house in Bodmin after pushing her teenage son...

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Campaign for reason over Afghanistan

Voice of the Mirror 7/11/2009 The Prime Minister made a persuasive case for continued British military involvement in Afghanistan after the tragedies of the past week. Unless Gordon Brown rekindles public support for the "noble...

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Crimebuster Ghulam gets honour from top

A ROCHDALE community activist who set up a programme to clamp down the area's kerb crawlers has been presented with an award by Gordon Brown for his work to tackle crime in the community. Magistrate and retired council officer...

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PM urges bank 'social contract'

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a new "social contract" with the world's banks to make them more responsible to society. He said they should be forced to set money aside, which could be funded in a number of ways,...

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WILLIAM REES-MOGG: The decline and fall of the EU empire

The Lisbon Treaty was finally brought to ratification last week. Just as a visitor to the Coronation Durbar in Delhi in 1911 might have known at a glance that the British Empire in India was on its last legs, so a cursory...

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MP quizzes Prime Minister on asbestos

DELAYS over an announcement on reinstigating compensation for victims of asbestos related pleural plaques has led to a town politician quizzing Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Rochdale MP Paul Rowen questioned Mr Brown during...

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Scorching the earth

Tim Montgomerie is right; Peter Oborne is at his best in the Mail today – a mix of relevant history and sharp analysis of current affairs. Like Callaghan and Major before him, Gordon Brown faces electoral defeat. Brown’s...

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George F. Will on the changing climate for a global warming treaty

Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human race is sunk. That is a tautology because those who do not agree are, definitionally, unintelligent. Britain's intelligent prime...

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