Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner, is to make a surprise return to the British government after he accepted the job of business secretary, in a bigger shake-up of Gordon Brown's cabinet than was expected
Speculation was growing that Gordon Brown was poised to announce a reshuffle of his cabinet on Thursday or Friday, with vacancies ranging from transport secretary to trade minister, though insiders dismissed rumours of a move...
By George Parker and Jim Pickard At the Labour conference in Manchester there is an area dedicated to “press briefings”. The briefing zone, littered with empty plastic cups and discarded newspapers, is a fitting metaphor...
By Jean Eaglesham and Jim Pickard David Cairns’s self-characterised state of “wretchedness” in quitting his government post could stand as an epithet for the present state of the Labour party, seemingly unable to prevent a...
By George Parker and Jim Pickard Gordon Brown’s long-awaited £1bn fuel package was launched on Thursday to a chorus of criticism from Labour supporters and poverty campaigners and a warning from energy generators that it...
By Jim Pickard, Political Correspondent Farmers and landowners have warned that plans for a £50m ($88m) national coastal path that would trace the entire periphery of the UK are badly thought-out and underfunded. The new...
By Jim Pickard, Political Correspondent Gordon Brown has vastly exaggerated the amount of money needed to pay for the surprise cut in stamp duty for homebuyers, experts said yesterday. The Treasury had claimed that the...
By George Parker and Jim Pickard Gordon Brown began his battle on Tuesday to reassert his political authority with a package of measures to boost the housing market, but his initiative was immediately mired in confusion...