U.K. Prime Minister

Brown pays tribute to policeman

The Prime Minister has paid tribute to the policeman who died in the floods in Cumbria in the early hours of Friday morning. Pc Barker, 44, was directing motorists off the bridge in Workington "saving lives" when it caved in as...

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Merkel halted Blair's EU candidacy

Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German chancellor Angela Merkel, according to senior Whitehall...

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Brown slams Nottinghamshire cuts

The Prime Minister has waded into the row over spending cuts proposed by the Conservatives in Nottinghamshire. They plan cuts amounting to £85 million - that is 33 million over the next 12 months alone. Gordon Brown told the...

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No method in this Queen’s Speech madness

Usually it’s the speech that’s dreary and the phone-in responses that are works of fantasy. Listening to Her Majesty intone her wretched Queen’s Speech on Wednesday, you could imagine her concluding “And my Government will lay...

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Brown backs Harman over 'mobile phone car smash'

Harriet Harman was given strong backing by the Prime Minister today after it emerged she will be prosecuted for allegedly crashing her car while on a mobile phone. Ms Harman has been told she will receive a summons to be tried...

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Tories accuse Brown of selling out the City in deal with France

Positioning of Sarkozy's man to run financial services is criticised by Hague By Andrew Grice, Political Editor, and Sean O'Grady, Economics Editor Gordon Brown was accused yesterday of failing to protect the British national...

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Gordon Brown and equalities minister Maria Eagle mark Transgender Day of Remembrance

Prime minister Gordon Brown has made a statement describing violence and harassment against trans people as "utterly unacceptable". He made the comments to mark the 11th International Transgender Day of Remembrance, which...

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Brown Ahead of U.S. on Afghan Policy

By ALISTAIR MACDONALD and PETER SPIEGEL U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has beaten the Obama administration to the punch with some very public stands on Afghan war policy, many of which proved to be previews of similar stances...

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Brown 'an optimist' over UK economy

Gordon Brown has brushed aside gloomy economic news, insisting he remained an "optimist" over the future of the country's finances. Gordon Brown has brushed aside gloomy economic news, insisting he remained an "optimist" over...

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U.S. senator wants Lockerbie bomber Al Megrahi back in jail because he's still alive after three...

A U.S. senator has demanded the return of the Lockerbie bomber to prison in Scotland because he is still alive three months after being released. Charles Schumer has written to Gordon Brown, saying Britain should seek the...

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