Brown given five weeks to save party or face challenge

GORDON Brown has been given a five-week deadline to transform Labour's fortunes or face a leadership challenge after the European elections.

Labour MPs are warning that the Prime Minister will face a challenge should the party do badly at the June 4 election.

The warning came after a disastrous week at Westminster that saw a humiliating Government defeat when the Commons voted to allow Gurkha veterans the right to live in Britain and an embarrassing U-turn on MPs expenses.

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