In a devastating resignation letter, the Work and Pensions Secretary told Mr Brown to stand aside to give Labour “a fighting chance”. His departure followed those of fellow Cabinet ministers Jacqui Smith and Hazel Blears this week and left Mr Brown’s ...Read More
Mr Brown made a late decision to visit the Field of Remembrance
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron have apologised after claims they used an Armistice Day service as a photo opportunity.
Officials at Westminster Abbey raised concerns ...Read More
What is the Chilcot inquiry? The Chilcot inquiry, or the Iraq inquiry, was announced on June 15, 2009 by Gordon Brown. He decided that a panel of experts should look into Britain’s role in the Iraq War of 2003. Why did Gordon ...Read More
Work to examine the safety of 1,800 bridges across Cumbria is getting under way after heavy rain and floods weakened some structures.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown ordered the review during a visit on Saturday, when he pledged £1m for flooded communities.
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Peter Mandelson went behind Gordon Brown's back in a last-ditch attempt to snatch the job of EU foreign envoy and abandon the Cabinet, it was claimed last night.
Diplomatic sources said Lord Mandelson made frantic phone calls to prominent EU figures ...Read More
Gordon Brown visited flood-ravaged Cumbria yesterday, pledging extra support for those affected, as the scale of the destruction started to become clear.
As safety inspections began on the county's 1,800 bridges following the death of police officer Bill Barker, the prime ...Read More
The call came as Gordon Brown visited Cumbria to see the damage caused by a flood of 'biblical' proportions and announced that an extra £1 million would be made available to help the affected areas.
Around 100 residents flooded out of ...Read More
The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has visited flood-hit Cumbria in north-west England to see the damage caused by record rainfall. Heavy rain during the past few days has left hundreds of people sheltering in rescue centres and hotels. Water levels are ...Read More
Mr Pickering, 47, saw Workington’s Northside Bridge “pitch and buck” in the minutes before it collapsed into the River Derwent, sweeping PC Barker to his death.
He immediately dialled 999 and then stopped the drivers of a car and two articulated ...Read More
The Prime Minister announced the funding on a visit to Cumbria, where he met rescue workers and residents evacuated from their homes.
The emergency services were advising locals not to return to their houses yet, as forecasters predicted fresh downpours.
Homes are ...Read More
* British PM arrives in northern England to see flood damage * Rescue operation continues, more rain forecast * Tributes paid to policeman who died in floods * Large parts of Ireland submerged, army called in COCKERMOUTH, England, Nov 21 (Reuters) - British Prime ...Read More
COCKERMOUTH, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited flood-hit Cumbria in north west England Saturday to see the damage caused by record rainfall and pay tribute to a policeman who died when a bridge collapsed.
Heavy rain during the past ...Read More
A policeman swept away and killed during the devastating flooding that hit north-west England was trying to save lives by directing motorists off a bridge across a swollen river.
PC Bill Barker, who would have been 45tomorrow , was praised by ...Read More
The new "foreign minister" of Europe is British. According to Gordon Brown, that should make us proud. The reality is that Europe does not need a foreign minister, and the person chosen to fill the post, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, ...Read More
Senator Charles Schumer has written to the Prime Minister calling for the return of Abdelbaset Ali al Megrahi and warning that it would be “outrageous” if he were allowed to live “a long and free life.”
Megrahi, convicted of the biggest ...Read More
Vanitas, vanitatum et omnia vanitas... all is vanity. In the dying days of Gordon Brown's Government, this ancient saw seems truer than ever. The Prime Minister's position is becoming ever more tragic in its delusion.
Everyone now accepts that the coming ...Read More
