BRIGHTON (AFP) – Business Secretary Peter Mandelson sought to galvanise the embattled Labour Party on Monday, telling its conference that it could still win next year's general election. Mandelson insisted the election was "not cut and dried", despite opinion polls showing ...Read More
In what was a clear message to the Prime Minister to change his strategy of contrasting his actions through the recession with the Conservatives, the Business Secretary told Labour delegates that the party needed to offer more. For the first time ...Read More
Lord Mandelson today declared that next year's General Election was "up for grabs" and that the Labour party had everything to fight for. Addressing Labour delegates at the last party political conference before the General Election, the Business Secretary delivered a ...Read More
Lord Mandelson urged Labour to show "fighting spirit" Labour is in "the fight of our lives" but "can come back" to win the next election, Lord Mandelson has said. The business secretary said a Labour government had "never been needed more ...Read More
BRIGHTON, England, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Britain is extendingits car scrappage scheme to cover an additional 100,000vehicles, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Monday. Introduced earlier this year, the scheme gives drivers 2,000pounds to trade in cars more than 10 years ...Read More
Alistair Darling has said Labour should be "proud" of the way it has handled the economic crisis and urged it to take its "good story" to the country. The chancellor told Labour conference delegates Gordon Brown's leadership had prevented a global ...Read More
The business secretary, Lord Mandelson, has denied any trade deal was made between Libya and Britain over the freeing of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, describing the allegations as "offensive". The government has come under increasing pressure over claims ...Read More
The Libyan leader has thanked Gordon Brown for the release of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi. Colonel Gadaffi said the UK prime minister had "encouraged" the Scottish Government to take what he called a "courageous" decision. The Foreign Office has strongly denied ...Read More
ON a balmy Friday night, Lord Mandelson was in his element — juggling wealth and, perhaps, his ultimate ambition. No sooner had he left his billionaire dining guests than the business secretary was back on the telephone until the early hours, ...Read More
Thousands of postal workers will go on strike this Friday, threatening widespread disruption to mail services. Some 12,000 staff are expected to take part in walk-outs organised across Britain by the Communication Workers Union in protest over job cuts and workloads. The ...Read More
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