UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has confirmed that the general election will be held on 6 May. Flanked by his entire cabinet, Mr Brown said it was the “least well-kept secret of recent years”. Brown continued, Britain was on a very good “road to recovery” and urged voters not to put it “at risk”. On the...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown waded into the acrimonious dispute between British Airways PLC and its cabin crew on Monday, calling a planned strike by workers “deplorable” and urging union leaders to cancel the walkout. Speaking on Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour, Gordon Brown said the walk-outs should be called off. The...
Labour is to promise parents a vote on whether struggling schools should be run by a different organisation. The plan is to be announced by Gordon Brown in a speech on raising standards in which he will promise “parents a strong voice and real power”. Parents would be able to vote for a change of school leadership – with...
Gordon Brown has urged voters to take a “second look” at Labour as he unveiled his election campaign themes. Labour will campaign under the theme “a future fair for all”, he said, at a rally in Coventry. He said Labour would be the “change makers” and attacked the Tories who he said would put the economy...
Gordon Brown has admitted he struck a deal with Tony Blair over the 1994 succession to the Labour leadership. He said they agreed Mr Blair would have a clear run, and then support Mr Brown to take over when he stepped down. But he told ITV1′s Piers Morgan’s Life Stories the deal was not made at the Granita restaurant as widely...