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Prime Minister Gordon Brown will today warn that there are still some substantial risks facing the economic recovery process as he urges the nation to hold its nerve.
The PM will promise to pull the economy out of the storm, however insists the recovery depended on holding to the present course.
His comments come as Westminster and [...]
23rd Feb 10
Calls made to clear up claims of bullying at Number 10
by Natasha Redman
Two senior civil servants have ruled out holding an inquiry into claims of bullying at 10 Downing Street as three patrons resign from the charity in the middle of the row.
Cabinet secretary Sir Gus O’Donnell said in a fresh statement that he had not talked with the prime minister about bullying behaviour towards staff at [...]
9th Feb 10
Gordon Brown targets aged care services
by Natasha Redman
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that people aged over 65 years old could be given the right of up to six weeks’ support to enable them to remain in their own homes following a stay in hospital or a care home caused by illness or a fall.
Mr Brown said the proposed plan is part [...]
8th Feb 10
Labour closing the gap on The Conservatives
by Katie Naylor
A new opinion poll has shown that The Labour Party is closing in on the Conservatives in the lead up to an election.
The ‘poll of polls’ an independent weighted average of polls commissioned by ComRes, ICM, YouGov, Populus and Ipsos Mori has revealed that the lead by the Conservative Party has been reduced to single [...]
1st Feb 10
Brown fights of claims of physical assault on staff
by Katie Naylor
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been fighting of allegations that he has physically assaulted staff, with accusations including that he hit a senior aide who got in the way as he rushed to a reception and that he pulled a secretary from her chair as he dictated a memo.
It has also been alleged that Mr [...]
12th Jan 10
Gordon Brown tells party Labour will win the election
by Natasha Redman
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set a rallying call to Labour MPs by setting out his election strategy and telling them that they can defeat the Conservatives.
Mr Brown will appear with members of his election team prior in front of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
He announced that the party could not fight the election with small [...]
11th Jan 10
Support for Labour rises
by Adam Richards
Support for the Labour party has risen slightly over the past month in spite of an attempt to a failed leadership challenge to oust Prime Minister Gordon Brown this week, according to an opinion poll.
The poll by ICM revealed that support for Labour was one percentage point higher than a month ago at 30 per [...]
8th Jan 10
Mandelson says PM is safe
by Sally Davies
Lord Mandelson has claimed that Gordon Brown’s position as the leader of the Labour Party is secure and the party has reached a settled view that he will lead them into the upcoming general electon.
His announcement came just a day after two ex-Cabinet ministers called for a secret ballot of Labour MPs to decide Mr [...]
7th Jan 10
Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt call for leadership ballot
by Harry Oldfield
Two ex ministers yesterday called for a ballot on whether British PM Gordon Brown should remain leader of the Labour party, pointing out his vulnerable months prior to a general election.
Brown has been faced with repeated rumours of a threat to his leadership, since taking over from former PM Tony Blair in 2007, but has [...]
31st Dec 09
Gordon Brown vows to get Britain moving
by Sally Davies
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will use his New Year’s message to vow to get Britain moving forward again and urge voters not to destroy the recover.
He will promise to go for growth and deliver a decade of shared prosperity, while reducing the deficit in a fair and sensible way.
Prior to the general election, which must [...]


