All news on the topic: Gordon Brown

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Former PMs John Major and Gordon Brown unite in criticism of latest Tory chaos
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major criticised Tory MPs trying to oust Rishi Sunak and install the fourth PM since the election as he spoke alongside Gordon Brown at an event
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'Budget needed much better salesman than Hunt to sound even remotely plausible'
'Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is gambling voters will swallow the sugar-rush of tax cuts and ignore the bitter taste of further public spending cuts,' the Mirror's Jason Beattie writes
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Family finances doing much worse under Tories than when Labour was in power
Ahead of the Budget, figures show that household incomes have risen significantly slower under the Conservatives than when Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were in No10
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'Don't blame Rishi for the recession - it's a Tory technicality'
Spending wisely saves lives, says Fleet Street Fox. Wasting billions on PPE deals with your mates does not.
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Gordon Brown tells Rishi Sunak to apologise for trans jibe
The former Labour PM said 'every Prime Minister makes mistakes' - and admitted he'd had to say sorry himself on 'one or two occasions' as he urged Rishi Sunak to say sorry
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Cost-of-living crisis has created a 'poverty epidemic' says Gordon Brown
The former prime minister has released research suggesting that almost four million people were now living below 'the safety net'
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Gordon Brown warns struggling families are having to ask their GPs for nappies
Labour former Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged businesses to donate goods such as toilet rolls, soap and toothpaste to charities to help families who cannot pay their bills
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Legendary trade union leader who took on Ted Heath and won dead at 84
Leader of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, trade unionist Davie Cooper, has died at the age of 84, after a long career as union convenor at the Govan yard and a powerful figure behind the scenes
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'Derek Draper - or 'Dolly' as I knew him - was the life and soul of the party'
The Mirror's Paul Routledge writes about his memories of Derek Draper: 'It is the conviviality that survives. I can hear Dolly now, voice raised, hair swept back, head tilted, grinning'
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JK Rowling, Tony Blair and Keir Starmer pay tribute at Alistair Darling memorial
Labour leader Keir Starmer and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves gathered in Edinburgh for a memorial service to pay tribute to former Labour Chancellor Alistair Darling
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Starmer and Blair join mourners at Labour 'matriarch' Glenys Kinnock's funeral
Figures from across Labour's past and present, including Gordon Brown, Alastair Campbell, Lord Mandelson and Ed Balls, all attended the service in north London
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'We need a President who could call election to oust Tory government of fools'
Robert Jenrick’s resignation as Immigration Minister is merely the latest manifestation of this relentless decline
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'Taking Labour voters who despise Thatcher for granted is a dangerous strategy'
This Thatcher worship to woo Conservative voters blurs the unpalatable consequences of Right-wing Conservatism that people suffer today - eg dirty water and big bills from her privatisation – so lets the Tories off the hook
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'Matt Hancock has been beaten up on Celebrity SAS and now at the Covid inquiry'
Keir Mudie says former Health Secretary Matt Hancock showed arrogance and ineptitude when confronted about his decisions during the coronavirus pandemic at the Covid inquiry
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'Alistair Darling was a rare thing - a politician never afraid to speak truth'
Labour former Chancellor Alistair Darling, who turned around the economy following the financial crisis and led the Better Together campaign in Scotland, has died aged 70
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Liz Truss cut out of Theresa May's photo of former prime ministers together
Theresa May shared an image of former Prime Ministers at the Cenotaph - but there were only six in the shot, with flash-in-a-pan leader Liz Truss cropped out
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Liz Truss among seven former Prime Ministers paying respects at Cenotaph
Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown, Sir Tony Blair and Sir John Major attended the national Remembrance Sunday service - though Ms Truss did not lay a wreath during her 49-day premiership
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'Argument to abolish the Lords is stronger after spectacle of the King's speech'
The argument for getting rid of the Lords has never been stronger than following the spectacle of the King's Speech
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Gaza father's desperate plea as he cradles the body of his daughter
Officials at Save the Children and UNICEF beg for a ceasefire to save lives on both sides of the Israel-Gaza conflict, with hundreds of people still missing after airstrikes
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Starmer should be brave and scrap Lords in 5 years, says Scottish Labour chief
The Scottish Labour leader said his party should be 'brave' and act to reform the upper chamber when it has 'maximum political capital' in the early years of winning power
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'People dead, towns evacuated - maybe Rishi Sunak could make an appearance here'
Surely the Prime Minister's time would be better spent domestically at the moment, instead of making a trip to world capitals for an exchange of platitudes
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Tom Watson has one piece of advice for Labour leader Keir Starmer
The Labour grandee and peer defended 'cautious Keir' and offered him some advice on revealing his plans for power
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Tax oil-rich countries which made super profits last year, demands Gordon Brown
The former Prime Minister and ex-Labour leader made the intervention for a windfall levy as preparations intensify for this year's COP28 climate conference in Dubai
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Gordon Brown blasts Donald Trump as he rallies against 'aggressive nationalism'
The former Prime Minister accused Mr Trump - who is bidding to become US President again - of exploiting Americans and turning on scapegoats, while also slating Hungarian PM Viktor Orban
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