Gordon Brown
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010
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James Gordon Brown is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. Previously, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997 to 2007 under Tony Blair. Brown was Member of Parliament (MP) for Dunfermline East from 1983 to 2005 and for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath from 2005 to 2015. He has served as UN Special Envoy for Global Education since 2012, and he was appointed as WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing in 2021.
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'We will never see his like again': Blair and Brown lead tributes to Lord Prescott at his funeral Former Labour prime ministers Gordon Brown and Sir Tony Blair have led tributes to "working class hero" Lord Prescott at his funeral.Sky News - Published | |
Gordon Brown says assisted dying should not be legalised Gordon Brown has said he is against legalising assisted dying, based on his experience of his own daughter's death.Sky News - Published | |
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Gordon Brown likens Starmer's plans for slimmed down cabinet to rule under Chairman MaoFormer prime minister Gordon Brown has drawn parallels between Sir Keir Starmer's plans for a four-person cabinet with revolutionary communist China.Sky News - Published | |
Millions of children are in poverty and government must do more, 'worried' Gordon Brown tells Sky NewsGordon Brown has called on the government to carry out a "root and branch" review of Universal Credit amid growing poverty in the UK.Sky News - Published | |
Former chancellor Alistair Darling diesAlistair Darling, who served as chancellor under then prime minister Gordon Brown, has died at the age of 70.Sky News - Published | |
I listened to Raith cup final on radio down a phone - ex-PM BrownFormer prime minister Gordon Brown discusses his love of Raith Rovers, admiration of Jim Baxter, and his respect for former manager of Fife rivals Dunfermline, Jim Leishman.BBC Sport - Published | |
Gordon Brown calls for stronger TV regulation - and says Wootton and Fox 'have got to be kept off air'Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox "have got to be kept off air", according to former prime minister Gordon Brown.Sky News - Published | |
Gordon Brown forms group with Labour politicians calling for UK democracy reform A group of high-profile Labour politicians have banded together to campaign for "urgent" reform of the UK's democracy.Sky News - Published |
