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Service marks lost WWI generation11 Nov 09 | UKGordon Brown will also attend along with former prime ministers John Major and Margaret Thatcher, although Tony Blair will be in the Middle East in his capacity as a special envoy. Actor Jeremy Irons will read Last Post by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, during the service to recognise...
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PM warned over childcare vouchers11 Nov 09 | UKAbout 340,000 parents take part in the vouchers scheme Gordon Brown is under pressure from Labour MPs to abandon plans to remove tax relief from childcare vouchers. Nine ex-cabinet ministers have signed a letter warning him the move threatens seats in key marginal constituencies.
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Veteran, 94, in fuel subsidy row10 Nov 09 | HampshireThe 94-year-old has said he will post the medals to 10 Downing Street unless he receives an apology from Prime Minister Gordon Brown. "I...
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I feel soldier mother's pain - PM10 Nov 09 | PoliticsGordon Brown has said he "understands" the grief felt by a dead soldier's mother who called his condolence letter a "hastily...
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Janes accepts PM's apology10 Nov 09Jacqui Janes, the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan, has given her first television interview since the controversy started over a letter of condolence sent to her by Gordon Brown. She defended her decision to go public in The Sun newspaper after she received what she says was an...
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UK 'considering extra Chinooks'10 Nov 09 | UKThe government has come under heavy pressure in recent months over the number of heavy-lift helicopters in Helmand - an issue which has become politically highly sensitive for Gordon Brown. Conservative leader David Cameron has previously called the shortage "a...
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PM apology for condolence letter10 Nov 09Gordon Brown has publicly apologised for a letter of condolence he sent to the mother of a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan. Jacqui Janes had called the letter about her son's death a "hastily...
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PM: 'I apologised to Jacqui Janes'10 Nov 09Gordon Brown has said he "understands" the grief felt by a dead soldier's mother who called his condolence letter a "hastily...
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Brown's tribute to fallen soldiers10 Nov 09Prime Minister Gordon Brown has paid tribute to British servicemen who have died in Afghanistan Mr Brown was speaking shortly before the arrival at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire of the bodies of six British soldiers, including five shot dead by a "rogue" Afghan policeman.
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Gordon Brown '"sorry" for offence10 Nov 09
Gordon Brown has spoken about a telephone conversation he had with Jacqui Janes on Sunday. He telephoned the grieving mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan to apologise after she was upset by a letter of condolence he sent her.
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HARDtalk - Peter HainPeter Hain, 10 Jun 09The Prime Minister Gordon Brown is clinging to power. He has fought off attempts by his own party to oust him from power, for the time being at least.
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Prime Minister's Questions - 04/11/200904 Nov 09Live coverage of questions in the House of Commons to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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Newsnight - 06/11/200906 Nov 09Gordon Brown insists that despite the human cost the military mission in Afghanistan must continue. Has he done enough to win over the public and his critics?
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Newsnight - 10/11/200911 Nov 09Gordon Brown has blamed his bad handwriting for any offence caused to a bereaved mother who criticised his condolence letter to her, but was the slip indicative of a government in chaos? Presented by Jeremy Paxman.
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The World Tonight - 06/11/200911 Nov 09As Gordon Brown defends British involvement in Afghanistan, we consider political strategies for the country. Fort Hood holds a day of mourning for the 13 people murdered there.
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The Business - 08/11/200908 Nov 09The Chancellor Alistair Darling talks to our business and economy editor Douglas Fraser about the outcome of this weekend's G20 summit in St Andrews, as the PM Gordon Brown calls for a fund for bank bailouts, possibly paid for by a tax on transactions. Gillian Sharpe reports on National Ethical...
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5 live Breakfast - 10/11/200910 Nov 09Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty with news that Gordon Brown is facing more criticism over the letter he sent to the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan. And one million pushchairs in the US have been recalled after a dozen children had their fingers amputated.
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The World Tonight - 10/11/200911 Nov 09Why is The Sun gunning for Gordon Brown? The Palestinian Authority faces crisis after Mahmoud Abbas threatens to quit.
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Knowledge
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Timeline: United KingdomCountry profiles
2007 June - Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as premier. 2007 July - Diplomatic row between London and Moscow over Britain's bid for the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, an ex-KGB agent accused of Mr Litvinenko's murder.
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Country profile: United KingdomCountry profiles
Prime minister: Gordon Brown Gordon Brown became prime minister on 27 June 2007 after serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister)
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History - Historic Figures: Tony Blair (1953 - )History
...also included Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson), who sought to make Labour more acceptable to the electorate by repudiating its association with the trade unions, unilateral nuclear disarmament, public ownership and high taxation. In...
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History - British History in depth: ThatcherismHistory
John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are arguably 'Sons of Thatcher'. In terms of political style, Thatcher made the case for a strong premiership.
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History : British History Timeline
Nonetheless, he quickly announced his intention not to stand for a fourth term, sparking ongoing speculation about when he would hand over to his annointed successor, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. Conservative leader Michael Howard resigned to make way for a younger leader. 7...
Blogs
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Tuesday 10 November 200910 Nov 09 | Verity Murphy - Newsnight: From the web team
Here is what is coming up on the programme: Gordon Brown has emotionally insisted that he never meant to offend the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan when he wrote her a condolence letter in which she says her son's name was misspelled. The latest twist in the controversy is that The Sun has...
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Pope Benedict's international policy08 Nov 09 | William Crawley - Will & Testament
As Chancellor, Gordon Brown went to the Vatican in 2004 to launch the concept. At that time, Pope John Paul II gave the concept his full moral support.
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Friday 6 November 200906 Nov 09 | Verity Murphy - Newsnight: From the web team
COMING UP ON NEWSNIGHT WITH GAVIN ELSER: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has come under fire from former defence chiefs who have criticised his Afghanistan strategy and questioned his support for British troops there. During a House of Lords debate, Chief of the Defence Staff Field Marshal Lord Inge...
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10 things we didn't know last week06 Nov 09 | Magazine Monitor - Magazine Monitor
Gordon Brown gave up a £2m pension on his first day in office More details 2. At peak times,32,000 pedestrians cross Oxford Circus junction in one hour.
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Endemic EU backroom dealing could scupper Blair29 Oct 09 | Mark Urban - Newsnight: Mark Urban
So Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has enthusiastically backed Mr Blair's candidacy, did not look too pleased about it this afternoon when rumours leaked out about the apparent popularity of Mr Miliband in the socialists' group. Mr Brown denied that his foreign secretary had been put on any kind...
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Taliban prisoners to get vaccine before Canadians11 Nov 09 | National Post
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Brown warned: axing childcare vouchers will cost11 Nov 09 | Guardian.co.uk
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Prayer over politics for Gordon Brown as pain11 Nov 09 | Times Online
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Hamish McRae: We've no choice but to keep11 Nov 09 | The Independent
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Fifth of Lloyds' job cuts to be in Scotland11 Nov 09 | The Scotsman
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