Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘gordon brown’

Coverage of William Hague’s personal life is ‘contemptible’, says Alan Duncan

Coverage of William Hague’s personal life is ‘contemptible’, says Alan Duncan

Previous  of  Images Next William Hague delivered a statement at the Foreign Office earlier in the week Photo: Getty Images Mr Duncan said the media must now leave Mr Hague and his wife Ffion in peace. Photo: HEATHCLIFF O’MALLEY [...]

Brown was maddening, says Blair

Brown was maddening, says Blair

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Milburn ‘may get coalition role’

Milburn ‘may get coalition role’

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Barack Obama on ’summer of recovery’ tour

Barack Obama on ’summer of recovery’ tour

President Obama and David Cameron take a walk through the White House grounds Photo: Crown Copyright The US president will travel to the country’s industrial heartlands in Michigan and New Jersey in the coming days and will visit GM and Chrysler car plants. The areas [...]

Fit note let down by doctors’ illegible handwriting

Fit note let down by doctors’ illegible handwriting

Doctors’ scrawl is preventing employers from understanding what patients can do at work. Photo: ALAMY The “fit note”, which replaced the sick note in April in an attempt to get people back to work faster after illness, has come under fire from employers who say [...]

MPs’ expenses: official quits ‘for own sanity’ after backlash on reforms

MPs’ expenses: official quits ‘for own sanity’ after backlash on reforms

Under the new system, MPs will be able only to rent properties as their second homes Photo: PA Nigel Gooding has left his job as operations director of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) following a series of rows with MPs, some of whom have [...]

Free prescription plans ‘on hold’

Free prescription plans ‘on hold’

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David Miliband: Labour must ‘move on’ from Iraq War

David Miliband: Labour must ‘move on’ from Iraq War

David Miliband (R) stands with his brother and Cabinet Office Minister Ed Miliband as they leave Downing Street, Photo: REUTERS The former foreign secretary admitted that the 2003 conflict had been a divisive issue within Labour in the past, but claimed it did not need [...]

BBC strategy of cuts ’self-defeating’, says Bectu

BBC strategy of cuts ’self-defeating’, says Bectu

The comments come in a submission from the union to the BBC Trust, which is conducting a consultation on cuts which were proposed by director-general Mark Thompson in March. Mr Thompson has proposed to close the radio stations 6 Music and Asian Network and the youth services Switch and Blast!, as well as capping spending [...]

Advantage Andy Murray as the Queen visits Wimbledon

Advantage Andy Murray as the Queen visits Wimbledon

Andy Murray playing on Centre Court at Wimbledon Photo: EDDIE MULHOLLAND It could inspire Andy Murray to go one step further than last year and reach the Wimbledon final. Mandrake can disclose that the Queen plans to attend the tournament for the first time in more than [...]