As a doctor, I know the NHS can be brought back to life – I saw it happen under New Labour Don’t believe the lie that the private sector delivers better healthcare, says doctor Rob Higgins The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023
Prince Harry's Taliban comments blasted by ex-Defence Sec as 'wrong on every level' Lord John Hutton, who was Defence Secretary under Gordon Brown, said admitting to killing 25 people was a 'very serious mistake' and 'it's just inappropriate and wrong' Daily Mirror · Jan 6, 2023
FACT CHECK: Does the Scottish people's legal authority trump the UK Supreme Court's? CLAIM: “The Scottish Government is ultimately responsible to the Scottish electorate rather than the UK Supreme Court" ... The National (Scotland) · Jan 5, 2023
Lula ‘surprised by delayed call from Sunak’ in run up to Brazilian president’s inauguration Lula is said to have spoken to Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron long before the UK prime minister The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022
Why fashion legend Vivienne Westwood supported Scottish independence VIVIENNE Westwood, who has died at the age of 81, was the woman who created the punk look as we know it ... The National (Scotland) · Dec 30, 2022
Tony Blair’s cabinet awaydays ‘pretty ghastly’ Senior ministers gathered at Chequers each year to discuss policy and politics ahead of the party conferences. The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022
Russia must face long-term consequences for Ukraine, says Wallace The Defence Secretary said the UK will continue to provide support to the government in Kyiv. The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022
Scotland should have elected mayors who meet FM on regular basis, says think tank COUNCILS across Scotland should be headed by directly elected mayors – who should meet the First Minister on a regular basis, a think tank has… The National (Scotland) · Dec 29, 2022
DWP Universal Credit claimants hit with huge monthly pay cuts Thousands of people in Merseyside alone are having their benefit payments slashed Liverpool Echo · Dec 27, 2022
Millions of families on Universal Credit have £62 taken from payments - find your area Figures show in most areas of the country thousands of people are having money deducted from their benefits payments by the government as ministers ignore pleas from campaigners Daily Mirror · Dec 26, 2022
UN envoy calls for pressure on Taliban over women university ban Gordon Brown urges more leaders in Islamic countries to denounce a move barring Afghan women from higher education. Al Jazeera · Dec 23, 2022
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle condemns Labour plan to replace Lords ‘Do not have a second elected house – we don’t need the competition,’ says Commons Speaker The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022
Ex-minister Douglas Alexander plans return as Labour MP Former minister under Blair and Brown has applied to be candidate for East Lothian, sources confirm The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2022
Labour's Douglas Alexander plots return to Westminster with bid for Lothian seat LABOUR grandee Douglas Alexander – who served in both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s Cabinets – has put his name forward to run in the… The National (Scotland) · Dec 20, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022 Gordon Brown demands ‘cruel’ DWP stops raid on 2 million benefit claimants Government acting as ‘ruthless debt collector’ at time of hardship, says former Labour PM
The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022 How Labour can benefit from a principled stand in favour of electoral reform Letters: Readers reflect on a Guardian editorial urging Labour to back proportional representation, and Gordon Brown’s commission
Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022 Gordon Brown's heartbreaking plea for DWP to stop benefits raid on 2million Brits Writing in the Mirror, ex-PM Gordon Brown warns that toothpaste, nappies and toilet rolls are becoming 'luxury goods' for many families because they are being pushed into destitution by the Tory Government
The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022 The DWP has become Britain’s biggest debt collector. Surely during an energy crisis it should press pause Deductions to universal credit loans and bills will cause destitution as families struggle to keep up with fuel payments, says former prime minister Gordon Brown
Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2022 Ed Balls warns Sir Keir Starmer not to make Neil Kinnock’s 1992 mistakes of early big election promises Former Cabinet minister says that the next general election is ‘Labour’s to lose’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022 ‘You remember Wendy – she slept with your father’: what I learned writing Mum’s Christmas cards There I was, filling them out for her, when the revelations started flying
The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2022 NHS backlog is a crisis for Conservatives, but a chance for Labour Only the Blair/Brown government managed to reduce waiting times, but that strategy won’t work for Rishi Sunak
Birmingham Post · Dec 12, 2022 Gordon Brown's report on UK constitutional reform treats Wales as an afterthought In one of the rare references to Wales, the report alludes to “the Welsh Assembly Government” – a title that was discarded more than a decade ago
The National (Scotland) · Dec 11, 2022 The SNP's 20 questions for Gordon Brown on 'fundamentally flawed' reform plans A DOSSIER of 20 questions demanding answers to the “fundamental flaws and rampant hypocrisies” in Labour’s paper on constitutional reform…
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022 Abolition of the Lords, that house of cronies, toadies and donors, can’t come too soon Sir Keir Starmer should ignore those who say constitutional change is too difficult. Radical reinvigoration of our democracy must be a Labour priority
The National (Scotland) · Dec 11, 2022 Academic explains why Gordon Brown's UK reform plans may not work AN expert in constitutional law has cast doubt over whether Labour can achieve their vision of a reformed UK that works for Scotland.