The Latest Breaking News from Gordon Brown

Keir Starmer set to unveil plans to scrap unelected and 'indefensible' House of Lords

Speaking alongside the former PM Gordon Brown on Monday, the Labour leader will vow to deliver 'the biggest ever transfer of power from Westminster to the British people' as he publishes the Commission on the UK's Future

Daily Mirror · Dec 5, 2022

‘Indefensible’ House of Lords will be replaced with elected chamber, Keir Starmer to pledge

‘We aim to deliver it in the first term,’ party says – scotching suggestions of delay

The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2022

Labour unveils plan to overhaul constitution and replace the Lords

Gordon Brown’s Commission on the UK’s Future also aims to curb influence of wealth and foreign money

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022

Millions of households will be spending nearly third of income on fuel by spring

Findings come amid mounting evidence that the poorest people in the UK are paying a ‘poverty premium’ for basic services

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

The Observer view on fuel poverty measures freezing out poorest Britons

New analysis reveals the least affluent need urgent government support this winter

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2022

Gordon Brown says China must pay into climate fund for poor countries

Former prime minister says US and Europe will pay biggest share of loss and damage fund, but China must too

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2022

Rich nations have promised to pay for the climate crisis – but will they?

For too long pledges have gone unmet, so at Cop28 new solutions need to be explored, says Gordon Brown, WHO ambassador for global health financing

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2022

Labour sounds like the Tories on immigration – but its policy goes back to its trade union roots

Keir Starmer has given a glimpse of what immigration policy could look like under a Labour government. Speaking to the Confederation for British Industry, the party leader’s key message was about reducing the UK’s dependency on migrant labour.

The Conversation · Nov 25, 2022

Labour to promise North 'more control over its future' at Manchester conference

University Academy 92 hosting political and business leaders from across Northern England

Manchester Evening News · Nov 23, 2022

This sullen silence among Tory MPs speaks volumes. They are reconciled to defeat

Most MPs accept that Rishi Sunak has done what he can, but the party has no mission and they need to find new work

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2022