The Latest Breaking News from Gordon Brown

Liz Truss: ‘I’ll do all that I can to help those struggling’

Exclusive: Tory leadership frontrunner says she stands ready to offer more support through an emergency Budget if she wins the keys to No 10

Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2022

The UK’s cost of living support won’t protect the poorest – here’s what the government should do instead

UK households have faced unprecedented blows to their living standards in 2022. Home energy costs have more than doubled and are threatening to triple, the price of petrol has risen by more than half since the start of last year and overall price inflation is heading for double digits.

The Conversation · Aug 10, 2022

Distraught Martin Lewis warns Tory 'bull' on cost of living 'national crisis' risks lives

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis warned the cost of living is a 'national crisis' like Covid and Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss's plans could 'leave millions destitute and in danger this winter'

Daily Mirror · Aug 10, 2022

Liz Truss attacks cost of living 'Gordon Brown handouts' and brands crisis talks 'bizarre'

The Foreign Secretary appeared to make fun of the former Prime Minister who pleaded with the Tory leadership candidates to sit down with the outgoing PM and thrash out an emergency package before a 'financial timebomb'.

Daily Mirror · Aug 9, 2022

Gordon Brown's pro-Union campaign questioned over mystery £250,000 boost source

GORDON Brown’s pro-Union think tank is facing calls to reveal the source of a mysterious quarter of a million pounds in donations.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 9, 2022

Boris Johnson complained £145,000 job was like being stuck inside ‘steel condom’

Johnson did not like Foreign Office officials trying to stop him from making controversial comments, says senior Tory peer

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022

Conservative leadership race: Tory rivals trade new blows over cost of living plans

Allies of Rishi Sunak claim Liz Truss’s tax cut plans would be ‘electoral suicide’

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2022

Boris Johnson urged to end ‘summer of drift’ and draw up cost of living plan with Sunak and Truss

Business group urges PM to meet Tory leadership contenders, while Lib Dems call for energy price cap rise to be ditched

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022

Nicola Sturgeon demands urgent cost of living talks with Boris Johnson THIS WEEK

Boris Johnson is facing urgent calls from influential figures including Gordon Brown to help struggling families now and not wait until the next PM is chosen in September.

Daily Mirror · Aug 8, 2022

Laugh? I almost cried at Gordon Brown’s night of Edinburgh fringe comedy

The former PM’s one-off onstage chat with standup Matt Forde belied his dour image. If only he’d shown more of this side of himself to the electorate

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2022