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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown fought off a challenge to his leadership Wednesday from two senior figures in his Labour Party as the party moved quickly to quash the revolt. But the challenge exposed a badly divided party months before a national election that polls predict it will lose.
The Sun is setting on Britain's beleaguered Labour Party.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday downplayed the decision of the Sun tabloid to switch its allegiance from the Labour Party to the opposition Conservatives.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted he won't quit his post as his governing Labour Party met Sunday for its annual convention before a national election the party is expected to lose.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday dismissed reports that he is slowly going blind, as a longtime critic in his governing Labour Party urged him to stand down as leader to save the party from a mauling at the next general election.
Britain's Conservative Party, which holds a hefty lead over the governing Labour Party in the opinion polls, is looking at ways of selling off the British government's equity stakes in Lloyds Banking Group PLC and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC to ordinary shareholders should it win the next general election, a spokesman for Conservatives said Monday.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has survived a plot to force his ouster — but faced a harder task Tuesday: persuading the public he can haul Britain out of recession and reform a tainted political system.
In a sharp break with tradition, the leader of a British political party on Sunday urged the speaker of the House of Commons to resign due to his handling of the expenses scandal that has rocked Britain.
A new poll shows Britain's Conservative Party with a steady double-digit lead over Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party has fallen 20 points behind the surging Conservative Party as Britain's economic woes deepen, a poll released Tuesday shows.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown set out plans Monday to raise an income tax rate for the first time in three decades, abandoning a pledge that had carried his Labour Party to power.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday the Labour Party's surprise victory in a hotly contested special election shows the public approves of his handling of the economic crisis.
- During the go-go years of the late 1990s and early 2000s, Britain found itself at the center of the world’s economy. Conventional wisdom had it that The City — London's financial district — had surpassed Wall Street as the global money center.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more changes to his government Sunday, completing a shake-up intended to strengthen the government as it faces the global economic crisis.
Ahead in opinion polls, boosted by a run of special election victories over the governing Labour Party and newly in charge of London's City Hall, Britain's main opposition Conservatives have every reason to feel cocky.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested Friday that his county would not offer its banks a U.S.-style bailout.
Britain's governing Labour Party officials must go on the political offensive to win back dwindling support, the foreign secretary said Monday — attacking their rivals' stance on the U.S. and Europe.
It sounds like Harry Potter will vote for the Labour Party when the boy wizard is old enough to cast a ballot.
Britain's opposition Conservatives are amassing increasing public support, according to a new poll, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party struggles with a weakening economy and other woes.
Britain's foreign minister set off a frenzy of speculation among political observers Wednesday with a newspaper essay arguing that the governing Labour Party has to change immediately to avoid defeat in the next election.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown faced new political embarrassment Friday after his party lost a Scottish seat it had held for more than 50 years and both the opposition and some of his own Labour Party members urged him to step down.
Britain's Conservatives crushed the governing Labour Party in a special election that underlined the deepening unpopularity of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government, results showed Friday.
A Conservative lawmaker with a knack for offensive remarks ousted the left-wing mayor of London in an upset that capped the ruling Labour Party's worst local election showing in four decades.
Police launched a criminal inquiry into political donations to Britain's ruling Labour Party on Friday, a move that could derail Prime Minister Gordon Brown efforts to distance himself from Tony Blair's tenure.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown, caught in a scandal over donations to his Labour Party and stung by a string of woes, insisted Tuesday voters would judge him on a long-term record, not current crises.
Neo-Nazism is on the rise in Europe. It is not a problem that is going way. The U.S. is part of a global society. We all know what happened when we tried to ignore this problem the last time. We must not do that again.
British Union boss says Labour is as bereft of life as the deceased Monty Python parrot!Britain's biggest union boss yesterday delivered a blunt warning to Gordon Brown: change or go. Derek Simpson, joint general secretary of Unite, said Labour was as bereft of life as the deceased Monty Python parrot.
Why Workers Dislike UnionsWe're told that unions are the best thing since sliced bread, but most Americans avoid them as we would a porcupine who recently attacked a skunk's posterior...why is that? Here are some reasons...
The two-party domination of British politics is coming to an end as more and more disaffected voters reject both of themMonbiot: Outsourcing Unrest"The great British adventure – three centuries spent pillaging the labour, wealth and resources of other countries - is over." George Monbiot gives a sweeping assessment of the state of global plunder and the effects at home.
This circus must end: it is time for the Queen to dissolve Parliament You know how it is. You bend down to pick up a paper you have dropped and when you look across the Cabinet table again, there's another empty seat.
MPs quit - and blame the votersMPs caught up in the expenses scandal blamed the anger of their constituents and the public backlash for their decision to quit Parliament.
A junior minister for Justice, Shahid Malik, has been the first scalp in the Labour Party regarding the scale of his expenses. He resigned from his post this morning.
Commons in uproar over Mail sell-offThe partial sell-off of Royal Mail is opposed by MPs of all parties, which could spell defeat for the Government, a survey for The Independent has found.
Gordon Brown and his cronies has a big problem on their hands, Not so long ago he Gordon, declared that his government wanted to provide and supported "British Jobs for British workers." But it would seem since that political statement in 2007 that more and more employment o …
Gordon Brown is to blame over British fuel prices, Opec chief says Gordon Brown has been told to cut fuel taxes by the head of the OPEC group of oil-producing nations, amid a row over who is to blame for high petrol prices in Britain.
Barack and Bibi won't mix -- Is Netanyahu a Yahoo...?In a recent article on these pages, I suggested that if Barack Obama was elected president of the United States - which he was - and Binyamin Netanyahu became this country's next prime minister - which, unfortunately, seems the case - then Washington and Jerusalem were set on a c …
Alistair Darling says middle-earners will pay for his borrowing spree Alistair Darling has defended his plans to tax middle-class people more to pay for his emergency spending package.
Ken Clarke warns Britain is on the brink of 'meltdown' Kenneth Clarke, the former Conservative Chancellor, has warned the economy is on the brink of "meltdown" and unemployment could reach three million.
Gordon Brown's fingerprints are all over a disaster made in Britain "Booms channel too many resources into speculative activities and not enough into others, hampering economic progress. The fleeting gains that such episodes bring are invariably far outweighed by the pain of the downturn that must follow."
Gordon Brown to warn Barack Obama over protectionismGordon Brown is to warn Barack Obama not to introduce "protectionist" trade policies after the President-Elect moves into the White House.
Dutch Parliament to Consider Forcing 'Unfit Mothers' to Take ContraceptionWomen in the Netherlands deemed "unfit mothers" may soon be forced to take contraception, if a draft bill currently before the Dutch parliament is passed.
NZ results point to change of governmentCounting in New Zealand's general election is pointing to a change of government, with the opposition National Party well ahead of the ruling Labour Party.
Nearly 50% of UK children living on poverty line: Former Minister criticises the governmentFormer Labour minister Clare Short today attacked the government's child poverty strategy after new figures revealed half of all children are living in or on the brink of poverty in many areas of the UK.
Younger teens 'to get ID cards'Identity cards could be handed out to children as young as 14, a home office minister has suggested. The first ID cards are due to be offered to 16 and 17-year-olds from 2010 as part of a plan to introduce the controversial scheme in stages.
Gordon Brown to vow home internet access for all children All schoolchildren will have access to the internet at home under plans to give families £700 to get online, Gordon Brown will announce.
British minister says Palin is 'horrendous'A British government minister attacked Republican US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as "horrendous" at the Labour Party conference on Saturday.
JK Rowling gives Labour £1m donationJK Rowling has given a £1m donation to Labour, the party announced on the first day of its annual conference.
Patricia Hewitt: Labour's greatest hero is Barbara CastleBarbara Castle should have been Labour's – and Britain's – first female prime minister. What a role model she would have been: passionate, fiery and absolutely committed to social justice.
New Blow for Gordon Brown Poll Leaves Labour Facing A Wipe-Out GORDON Brown's woes deepened last night after a poll put the Tories a staggering 28 points ahead of Labour. The Ipsos/Mori poll put Conservative support at 52 per cent - their highest level in 20 years.
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