Gordon Brown’s wife Sarah opens up about daughter’s death Mrs Brown and her husband, the former prime minister, set up the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory in 2004 The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025
Planning changes offer a bright spot for Rachel Reeves – but grey areas exist OBR’s verdict of a long-term 0.4% boost to GDP from fewer building restrictions will have real political impact but there are gaps in funding The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025
Let Britain’s magical, mythical creatures inspire a patriotism untainted by politics A new set of Royal Mail stamps on regional folklore reminds us of our deep roots to the land The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025
Shiki, Norwich: ‘Unexpectedly reasonable’ – restaurant review A pre-match lunch with my father at a Japanese restaurant is in a league of its own The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2025
Trump’s top team slammed for ‘unbelievably stupid’ security breach after Signal group chat leak Gordon Brown’s former security adviser slammed Trump’s administration for the ‘extraordinary’ breach The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2025
What are Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules and could they be changed? What are the economic constraints that underpin the chancellor’s spring statement – and why does she see them as vital? The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2025
Cutting welfare goes against Labour’s core values – that’s the point “It’s one thing to say the economy is not doing well and we’ve got a fiscal challenge … but cutting the benefits of the most vulnerable in our society who can’t work, to pay for that, is not going to work. And it’s not a Labour thing to do.” The Conversation · Mar 19, 2025
‘People are hurting’, says Michael Sheen in documentary where he writes off debt The actor writes off £1 million of consumer debt using his own money in a new Channel 4 programme. Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025
Latest multibank launched to donate surplus goods to families West Midlands multibank is the sixth established by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Amazon. Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025
Harman appointed UK special envoy for women and girls Baroness Harman said the ‘job is far from done towards ending women’s inequality’. The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2025
Revealed: how members of House of Lords benefit from commercial interests Months-long Guardian investigation exposes weaknesses in code of conduct that could trigger calls for greater reform The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2025
Sarah Brown’s charity sends laptops to Ukraine to help senior pupils sit exam The technology provided by Theirworld will be used by 21,600 young people for their mandatory university entrance test. The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2025
When Thatcher took performance lessons from Laurence Olivier, it changed the course of her political destiny The PM’s makeover collaboration was kept a closely guarded secret for fear it would hurt her ‘ordinary housewife’ image, says writer and broadcaster Tim Walker The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2025
Lord Davies of Stamford obituary Maverick Conservative MP who defected to Labour in 2007 as a result of the Tory party’s mounting antipathy towards Europe The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025 The Observer view: Vengeful and reckless, Donald Trump must not go unchallenged By his destructive, vindictive, illegal and irrational actions, the US president sets himself beyond the pale
The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2025 Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all, says Gordon Brown, the UN’s special envoy for global education
The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025 Watch: Tony Blair and Gordon Brown pay tribute to ‘working class hero’ John Prescott at Hull funeral Former prime ministers Sir Tony Blair and Gordon Brown paid tribute to a “working class hero” at the funeral of Lord John Prescott.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025 ‘What a guy’: Hull pays its respects at John Prescott’s funeral Starmer and Blair among those at service for former deputy PM – with two Jaguars in cortege in tribute to ‘Two Jags’
Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025 Blair and Brown pay tribute to ‘working class hero’ at funeral of John Prescott Senior figures from past and current Labour governments gathered at Hull Minster to remember the former deputy prime minister.
Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025 Tony Blair and Gordon Brown pay tribute to 'working class hero' at John Prescott's funeral Labour leaders past and present gathered at Hull Minster to remember the former deputy prime minister
The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025 Starmer, Blair and Brown among mourners at Prescott funeral The service for the former deputy prime minister, who died in November aged 86, is being held at Hull Minster.
The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer hails ‘legendary’ John Prescott ahead of funeral Sir Keir hails vision of former deputy prime minister, adding: ‘I know many people will be raising a glass to John today’
Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025 Starmer lauds Prescott’s ‘tenacity and vision’ ahead of ex-deputy PM’s funeral More than 300 family members, friends and colleagues have been invited to the service for John Prescott at Hull Minster.
The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025 The history behind Heathrow’s third runway debate - and who’s against it Everything you need to know about the Heathrow debate – which spans over two decades
Evening Standard · Jan 29, 2025 Heathrow third runway: A complete timeline of events leading up to proposed expansion Its not the first time we’re hearing about a third runway; the discussion traces back a few decades