Gordon Brown

The former Labour prime minister urged the government to prioritise putting foward a fresh package of support for families before the winter arrives “no matter ...

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Former Labour prime minister, Gordon Brown, who was last in charge of the country in 2010, has been praised for sounding more and more like a PM after he ...

there's a vacuum at the centre of government & it's got to be filled immediately if we're going to protect people by October." "If not, Parliament should be recalled to look at what is a national emergency. it should be taken now."

Former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown said he is campaigning heavily on the cost of living crisis because he is seeing poverty in his hometown, Fife, ...

He added: "I would be talking about changes in the Universal Credit system to give people the money that is necessary. It's got to be addressed now." "None of these things seem to be being discussed at the moment in the way they should be. He added: "If charities and organisations in the community are taking urgent action to do something, I think it's about time the government responded. Let us know what impact the cost of living squeeze is having on you. Mr Brown said he is campaigning heavily on the cost of living crisis because he is seeing poverty in his hometown, Fife, "that I did not expect to see ever again in my lifetime".

"The reality is grim and undeniable: a financial timebomb will explode for families in October as a second round of fuel price rises in six months sends ...

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The former prime minister issued a plea for 'urgent measures' to cover further rises in fuel bills.

He said: “There’s got to be someone in charge. Mr Brown said: “With millions standing on the edge of a financial precipice, we call for urgent measures to cover the cost of a further £1000-plus rise in fuel bills on top of April’s already painful increases. Writing for the Daily Record newspaper on Monday, the former prime minister issued a plea for “urgent measures” to cover further rises in fuel bills amid “millions standing on the edge of a financial precipice”.

GORDON Brown has warned a “vacuum” at the top of the Government means it will soon be “too late” to help the poorest with their energy bills…

“There’s got to be someone in charge. People need help now." They give most to people who are richer. “If not, Parliament should be re-called to look at what is a national emergency and at the same time of course the special committee should be meeting to look at all these plans. “You have to bear down on inflation and of course the Bank of England probably should have acted a lot more quickly than they did. “You have to bear down on inflation and of course the Bank of England probably should have acted a lot more quickly than they did,” Mr Brown said this morning.

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.

Where, Matt Forde, is the comedy in this? At least Brown expressed great confidence here that the party under Keir Starmer is now well positioned to capitalise on a national mood that’s hungry for change, more so than in 1997. So did Forde, mind you: he was clearly in the presence of his political hero, and his Brown-nosed interrogation here threw only the softest of balls in the ex-PM’s direction.

Fife charities are stocking up on sleeping bags while vulnerable pensioners may sleep in churches to avoid paying high energy bills, Gordon Brown has warned.

Food, energy & housing costs are soaring & destitution is a stark prospect for many.” “I grew up in a mining and textiles town which went through a long period of unemployment and now unfortunately we’re back to some of the conditions we saw then. “The vacuum at the centre of government has got to end.”

GORDON Brown has been slated for condemning Conservative economic policy after the former Labour Prime Minister warned the UK was heading towards a ...

Mr Brown slated the Government’s economic policy as he claimed the Conservative party should be forced to issue an emergency budget plan. He called for the Tory Government to agree on an emergency budget and added: “If they do not, Parliament should be recalled to force them to do so.” Speaking of the Tory leadership race, Mr Bailey said: “Unfortunately, this is going to drag on but it is important because we are not just selecting a leader for the Conservatives, we’re selecting a leader for the entire country.

The former Labour prime minister has called for Boris Johnson and Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to agree on emergency measures this ...

Gordon Brown is playing a blinder on the cost of living crisis. That may well be true. (Well, apart from former Tory chairman Oliver Dowden, it seems. All sound proposals that the government could seriously consider. Speaking on Sky News, Mr Brown spoke about the hardship facing families with all the passion and evangelical fervour we have become accustomed to over the years from this "son of the manse". The former Labour prime minister has called for Boris Johnson and Tory leadership candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to agree on emergency measures this week as he warned he has seen poverty in Fife he had not expected to see "ever again in my lifetime".

Gordon Brown has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Tory leadership candidates to agree an immediate emergency budget tackling the cost of ...

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The thought of the Great Broon swallowing his pride and joining his rivals to stop the referendum is tantalising.

After all, there isn’t going to be another independence referendum, is there? I’m bound to say that if Labour goes its own way, then the Tories, and even the Liberal Democrats, will do likewise – all of which suggests a complete waste of resources. If another independence referendum appeared on the horizon, there would therefore be several pro-Union efforts, with Labour manning one of them.

The former Labour Prime Minister called on a Cobra meeting to be scheduled as soon as possible which spurred the First Minister into action.

Therefore, actions by devolved governments alone - though important - will not be enough to meet the unprecedented challenges we face. The next meeting of the government's disaster emergency committee is scheduled for September but Mr Brown called on this to be moved to as soon as possible. The former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Cobra to be reconvened on Monday morning to help people deal with the forthcoming fuel and energy crisis.

In September 1939, Britain was plunged into a mortal fight against German nationalism. In the hour of peril the first act of Prime Minister Neville ...

Arthur Balfour was prime minister at the beginning of the 20th century and returned to hold different cabinet positions over the next two decades. He may feel, at 71 with two teenage boys, that his days of serving the nation are over. But Brown does not want to be prime minister again. Of course he cannot be made a minister under Johnson or either of two flibbertigibbet putative replacements. Each morning hapless Government ministers or puffers for the Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak camps have been asked how they would respond to Gordon Brown’s proposals. The only thing that unites the Tory and Labour front benches is their joint line that breaking trade and labour market links with Europe’s partnership of nations cannot be questioned or challenged, even as so many sectors, from dentists to farmers, say the ultra hard Boris Johnson version of Brexit threatens the nation’s economy.