Brown backs peerage rule change
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Gordon Brown says he wants the prime minister of the day to lose their final say on who gets peerages.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he hopes the imminent signing of the new European Union treaty would shift the bloc's focus away from an "institutional debate".
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The dukes, barons and other British noblemen who sit by birthright in the House of Lords may soon have to pack their powdered wigs and go, after an historic parliamentary vote Wednesday.Comment
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LONDON -- Britain's House of Commons took a historic step yesterday to endorse a fully elected House of Lords, a move that could eventually end the reign of Parliament's upper house as a seat of privilege and patronage.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown backs a review of the powers of the Scottish parliament, including taxation policy.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown praised the embattled Archbishop of Canterbury as a man of "great integrity" Monday, as the Anglican church leader was set to defend controversial remarks on sharia law.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the laws banning protests in Parliament Square need to be changed.
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Downing St seeks to distance Gordon Brown from a minister's comments about first cousins marrying.
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Gordon Brown says he could overturn the recent law allowing pubs to open 24 hours a day.
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Lawmakers voted Wednesday in favour of reforming the upper chamber of parliament, the House of Lords, to make it fully elected for the first time in its history.
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Gordon Brown will be confirmed leader of Britain&#39;s governing Labour Party on Sunday, the first step in a new political era which starts when he becomes prime minister later this week.
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Speculation rises about a clampdown on private equity firms after comments from Chancellor Gordon Brown.
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Brown urged to break with Blairite past as Labour group's remarks reflect dismay over poll decision.
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Chancellor Gordon Brown has signalled his backing for the Prime Minister over the "difficult times" he faces over Iraq.
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Gordon Brown is set to back greater stop-and-search powers in his Labour conference speech
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Gordon Brown asks Daily Mail editor to look into relaxing rules on access to government documents.
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Claims Gordon Brown pushed through an honour nomination for a friend are denied.