Blair to back 'optimistic' Brown
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Tony Blair is set to back Gordon Brown's  pre-Budget report, amid concern over some of its forecasts.
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Tony Blair has refused to give a clear indication of support for chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown as his successor, despite repeated questions on the subject.
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Gordon Brown insists that Tony Blair is his friend, in the wake of the party's recent squabbles.
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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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The The government will back any potential bid by the English Football Association to host the 2018 World Cup, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown is to say in a speech.
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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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The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will be outlining his hopes for a third term in office at the Labour Party conference in Brighton today.
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Britain is bracing for a distinct change of style under new prime minister Gordon Brown, even if he will likely follow a broadly similar agenda to Tony Blair.
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said the nation should rally behind Prime Minister Tony Blair and the way the government is handling talks with a terrorist group in Iraq that&#39;s holding Kenneth Bigley hostage.
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Chancellor Gordon Brown insists that Tony Blair is his friend, in the wake of Labour's recent squabbles.
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Britain will seek Washington's support  to help it achieve goals on global poverty reduction, debt  relief and fair trade during London's G8 presidency next year,  finance minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday.
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Gordon Brown can expect a roof raising welcome for his first Labour Party conference speech as leader Monday as he emerges from Tony Blair&#39;s shadow on a wave of support fuelling talk of a snap election.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has reportedly told his closest allies to cease their attacks on Gordon Brown, who denies he was plotting to overthrow Blair, as both seek to calm a week of turmoil over the leadership.
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Britain is getting a new prime minister: Gordon Brown, a taciturn economist who has vowed to re-evaluate the country's policy in Iraq and tackle extremism with a lighter touch. And polls show &#151; however unexpectedly &#151; that the Labour Party is already benefiting from a "Brown bounce."
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Tony Blair today backed David Blunkett, who is accused of fast-tracking a visa application to help a former lover, telling a Downing Street press conference that he has &quot;absolutely every confidence&quot; in the home secretary.
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Treasury chief Gordon Brown, replacing Tony Blair as leader of Britain's Labour Party, vowed Sunday that the country's foreign policy will recognize that defeating terrorism "involves more than military force."
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Finance minister Gordon Brown staked   his claim on Monday to be Britain's next prime minister with a   speech that eased some doubts about his ability to unite his   beleaguered party and succeed Tony Blair.