Britain's Blair abandons plans to endorse Brown as successor: report
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has abandoned plans to endorse Gordon Brown, his powerful chancellor of the exchequer, as his successor, Blair allies were quoted as saying.
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair should step down and make way for his finance minister Gordon Brown, the head of Britain's largest union said yesterday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will   step down early in May next year after a revolt by disenchanted   supporters campaigning for him to end almost 10 years in   office, British media reported on Thursday.
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Britain's Tony Blair will step down as Prime Minister in July 2007 after more than 10 years leading his country, a newspaper reported Wednesday after two ministers acknowledged he was likely to leave office next year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair declined to set a date for his departure as leader of the government, in an interview with The Times.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair resigned Wednesday, after a decade in power, handing over power to party rival Gordon Brown who has vowed to impose his own style on Britain.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is refusing to fly to the United States to receive a medal bestowed on him by the nation for his support over last year's Iraq war, a London newspaper has reported.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged   an end to speculation about when he will leave office and asked   to be allowed to get on with his job in an interview published   on Friday.
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The truce in the battle to succeed British Prime Minister Tony Blair is showing signs of collapse after a key figure questioned whether his widely-tipped successor Gordon Brown was fit to be leader.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday rejected suggestions that the ongoing violence in Iraq was because of flawed planning by the U.S.-led coalition, but he also said he felt a deep responsibility to end the killings.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will   stay in power for another year, a close ally said on Tuesday,   while a leaked memo detailed plans for a "farewell tour" that   would see Blair take his leave like a "star."
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair planned to dismiss Gordon Brown and break up his power base at the finance ministry after the 2005 general elections, according to a leaked document published Sunday.
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Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair as British prime minister on Wednesday, inheriting a Labour government trailing in many polls because of Iraq and needing to win back voters if it is to secure a fourth consecutive term.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will   step down early in May next year after a revolt by former   supporters, British media said on Thursday.
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on has rejected calls for him to step down after being questioned by police as part of a political corruption investigation.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair declined to set a date for his departure as leader of the government, in an interview with The Times.