Brown effect propels Labour to election-winning lead
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Gordon Brown's first three days in office have produced a surge in Labour support.
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Labour&#39;s re-election prospects received a boost yesterday when the Bank of England dangled the prospect of a cut in interest rates in the run-up to a likely spring poll.
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Labour wins the Hartlepool by-election with a reduced majority, as the Conservatives are beaten into fourth place.
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A Labour Party victory in this year's  British election looks a sure bet, analysts say, but a weaker  majority will probably prompt Prime Minister Tony Blair to  resign some time over the next two to three years, a Reuters  poll shows.
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Gordon Brown is the new leader of the governing Labour Party, three days before he succeeds Tony Blair as prime minister, Blair announced at a party leadership conference on Sunday.
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Images of Labour's big power switch
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Labour leader Gordon Brown plans to reduce the influence of trade unions within the party, the BBC learns.
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Gordon Brown throws down the gauntlet to his opponents by welcoming the prospect of a Labour leadership contest.
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The strength of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour party was being put to the test in a by-election in a parliamentary constituency formerly held by the European Union's incoming trade commissioner.
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Treasury chief Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as leader of the governing Labour Party on Sunday.
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BOURNEMOUTH, England -- The leader of the opposition Conservatives laid claim to the center of British politics yesterday, as the party was energized by new confidence that it can oust Tony Blair's Labor Party, which has been in power for nine years.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown&#39;s Labour Party has widened its opinion poll lead over the Conservatives, according to an opinion poll released Wednesday.
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Phil Wilson of the governing Labour Party was named the victor of a by-election in the northeastern English town of Sedgefield, former prime minister Tony Blair&#39;s old seat, early on Friday, albeit with a slashed majority.
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Gordon Brown will become leader of Britain&#39;s governing Labour Party on Sunday, heralding a new political era that starts when he succeeds Tony Blair as prime minister in three days&#39; time.
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Labour has pulled ahead of the Conservatives for the first time since October, poll reveals.
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Apathy will be the winner of the British general election on May 5. If Labour remains well ahead in the opinion polls, many will view the result as a foregone conclusion - as they did in 2001.
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Comment is free: Andrew Rawnsley: Brown's number two will be the first person elected to a leadership position in 13 years.