Brown seeks to retain EU rebate
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Chancellor Gordon Brown wants the European Commission to cap EU spending and retain the British rebate.
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The European Union wants to resume direct aid to the Palestinians to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet but is still looking at when it can release funds, EU officials said on Tuesday.
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Newspapers repeated their calls for a referendum on the new EU treaty on Thursday as Prime Minister Gordon Brown was set to attend a two-day summit of the bloc's leaders in Lisbon.
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Reaching out to voters ahead of a British general election expected next year, the country's finance chief Gordon Brown promised steady economic growth and low inflation in 2005.
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The chancellor, Gordon Brown, today urged the European commission to clamp down on EU states that bend the rules on the allocation of government contracts.
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Prime ministers of Spain and Italy vowed Tuesday to defend their subsidies offered by the European Union despite the enlargement of the bloc.
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown was to promote economic rigour and stability at the annual Labour party conference here, warning against &quot;irresponsible&quot; pre-election promises.
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Gordon Brown is to call for a "contract" giving poor families extra benefits in exchange for taking up skills training.
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Britain signaled it won't meet demands to drop the long-standing reduction in its annual financial contribution to the European Union as ministers met Monday for a new round of budget talks.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to call Monday for Britain to be "fully engaged" with the European Union so that it can influence economic reforms in the 27-nation bloc.
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Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell gave his support Wednesday to Prime Minister Gordon Brown&#39;s plans to approve the new European Union treaty by a vote in parliament and not a referendum.
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Gordon Brown vows his grip on public sector pay will continue to avoid the 'old boom and bust of the past'.
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Gordon Brown says the UK will not apologise for expelling four Russian diplomats over the Litvinenko murder.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown is backing a fresh diplomatic drive aimed at ending the crisis in Kenya.
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British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown warned Friday that a weak growth in the 25-member European Union bloc is endangering the global economy.
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Ministers are set to announce more money to help workers who have lost their pensions, Gordon Brown tells MPs.
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The European Union wants to resume  direct aid to the Palestinians to bolster President Mahmoud  Abbas&#39;s emergency cabinet but is still looking at when it can  release funds, EU officials said on Tuesday.