Brown stakes claim to be UK's next prime minister
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Finance Minister Gordon Brown will  stake his claim to be Britain's next prime minister on Monday,  saying the ruling Labour Party must adapt to confront the  challenges of the next decade.
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Gordon Brown will set the economic battleground for the next general election in his pre-Budget report.
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Gordon Brown refuses to rule out a snap election as he prepares for his first Labour conference speech as leader.
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Blair ally John Hutton says Gordon Brown should face a contest to become leader of the Labour Party.
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Britain's likely next prime minister, Gordon Brown, has said Tuesday that immigrants who want to take citizenship could face doing community service as part of a Britishness &quot;contract&quot;.
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Speculation mounted Friday as to whether Prime Minister Gordon Brown would call a snap general election after the Labour Party wound up an upbeat annual conference.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown failed to quash speculation on Monday about a snap election, as he set out a manifesto-like list of priorities in a long-awaited keynote speech.
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Prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown predicts the UK "will get what we need"  from the EU summit.
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Tony Blair prepared Wednesday to hand the British premiership to Gordon Brown after 10 years in office, as speculation grew he was to become a Middle East envoy.
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A new book about Gordon Brown claims the prime minister promised the chancellor he would quit before the next election.
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BOURNEMOUTH, England, Sept. 24 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivered an hour-long nationally televised speech Monday on issues ranging from maternity leave to Darfur, but his policy proposals were largely overshadowed by speculation about whether he will call a snap general election in the com...
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Gordon Brown, who has refused to  rule out calling a snap general election, will promise new  policies to create a &quot;fairer, stronger Britain&quot; when he  addresses his Labour party&#39;s annual conference on Monday.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has delivered his first speech as leader to the ruling Labour Party's annual conference, three months after taking office. In his remarks, Brown pledged to set Britain on a new path to meet its people's rising aspirations and give them the skills to compete in a globalized world. Speculation had been rife that Brown could use the speech to announce an early election, but he made no mention of a vote. Instead, Brown took a tough stance against Islamist militants, and said London would hold fast to its partnership with its "closest ally" Washington.
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Finance Minister Gordon Brown staked   his claim on Monday to be Britain's next prime minister,   setting out a centrist vision that still left questions about   his electoral appeal.
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Gordon Brown will seek to devolve power away from central government if he becomes prime minister, he tells the BBC.
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Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister on Wednesday after years of waiting and promised sweeping changes in style and policy to restore trust in a government damaged by the Iraq war.
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Gordon Brown will receive the keys to 10 Downing Street on Thursday, as outgoing UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is appointed as a peace envoy to the Middle East. (Full story)