Sarkozy and Brown attack US over 'protectionism' Gordon Brown: "We need more global co-operation now, not less" Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown have joined forces to attack the US for "protectionism" over an...

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...conference. In October, opposition Conservative leader David Cameron said he wonaEUR™t cut the 50% rate of income tax for top earners so aEURoethe rich will pay their share.aEUR� The City defends free...

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...flattering. The Conservative retort is that with Britain's public debt growing fast while its economy struggles to crawl out of recession, Brown's record is hardly a strong selling point. POPULARITY...

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...of darkness. If Osborne's sin is tedium, Hilton's is banality. Tory ads so far have been plodding and the slogan "time for change" narcoleptic. But what matters is how Cameron resolves the difference between...

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...Conservatives for creating a public sense of panic over crime figures Buoyed by a weekend opinion poll showing the Tories' lead has been slashed to just two points, he will reject David Cameron's claim that...

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...wanting to express their solidarity and telling me to stand firm. Some offered very useful tips about how to cope in a cage fight with No 10. "Gutter journalism" was the abuse which spat from the mouth of John...

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...reporters. A book by journalist Andrew Rawnsley alleges that Brown's then-chief spokesman, Damian McBride, conducted briefings with journalists, deeming Darling's Guardian interview a disaster. Brown, who has...

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...was John Prescott, a man who gets up furious and goes to bed even angrier . . . Oh yes, and a man who once hit a voter." The End of the Party, currently being serialised in the Guardian's sister paper the...

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...medicine like a man.' If appearing on TV and frightening your inquisitors is all it takes to be premier - rather than being scared of them, which is the norm - Mandelson has no rivals. He's a hoot to watch. The...

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...in a BBC Radio 4 interview. A former adviser at the helpline, Snelgrove said she had severed ties with it because she had concerns it was making commercial gain from its activities. Brown on Feb. 20 said he has...

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...minister attacked the response of the "well-financed right wing" to the financial crisis. 'Bleak and austere' He said the letters from the economists showed the "first priority must be robust growth" and...

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...Europe, according to advance extracts released by Labour Party aides. Friday's speech comes amid a bitter battle between Labour and the Tories over plans to tackle Britain's GBP178 billion deficit, with...

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...gain. Cameron has published domestic video clips from his home, including conversations with his young children as he washes dinner plates, to burnish his image as an ordinary family man. "Some people...

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...reasons, but to raise funds. The prime minister said those with the "broadest shoulders" should pay more, and insisted that the tax would raise "a substantial amount of money". But he admitted that many high...

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Brown attacked over elderly care plan funding Leaders clash over elderly care plan funding Prime Minister Gordon Brown has come under fire over his plans to provide free personal care for the most vulnerable...

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...donor, and said Tory leader David Cameron had called every major decision on the economy "wrong. " The Mail on Sunday reported an ITV Plc interview with Brown, due to be televised Feb. 14, in which the...

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Gordon Brown attacks 'scandal' of Lord Ashcroft donations • Prime minister damns secrecy over Tory donor • 'No complacency' call in key interview Gordon Brown has thrust the issue of Tory party donations to...

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...story of class war. During Prime Minister's Questions, he argued that "inheritance tax cuts to millionaires will cost us nearly GBP2bn that we should be spending on public services." He said: "Now the issue...

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...some of his most senior backbench MPs Gordon Brown told the House of Commons liaison committee that MPs could either take or leave his approach to parliamentary reform. Photograph: PA Gordon Brown's...

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...a secretary out of her chair and hurling foul-mouthed abuse at aides while distraught over an alleged snub by President Barack Obama. The claims, which are fiercely denied by Mr Brown's allies, are linked to a...

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