Read more Labour stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1786/labour.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:58:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70414/bbc-journo-stuns-brown-with-pill-popping-question.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown's office and the British Labor Party are furious with the BBC after the host of the channel's flagship political program asked the prime minister if he took prescription painkillers. Downing Street had already denied the rumor, which began on the Internet. A shocked Brown responded: "No! I think...http://www.newser.com/story/70414/bbc-journo-stuns-brown-with-pill-popping-question.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 3:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60862/as-4th-minister-quits-browns-outlook-bleak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith one day to go before clutch British elections, another minister resigned from Gordon Brown's Cabinet today, dealing the beleaguered PM another devastating blow. Hazel Blears, an arch-Blairite who was exposed for avoiding $21,000 in capital gains tax, refused to praise Brown in her resignation statement. She is the...http://www.newser.com/story/60862/as-4th-minister-quits-browns-outlook-bleak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 7:28:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59699/brown-to-purge-cabinet-after-expenses-flap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown has been dropping hints of a major reshuffle and possible constitutional reform as the crisis over British MPs' expenses continues. The Telegraph alleged today that two ministers fiddled with the rules to avoid paying capital gains tax after selling their homes. The PM is said to be preparing...http://www.newser.com/story/59699/brown-to-purge-cabinet-after-expenses-flap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 21 May 2009 7:16:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57339/uk-minister-denies-he-bet-governing-party-would-falter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLord Alan West, the UK’s colorful security minister, today denied he’d bet on the Labour party’s defeat in the next election, the Times of London reports. The Telegraph yesterday alleged that West placed the bet when Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair as prime minister, grabbing 66-1 odds. West refuted that,...http://www.newser.com/story/57339/uk-minister-denies-he-bet-governing-party-would-falter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 14:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52861/lost-contact-lens-delays-brown-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGordon Brown was forced to delay a speech to a Labour Party conference last week after he accidentally washed a contact lens down the sink, reports the Times of London. The British PM had no extra pair, and a staff worker had to detach the pipe beneath the sink to...http://www.newser.com/story/52861/lost-contact-lens-delays-brown-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Mar 2009 5:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50397/downturn-worst-for-100-years-uk-minister.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe current economic crisis will be the worst in a century, surpassing even the Great Depression, according to Gordon Brown's closest political ally. Ed Balls, a minister sometimes tipped as a future British leader, said that the downturn would be "more extreme and more serious than that of the 1930s....http://www.newser.com/story/50397/downturn-worst-for-100-years-uk-minister.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Feb 2009 5:53:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47978/war-on-terror-approach-a-big-mistake-uk-official.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe notion of a "war on terror" is ill-conceived and may have done more harm than good in the fight against extremism, according to the British foreign secretary. There is no "unified transnational enemy," and the phrase coined by President Bush led officials to believe that the West could "kill...http://www.newser.com/story/47978/war-on-terror-approach-a-big-mistake-uk-official.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Jan 2009 5:37:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41103/brown-surges-11-points-in-latest-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new poll for the Independent shows that Gordon Brown, Britain's once seemingly doomed prime minister, has surged 11 points as the financial crisis continues. The poll put support for the opposition Tories at 39%, Labour at 31%, and the third-party Liberal Democrats at 16%. Where once the Tories were...http://www.newser.com/story/41103/brown-surges-11-points-in-latest-poll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Oct 2008 9:42:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33633/top-allies-look-to-unseat-gordon-brown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeveral of the leading members of Gordon Brown's government will try to oust him as prime minister, reports the Times of London. Two contenders have emerged in a possible leadership challenge: David Miliband, the youthful foreign secretary allied with Tony Blair; and Harriet Harman, the deputy leader of the Labour...http://www.newser.com/story/33633/top-allies-look-to-unseat-gordon-brown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Jul 2008 9:12:20 CDT