Gary Gibbon
EU – Gordon Brown deployed to reach the unreachables
It’s hoped by Remain campaigners that Gordon Brown can reach some of the voters that Jeremy Corbyn struggles to reach.
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Gary Gibbon
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Gary Gibbon
Brown to Osborne: ‘rip up your tax credit cuts’
The former prime minister Gordon Brown passionately defends the tax credit system he created, but is less willing to pass comment on Jeremy Corbyn and his suitability as a future Labour PM.
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Gary Gibbon
Lords debate tax credits: showdown, climbdown or just a distraction?
“People are just frightened,” one Tory MP said. He likened the atmosphere of fear to Gordon Brown’s domination of Labour MPs ahead of his succession to the party leadership.
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Gordon Brown urges credible Labour leadership
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown warns that Labour will be powerless to help the poorest in society unless it can win the next election.
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Gary Gibbon
Rolling the pitch for tax credit rollback
The government is acutely aware that some of the voters critical to its victory in swing seats were workers at the lower end of the pay scale who were claiming tax credits.
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Alex Thomson
Gordon Brown the footsoldier: could he pull it off again?
Barnstormer 2 – the sequel. The heroic – at least as far as unionists are concerned – Gordon Brown rides into Glasgow from Fife to sweep all before him in an impassioned plea to sway the electorate.
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Ed Miliband and the stories behind posed political pictures
Ed Miliband is dubbed “two kitchens” after being filmed in one of the kitchens at his north London home, but he’s not the first politician to be accused of misleading the voters.
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The Chilcot inquiry 2009-15: why is it taking so long?
Sir John Chilcot, the chairman of the inquiry into the Iraq war, provokes controversy after saying his report will not be published until after the May election – six years after he began his work.
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Jon Snow
Time to un-redact the mother of parliaments
The cry is up – if you have a conscience, if you care about your country’s integrity and decency, you guys, start leaking!
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Five of the worst Christmas cards from politicians
As politicians past and present reveal Christmas card designs to be sent to friends and family, Channel 4 News takes a look at other excruciating festive efforts from years gone by.
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Gary Gibbon
Gordon Brown and the last minute job offer
Gordon Brown leaves parliament only weeks after his successor Ed Miliband asked him to throw himself back into frontline politics.
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Gary Gibbon
New powers for Scotland – but can they save Labour at the polls?
The SNP’s message all day has been that there’s less to the devolution deal than meets the eye. This afternoon they got support for that proposition from the former Labour First Minister Lord (Jack) McConnell.
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Gary Gibbon
Scottish Labour U-turn on tax devolution
Jim Murphy, the front-runner for leadership of the Scottish Labour party, decides he does want full tax devolution to Scotland after all.
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What’s happening to the Labour party?
Tony Blair trashes claims he said Ed Miliband will lose the general election, while Johann Lamont, leader of the Scottish Labour party, steps down after attacking colleagues in Westminster.
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Gordon Brown’s vision for a Scottish utopia
His impassioned speeches towards the end of Scotland’s referendum campaigning have been credited with securing a victory for no now Gordon Brown has set out his vision for Scotland. So what is it?
