Tuesday 7th February 2012
Gordon Brown
Wednesday 24th February 2010 11:23
Gordon Brown: "this country turned its back"
Gordon Brown has said sorry to the Cornish child migrants who were among thousands sent to Australia. He also offered them £6 million remuneration.
Rex Wade, of St. Columb, is one of thousands of child migrants who has received an apology from the Prime Minister. Many suffered years of abuse.
At the age of 11 he was sent from his home in Camborne to start a new life in Tasmania.
Brown's apology
Wednesday 17th February 2010 14:43
Lumley: 'would do better job'
Many students are unaware that Gordon Brown is the leader of the Labour Party.
A poll of 1,566 students found that 33 per cent could not name Mr Brown as Labour leader, while 34 per cent could not name David Cameron as the leader of the Tories.
The survey was carried out by the student accommodation provider Unite.
Tuesday 10th March 2009 11:11
The murder of a policeman and two soldiers in Northern Ireland will not compromise peace efforts, a leading politician has said.
Dolores Kelly, the Social Democratic and Labour Party member for the North Policing Board, said the killers would not be allowed to tear down the province's political institutions nor destroy the police process.
A police officer was shot in the head last night as he responded to an emergency call in Craigavon, County Armagh.
Wednesday 4th March 2009 16:05
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown will deliver an important speech to the US Congress later, when he is expected to urge them not to retreat into economic protectionism.
This comes in reaction to a number of measures discussed last month designed to advantage US companies and jobs.
Mr Brown said: "I am going to say to Congress: 'Seize the moment when the whole of the world wants to work with America. This is a moment where we can't solve the problems of the banking system without us all working together'."
Wednesday 28th January 2009 16:23
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted that the UK's economy will shrink by 2.8% over the next year. That figure represents the largest fall in any of the worlds major economies.
The latest forecasts by the organisation suggest that the world economy will be growing at its slowest rate for nearly 60 years.
Even the recently growing economies of countries such as China are expected to suffer as the IMF lowers its growth forecasts for 2009.
