Reduced majority speeds Brown succession
Press Review 6 May 2005
Labour's reduced majority provokes speculation in the press that Tony Blair will be forced to hand over the leadership to Gordon Brown sooner than he wants.
Blair anoints Brown as next PM
Press Review 29 April 2005
The Times reports that Tony Blair will anoint Gordon Brown as his successor today in a bid to shift attention away from the Iraq issue.
Brown launches personal 'manifesto'
Press Review 28 April 2005
Invoking British traditions of individual liberty, freedom of speech and innovation, Gordon Brown set out what amounted to a manifesto for his own premiership.
Cook claims Brown is set for top job
Press Review 13 April 2005
Former foreign secretary Robin Cook yesterday said Gordon Brown would take over from Tony Blair "sooner rather than later".
Businesslike Brown
Publication Article 17 March 2005
Budget 2005: Party responses
News Article 16 March 2005
Opposition leaders have dismissed Gordon Brown's ninth Budget as a wasted opportunity.
Brown goes green for first time
Press Review 15 March 2005
The chancellor will make his first major speech on the environment after eight years in office today.
Upping the ante
Publication Article 11 March 2005
Brown: Asian economies pose challenge to UK
Press Review 22 February 2005
Every school, college, and university should twin with a counterpart overseas, the chancellor said yesterday.
Brown's reputation 'will be saved by FCO move'
News Article 15 February 2005
Gordon Brown will escape the Treasury before his reputation is tarnished by major problems brewing in the government's finances, Vincent Cable has predicted.
Brown 'would accept Foreign Office move'
Press Review 3 February 2005
The Sun reports today that Gordon Brown is prepared to accept a move from the Treasury to the Foreign Office, but only on his own terms.
Chancellor outperforms PM in new poll
News Article 31 January 2005
A new poll has suggested that the public believe the chancellor is doing a better job than Tony Blair.
Brown warned over £11bn black hole
Press Review 27 January 2005
The chancellor will have to raise £11 billion a year extra in taxes if he is to avoid breaking his own rules on public debt and borrowing, according to respected independent analysts.
UK vaccine aid tops Gates
Press Review 26 January 2005
Gordon Brown is expected to announce today that the
