G8 security bill hits £100m
Press Review 20 May 2005
Hosting this summer’s G8 summit in Scotland will cost nearly £100m - five times the amount pledged by the government.
Britain presses G8 on environment
News Article 17 March 2005
Ministers have welcomed their counterparts from G8 countries to a major conference on the environment in Derbyshire.
Lambert lambastes Blair on environment
News Article 5 March 2005
A Green Party MEP has slammed Tony Blair's lack of "logic" on the environment.
Africa policy 'needs audit'
News Article 21 February 2005
G8 policies should undergo "development audits" to examine their impact on Africa, according to a report from the Institute for Public Policy Research.
Chancellor hails pledge on African aid
News Article 5 February 2005
The chancellor has welcomed G7 agreement on moves to write off third world debt.
Mandela backs Britain's aid effort
News Article 3 February 2005
Nelson Mandela has called on the British people to lead the campaign against global poverty.
Blair suggests Iraq withdrawal
News Article 26 January 2005
Iraqi security could take over from US and British forces in large areas of the country after Sunday's elections, according to the prime minister.
Blair backs 'evolution' of US policy
Press Review 20 January 2005
Tony Blair is maintaining an air of optimism over President Bush's second term.
Brown begins African tour
News Article 12 January 2005
Gordon Brown has begun his trip to Africa with a visit to a primary school in Kenya.
Straw attends tsunami summit
News Article 6 January 2005
The foreign secretary has led a British delegation to a tsunami recovery summit in Indonesia.
Brown puts Africa centre-stage
News Article 8 December 2004
As Britain prepares to take control of the G8, Gordon Brown has said that the leading economies of the world should be held to account for their actions in alleviating poverty in Africa.
PM makes environmental pitch
News Article 14 September 2004
