Translators' asylum claims reviewed
Press Review 8 August 2007
Gordon Brown has ordered a review into the decision to reject 91 Iraqi translators' requests for asylum in the UK, the Times reveals.
US 'concerned' over UK Iraq plans
Press Review 8 August 2007
The Bush administration is becoming increasingly worried over British plans for an early withdrawal from Iraq, according to the Guardian.
UK 'abandons' Iraqi aides
Press Review 7 August 2007
The Times splashes on claims that the government has abandoned 91 Iraqis who are facing persecution in their own country for helping the Army.
UN Iraq role sought by Brown and Bush
Press Review 3 August 2007
The UN has been consulted by Britain and the US over the possibility of taking on a more prominent role in Iraq.
MPs warn on Basra troops
Press Review 25 July 2007
Labour MPs on the Commons defence committee have told the government that British soldiers in Basra are going on "nightly suicide missions".
Brown says Iran sanctions will work
News Article 23 July 2007
Gordon Brown has said that sanctions "will work" against Iran.
Campbell reveals cabinet's war doubts
Press Review 9 July 2007
Many of the newspapers quote extracts from Alastair Campbell's diaries covering his years as Tony Blair's communications director.
PM rules out Iraq troop withdrawal
News Article 4 July 2007
Gordon Brown has ruled out an early withdrawal of British troops from Iraq.
Hague calls for tougher Iraq scrutiny
News Article 2 July 2007
The shadow foreign secretary has called on the government to make a quarterly report to Parliament on progress towards stability in Iraq.
Shadow cast by Iraq deaths
Press Review 29 June 2007
Three British soldiers were killed in Iraq on Thursday, casting a shadow over Gordon Brown's first day as prime minister.
Goldsmith calls for torture inquiry
Press Review 27 June 2007
Attorney general Lord Goldsmith has told Parliament's joint committee on human rights there should be an investigation into the use of torture by British soldiers which led to the death of Iraqi civilian Baha Musa in 2003.
PM 'in more danger' in UK
Press Review 22 June 2007
Tony Blair has said he is more likely to be assassinated in Britain than in Iraq.
Iraq inquiry delays continue
Press Review 21 June 2007
Ministers have been criticised for failing to speed up the process of inquests into soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
PM rejects Iraq planning criticisms
Press Review 19 June 2007
Tony Blair yesterday hit back at suggestions that the US and UK did not take post-war planning in Iraq seriously enough.
PM defends Iraq policy
News Article 18 June 2007
Defending the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the prime minister has said he accepts a "deep and profound responsibility" for the situation in the country.
