Gordon Brown
Rishi Sunak’s Whitehall carve up merely rearranges the deckchairs
The prime minister hopes this reorganisation will bring faster growth, but he will be disappointed
Larry Elliott
07, Feb, 2023 @4:51 PM
Gordon Brown warns of Tories ‘testing the water’ for two-tier healthcare
Sajid Javid idea to charge patients would undermine NHS and fail to tackle entrenched poverty, says former Labour prime minister
Peter Walker Political correspondent
23, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM
Blair aide feared 1997 cabinet portrait would look ‘triumphalist’
National Archives documents show concerns raised over Scottish National Portrait Gallery’s proposal
Caroline Davies and Ben Quinn
30, Dec, 2022 @6:01 AM
How Labour can benefit from a principled stand in favour of electoral reform | Letters
Letters: Readers reflect on a Guardian editorial urging Labour to back proportional representation, and Gordon Brown’s commission
14, Dec, 2022 @6:26 PM
Power to the people is a lovely idea, Gordon Brown, but you forgot about women | Catherine Bennett
Labour’s vision of a new Britain ignores the issue of structural sex discrimination
Catherine Bennett
10, Dec, 2022 @6:00 PM
Labour plan to reform constitution will end ‘sticking plaster politics’, says Starmer
Proposals, including abolishing House of Lords, aimed at moving power away from London
Peter Walker, Jessica Elgot and Severin Carrell
05, Dec, 2022 @6:49 PM
The Guardian view on Labour’s devolution plans: regional inequality is a blight | Editorial
Editorial: Britain is heading in the wrong direction, and radical change is needed in how money and power works
Editorial
05, Dec, 2022 @6:28 PM
‘A yearning for change’: Starmer and Brown set out their policy stall
Present and past leaders on how a Labour government would act boldly to end Britain’s ‘perpetual crisis’ and devolve power
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
05, Dec, 2022 @6:22 PM
Will Labour really axe the Lords, that laughing stock of democracy? I’ll believe it when I see it | Simon Jenkins
It is time for this institution to be replaced by a council of the people, but Starmer may not have the stomach for reform, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Simon Jenkins
05, Dec, 2022 @2:46 PM
Labour unveils plan to overhaul constitution and replace the Lords
Gordon Brown’s Commission on the UK’s Future also aims to curb influence of wealth and foreign money
Rowena Mason and Libby Brooks
04, Dec, 2022 @10:30 PM
Keir Starmer warned by Labour peers not to waste political capital on Lords reform
Policy could distract party from pushing through other urgent measures, leader is told
Toby Helm
04, Dec, 2022 @7:15 AM
Gordon Brown says China must pay into climate fund for poor countries
Former prime minister says US and Europe will pay biggest share of loss and damage fund, but China must too
Fiona Harvey Environment editor
26, Nov, 2022 @4:41 PM
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