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Gordon Brown has said Labour plans to give every home in the UK access to super-fast broadband.

In a speech, the prime minister called high-speed web access "the electricity of the digital age" which "must be for all - not just for some".The Conservatives say they have made a similar pledge and have attacked a £6-a-year landline levy planned by ( Read more... )

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Jeremy Paxman apologises for swearing on Newsnight

Broadcaster Jeremy Paxman apologised during Newsnight on Monday night after he used a swearword in the programme.

The presenter read quotes from Andrew Rawnsley's book, The End of the Party, which has controversially accused Prime Minister Gordon Brown of bullying.Seconds after reading the ( Read more... )

Several people in Gordon Brown's office have contacted an anti-bullying charity, its boss has told the BBC.

Christine Pratt said "three or four" calls had been made to the National Bullying Helpline in recent years.

Earlier Lord Mandelson denied claims Mr Brown had been warned about his temper, saying he "doesn't bully people".

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown's assertion that it is not illegal to photograph a police officer, provided you have a 'reasonable excuse', has sparked confusion among photographers.

Brown issued the statement last week, as part of his response to an e-petition launched on the Number 10 website earlier this year.

The petition had called for Section 58A ( Read more... )

Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader, launched an angry attack on the Sun today as ministers reeled from the paper's declaration that it was backing the Tories.

She responded to the news that Britain's best-selling daily newspaper wants David Cameron's Conservatives to win the election by mocking the paper's politics and declaring: "We will not ( Read more... )

Key Tory MPs backed call to dismantle NHSDavid Cameron was facing a battle to restore party unity behind his health policy last night after it emerged that several of his key shadow cabinet members put their names to a manifesto criticising the NHS and calling for it in effect to be dismantled ( Read more... )

Right-Wing Health Care Group Tricked British Women Into Appearing In Anti-Reform Ad

Earlier this year, Conservatives for Patients Rights (CPR), an anti-health care reform group led by the disgraced former CEO of Columbia/HCA Healthcare Rick Scott, began running a commercial attacking the British health care system. The TV ad runs through “tragic ( Read more... )

LORD MANDELSON, the business secretary, penned a devastating critique of Gordon Brown’s character, labelling him “insecure”, “self-conscious” and “angry”, according to leaked e-mails.

The memos are understood to state that Mandelson thought Brown was too preoccupied with celebrity gimmicks and should concentrate on “strategic policy formulation” ( Read more... )