Gordon Brown calls for ‘global grand bargain’

September 23rd, 2009 NEW YORK - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday urged world leaders to work towards a "global society" and improve cooperation on curbing global warming, nuclear proliferation, terrorism and economic recovery. Brown said the global economic crisis of the last year had demonstrated how governments can work together to avert disaster, but he warned that cooperation was lacking on a whole host of other global issues.

September 15th, 2009 Poll: Britons prefer anyone but Brown as leaderLONDON — A new poll suggests half of British voters would prefer anyone other than Prime Minister Gordon Brown to lead the country. The Populus survey published Tuesday by The Times of London newspaper found 61 percent of respondents believe Brown is a liability.

August 28th, 2009 Brown calls Sen. Kennedy 'great internationalist'BOSTON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has written that Sen.

July 8th, 2009 L'AQUILA - India and Britain Wednesday discussed restructuring of global financial institutions to make them more suited to present-day international needs even as both countries pledged to take bilateral trade to the 10-billion pound mark by 2010. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised the issue of restructuring of global financial institutions with his British counterpart Gordon Brown at their meeting on the sidelines of the G8-G5 summit at Coppito complex of the Guardia da Finanza (Italian financial police) near this earthquake-hit town, about 100 km from Rome.

June 6th, 2009 LONDON - In a humiliating blow for the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, The Daily Telegraph has reported that he claimed parliamentary expenses for his constituency home in Scotland, while billing the taxpayer for a flat in London. According to the report, Brown had claimed more than #28,000 in second home allowances after moving into Downing Street in 2006.

June 5th, 2009 Brown: No plans of stepping down as British PMLONDON — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is defying calls from some in his own party to resign, saying he will not walk away from his responsibilities. Brown reshuffled his Cabinet Friday in hopes of hanging on to his job in the midst of a scandal over lawmakers' expenses, a string of top-level resignations and catastrophic results expected in local elections.

June 5th, 2009 Obama, Brown speak ahead of NormandyDRESDEN, Germany — President Barack Obama has spoken with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown before the pair meets in France on Saturday. Obama spoke with his counterpart Thursday night to discuss the U.S.

May 5th, 2009 Gates: 'No grand bargain' with TehranCAIRO, Egypt — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday there is "no grand bargain" with Iran as the United States tries to bolster relations with the Tehran government. Asked by reporters what kind of progress the U.S.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday that China deserves the right to demand more say and representation in the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Brown told reporters after the G20 summit that China pledged to contribute $40 billion to the international financial institutions, while the European Union (EU) and Japan offered $100 billion respectively.

April 2nd, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday claimed that the end of the global recession was now achievable, as he unveiled an agreement from the G-20 summit that would pump an additional one trillion dollars into the global economy. Announcing the conclusions of the London summit, the prime minister also unveiled a surprise move on tax havens, saying that a list of countries that do not comply with anti-secrecy rules would be published today.

March 26th, 2009 LONDON - Lashing out at the corporate greed, the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that he would work to set global principles and standards for salaries in the finance sector at next week's G20 summit in London. On Wednesday, Brown promised "detailed results" from the summit as he stopped in New York during a three-continent tour intended to drum up support for a coordinated international response to the global economic crisis.

March 22nd, 2009 LONDON - In an intensely personal Mother's Day tribute, British PM Gordon Brown has spoken highly of his mum, who did secret work breaking German military codes during the Second World War. The leader said he would spend the day thinking about his mother Jessie Elizabeth Brown, who died aged 86 in 2004, reports the Mirror.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is the most boring public speaker in the UK, says a survey of 1,000 adults. The Brit leader has pipped footballer David Beckham into second place to land the first spot, reports The Scotsman.

February 22nd, 2009 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to be the first European head of government to meet with US President Barack Obama, in a meeting scheduled for March 3 in Washington, the British government confirmed Saturday. A spokesman for Brown said that the global financial crisis and the situation in Afghanistan would be on the agenda for the meeting, which is due to take place at the White House.

February 16th, 2009 LONDON - Emerging economic powerhouses China and India may be encouraged to strike a 'grand bargain' at a coming London summit in which they will take on a greater role in the international financial system in exchange for keeping down protectionist barriers. The deal could be struck at the April 2 summit of the Group of 20 (G-20) countries in London - to be attended by US President Barack Obama - and forms part of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's efforts to seek sweeping reforms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Brown is meeting European leaders and heads of the IMF and the World Bank this week in order to press for major reforms in the backdrop of the current global economic downturn that has developed into a recession, particularly in developed countries, including Britain.