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Britain sells off public assets to boost finances...a national election that must be held by the middle of 2010. Opinion polls give Cameron's Tories a substantial lead over Brown's Labour Party, which has been in power since 1997. Nonfinancial assets to be sold over the next two years... In this article: Gordon Brown, Recession, Conservative Party, Britain, Liberal Democrat, Labour Party, London, Revenue, Uranium, and Urenco |
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MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse | October 11, 2009
U.K. govt reportedly to set out asset sale plans
...plans LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown will set out a plan on Monday to cut its debt pile by 16 billion pounds ($25.4 billion) by selling government assets and real estate, the Wall Street Journal reported. Around 3...
In this article: U.K., MarketWatch, Thames, English Channel, London, and Wall Street Journal
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | October 11, 2009
British PM to announce assets selloff
British PM to announce assets selloff British Prime Minister Gordon Brown plans to announce a sale of government assets aimed at raising 3 billion pounds ($4.8 billion), his office said on Sunday. Nonfinancial assets to be sold over the...
In this article: Downing Street, Revenue, Recession, Uranium, Tories, Urenco, Labour Party, River Thames, and Dartford
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Times Online | October 01, 2009
Flight Lieutenant Victoria Anderton adds to Gordon Brown's woes
...authority. A month after Gordon Brown appeared at the International Institute for Strategic Studies he was followed by General Stanley McChrystal, the US commander in Afghanistan who has conducted a review into the war. After calling...
In this article: Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Barack Obama, Kandahar, and Thames
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Stuff | October 21, 2009
The elephant in the debt room
...what our National-led government has ruled out in its first term selling state assets. Gordon Brown's government is aiming to trim 16b pounds from its debt mountain by flogging off a smorgasbord of assets, including state betting...
In this article: John Key, Solid Energy, Labour, Recession, Bill English, Tax, Air New Zealand, and Meridian Energy
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Guardian Unlimited | October 12, 2009
Cameron dismisses GBP16bn asset sale plan
...deficit problems. The Conservative leader spoke out after Gordon Brown identified the Channel tunnel rail link and the Dartford crossing over the Thames as two of the items that the government would like to privatise. The plans attracted...
In this article: David Cameron, Thames, Dartford Crossing, Labour, Uranium, Urenco, and Peter Mandelson
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Gordon Brown's fire sale of public assets to raise GBP16bn
...two years, above the GBP30bn already set out in the Lyons report. Brown will attempt to head off accusations of a "fire sale" by saying the assets must go within two years. The government does not appear to want to sell land off in the...
In this article: Tories, Liberal Democrats, Tax, Uranium, QinetiQ, Urenco, Labour Party, and Alistair Darling
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James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party. Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming leader of the governing Labour Party. Immediately before this he had served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour government from 1997 to 2007 under Tony Blair.
Brown has a PhD in history from the University of Edinburgh and spent his early career working as a television journalist. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1983; first for Dunfermline East and since 2005 for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. As Prime Minister, he also holds the offices of First Lord of the Treasury and the Minister for the Civil Service.
Brown's time as Chancellor was marked by major reform of Britain's monetary and fiscal policy architecture, transferring interest rate setting powers to the Bank of England, by a wide extension of the powers of the Treasury to cover much domestic policy and by transferring responsibility for banking supervision to the Financial Services Authority. Controversial moves included the abolition of Advance Corporation Tax (ACT) relief in his first budget, and the removal in his final budget of the 10 per cent "starting rate" of personal income tax which he had introduced in 1999.
After an initial rise in opinion polls, Brown's time as Prime Minister has seen his approval ratings fall and the Labour Party suffer its worst local election results in 40 years. Despite public and parliamentary pressure on his leadership, he remains leader of the Labour Party.
- Birth Date:
- February 20, 1951
- Birthplace:
- Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
- Religion:
- Church of Scotland
- Nationality:
- British
- Spouse:
- Sarah Brown
- Residence:
- North Queensferry
- University Attended:
- University of Edinburgh
- Political party:
- Labour
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