Gordon Brown: Special relationship ‘unbreakable’
Addressing congress Gordon Brown hailed the special relationship saying, “There is no power on Earth that can drive us apart.”
He also issued a call for America to take a lead in the world’s battle against recession and climate change. Read more
£300m legacy commission proposal
Ex-KGB billionaire buys UK newspaper
A Russian billionaire and former KGB agent is buying a controlling stake in the venerable Evening Standard, the London newspaper announced Wednesday.
Alexander Lebedev, 49, already owns the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, one of the few pro-democracy newspapers in Russia. Read more
Brown urges banks to ‘come clean’
Gordon Brown told the Financial Times the banks had to “come clean” about these bad debts so people could trust them again.High Street bank executives are holding talks with Treasury officials over the weekend about the economic crisis and the possibility of more help. Read more