Gordon Brown

The latest news and opinion on Scottish politician Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, member of parliament, Chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the Labour Party

Why Scotland needs a national insurance cut more than a reduction in income tax John McLellan

Beware! A year of cringe-worthy photo-ops by Sunak and Starmer await the nation Aidan Smith

Workers picket at the Grangemouth oil refinery during the industrial action in April 2008. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Cabinet papers highlight emergency plan concerns during Grangemouth strike

Tony and Cherie Blair arrive at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral to pay their respects to Alistair Darling. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Tributes paid to Alistair Darling: chancellor, family man and tractor enthusiast

Why would anyone want to be Tory leader, a job with zero prospects Alexander Brown

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling: Tributes pour in for a ‘statesman of unimpeachable integrity’

Former Chancellor and Labour MP Alistair Darling dies aged 70

Exclusive Brown-led Labour reforms not worth paper they are written on, claims mayor

Labour must reinvent devolution and create a Union fit for purpose Henry McLeish

Lord Murray Elder was a childhood friend of Gordon Brown. Picture: Chris McAndrew/UK Parliament

Leading Labour figure Lord Elder dies after collapsing outside chamber

From left: Simon McMahon of Amazon, Pauline Buchan of The Cottage Family Centre, and former PM Gordon Brown. Picture: contributed.

Amazon and Scottish firms unite to help Scots families in need

Pictured: Simon McMahon (Amazon) Gordon Brown, and Pauline Buchan from the Cottage Family Centre at the warehouse which sits at the heart of the vast 'click and collect' project (Pic: Ian Georgeson)

Unique Fife project gives 1.5m goods free to families in need across Scotland

Former prime minister Gordon Brown who has said that states which banked 'staggering' profits from the high price of oil last year should pay a global windfall levy to help poorer nations in the fight against climate change. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Gordon Brown: States that reaped 'staggering' oil profits should pay global wind...

Brian Coane, chair of the Advertising Association, Scotland, says: 'The summit will be the perfect occasion to reflect on the period of political change.' Picture: contributed.

Lead Scotland advertising summit prepares for return in Edinburgh

Exclusive Douglas Alexander: SNP's Westminster record 'a study in impotence and failure'

Some of the hundreds of workers employed on the construction of the Cunard liner Queen Mary at John Brown's shipyard, Clydebank, leaving the vessel at lunchtime, circa 1935 (Picture: General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Don't blame Gordon Brown for heavy industry woes

Exclusive Labour will not scrap £715m welfare agency branded 'wasteful' by Gordon Brown

Deaths from drug-linked causes in Scotland are being excluded from official statistics (Picture: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Untrustworthy statistics harm Scotland's reputation

Public spending watchdog Audit Scotland expects the Glen Sannox project to cost at least £293 million – three times the original contract.

Readers' Letters: No end in sight for Glen Sannox ferry debacle

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Gordon Brown accuses SNP ministers of wasting money on social security agency

Andy Burnham

UK heading for most unpleasant election in our lifetimes, says Andy Burnham

Thousands of jobs are at risk as retailer Wilko confirms collapse.

Wilko ‘could be saved’ by rival discount chains according to experts

Women flee after Taliban fighters beat them and fire bullets into the air to break up a protest in Afghanistan's capital Kabul in August last year (Picture: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Ethical foreign policy’ or not, UK should treat Taliban as pariahs

James McLeary, an IT security expert based in Thailand, was behind a Twitter account that posted abuse to politicians. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

'Hateful online troll' part of GlobalScot programme being spoken to

We must always challenge the ideology that human pain is a 'price worth paying' Joyce McMillan

Sir Keir Starmer is rumoured to want to appoint more peers to the House of Lords.

SNP claim Labour up to ‘old tricks’ after claims Starmer would create more Lords

Unionist supporters confront Scottish pro-independence marchers

Ben Macpherson: Time to ditch terms such as 'unionist' and 'nationalist'

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown during a 'Making Britain Work For Scotland' rally

Gordon Brown’s latest ‘save the Union’ plan faces reality check

Would Labour leader Keir Starmer be able to reform the UK in a way that Gordon Brown could not when he was Chancellor and then Prime Minister? (Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Independent Scotland must be a good neighbour to UK – Stewart McDonald

SNP MSP and Minister for Independence Jamie Hepburn

Readers' Letters: Independence Minister wrong about Brown and Vow

Humza Yousaf promised to cut NHS waiting lists dramatically when he was Scottish Health Secretary (Picture: Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Let more doctors do routine procedures

Scotland's problem is with London, not the rest of England, writes Gordon Brown. Picture: Tim Ireland/PA Wire

Why Scotland's problem isn’t with vast majority of English people - Gordon Brown

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has written for The Scotsman

Scotland's problem is with London, not Britain, says Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister, speaks at even in Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

Gordon Brown's pro-UK think-tank among six criticised in 'transparency audit'

The Borders Book Festival will be returning to Harmony Garden in Melrose in June. Picture: Lloyd Smith

Douglas Stuart, Judy Murray and Andy Burnham to appear at leading book festival

Rishi Sunak and Scotland Secretary Alister Jack, in the green hat, visit the Port of Cromarty Firth earlier this year (Picture: Russell Cheyne/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Devolution is here to stay. But the Scotland Office should be given more power

Tory ministers will not be happy with the new ‘no plus-one’ rule for King Charles III coronation - Credit: Getty Images

Tory ministers in uproar after major king’s coronation rule change

Gavin Matthews of Solas

Finding hope this Easter in the age of doomscrolling - Gavin Matthews

Labour leader Keir Starmer and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in Glasgow last week.

Internal polling suggests Scottish Labour would take several key constituencies

More than 200 employees of Scottish bakery Morton’s Rolls have been made redundant after the business ceased trading earlier this month (Picture: Adobe)

Readers' Letters: Since SNP can save ferry jobs, help bakers too

Harry Hill is bringing a Tony Blair-inspired 'rock opera' to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Harry Hill to bring Tony Blair ‘rock opera’ to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Douglas Alexander, a former minister in Tony Blair's government, who is seeking to make a comeback at Westminster, almost a decade after losing his seat. Picture: Chris Radburn/PA Wire

Former Labour MP bids to make comeback after losing seat to Mhairi Black

An aerial view of Glasgow, as former prime minister Gordon Brown will use a conference in Glasgow to claim the city has the makings of an "economic superpower".

Glasgow has ingredients to become economic superpower - Gordon Brown

Surely both sides of the Scottish independence debate can unite around trying to end poverty (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

For sake of malnourished children, poverty not constitution must be top priority

Veronica McTernan had a passion for people and politics

Scotsman Obituaries: Veronica McTernan, ​respected Labour Party activist

Jacinda Ardern holds her daughter Neve during the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit at the United Nations in 2018 (Picture: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images)

Ardern earned place on world stage and she could yet return – Christine Jardine

New Zealand's Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern speaks during the One Planet Summit in New York. Picture: AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File

Jacinda Ardern goes on own terms because not all politicians leave in disgrace

Tom Nairn

Tom Nairn, 'Godfather' of Scottish independence movement, dies at 90

Former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown. Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Brown warns NHS 'won't cope' unless inequalities closed

Keir Starmer delivers the speech in which he spoke about 'taking back control'

Readers' Letters: ‘Take back control’ doesn’t extend to Scotland

The report comes in the wake of Gordon Brown's call for elected mayors.

Councils across Scotland should be headed by elected mayors says new report

A recent report by Gordon Brown said “consideration should be given” to directly elected mayors in Scotland.

Every council in Scotland should have directly elected mayor, says think tank

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer (left) and Anas Sarwar, leader of the Scottish Labour Party, during a visit to the Stalks & Stem store, a small business in Shawlands, Glasgow. Picture date: Friday December 2, 2022.

Labour constitutional reforms receive majority backing

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, right, and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown greet each other during the launch of the latter's report on constitutional change (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA)

Brian Wilson: Best way to save Union is to vote for a better government

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has been left in awkward position by Brown report, says reader (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty)

Readers' Letters: Brown report has nothing tangible to offer Scots

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries