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James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007.
On 11 May 2007, after months of speculation, Brown formally announced his bid for the Labour leadership and replaced Blair as prime minister on 27 June 2007. Brown launched his campaign website the same day as formally announcing his bid for leadership, titled "Gordon Brown for Britain". [7]
Prime Minister Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service: Gordon Brown: June 2007 – May 2010 Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister: Ian Austin: June 2007 – October 2008 Jon Trickett: October 2008 – May 2010 Angela Smith: June 2007 – June 2009 Anne Snelgrove: June 2009 ...
From 1997 to 2022, prime ministers Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson [3] chose to reside for all or part of their term of office in the flat above Number 11, as its residential apartment is larger than at Number 10. Rishi Sunak broke with this by resuming residence in the smaller flat above Number 10.
May chose to live in Number 11 while her Chancellor, Philip Hammond, resided at Number 10. [4] Boris Johnson: First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Minister for the Union: 2019–2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson lived in the flat above Number 11, while his first Chancellor Sajid Javid lived in Number 10. [5] Liz Truss
The Downing Street Christmas tree is the Christmas tree placed on Downing Street, outside 10 Downing Street, which is the official office and residence of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It arrives near the end of November and is lit in early December for a live BBC News programme.
Gordon Brown served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. His tenure 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 ...
The first official chief of staff in 10 Downing Street was David Wolfson, under Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1985. [4] The position of Downing Street Chief of Staff was recreated by Tony Blair upon his becoming prime minister in 1997 [citation needed] and Jonathan Powell held the post for ten years.