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Gordon Brown has warned of tough times ahead for the nation's economy, in a speech at Reuters on Wednesday morning.
The Prime Minister also used the Canary Wharf event to announce the Government would lay out its budget plans on March 24.
This should have been a conversation about film.
After all, it's not as if Ken Loach doesn't have a few to choose from after nearly five decades. But it's like arm-wrestling a construction crane. Sooner or later, you can't resist the temptation to start talking about politics.
Tower Hamlets Council cabinet member Anwara Ali has left Labour for the Tories, saying she has become "disillusioned" with the party's NHS reform.
The Bow West councillor's defection will come as a blow to the ruling party, as the GP was lead member for health and well-being in the borough.
Tributes have been paid to Sunday Mirror journalist Rupert Hamer who was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan on Saturday morning.
Rupert died when the vehicle he was travelling in with American troops in south Afghanistan was hit by an improvised explosive device. Sunday Mirror photographer Phil Coburn was seriously wounded in the same incident.
While the eyes of the world have been focused on Copenhagen this week as world leaders try to thrash out a deal on global warning scientists closer to home have revealed they have found a way of turning waste carbon dioxide into something useful.
Dr Paula Carey and Dr Colin Hills, scientists at the University of Greenwich, have developed a process to turn carbon dioxide into rock.
Giles Broadbent, not unlike his Freeview box, has a meltdown about the State's institutional mistrust of its citizens.
So, a while back, when I was supposed to, I retuned my Freeview box. I promptly lost half the channels but they were the poor half so I figured I could live without them.
Prime minister Gordon Brown pledged to make key changes to housing, transport, health and education as he announced his new Government agenda today (Monday).
First, however, he popped into the Barkantine health centre for a quick check-up of Britain's medical facilities.
By Tim Archer
Events in Iran remind us how precious democracy is. Recognition of the result of an election and the orderly transition from one administration to another must surely be the acid test of any democracy. Recent events in domestic politics have caused many to question what our elected representatives have been doing for us.
By Jim Fitzpatrick
We're living through amazing times in the political arena at the moment. MPs' expenses and ministerial resignations have dominated the news.
I've redoubled my efforts to show my constituents that my main motivation is their welfare and quality of life. Other MPs share that sentiment.
Poplar and Canning Town MP Jim Fitzpatrick has moved from transport to agriculture.
The former firefighter arrives at DEFRA following the resignation of Jane Kennedy, who left after she was unable to confirm her support for embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Click here for The Wharf's gallery of the Crossrail launch event.
The seed of Crossrail was planted over a century ago. It has attracted delays, debate and dreamers imagining a London network with elbow room.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and London Mayor Boris Johnson were among the many who saw the £15.9billion project get underway in Canary Wharf today. The Wharf was there to gauge their reactions.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed Crossrail "a massive economic boost for the City" as he launched the beginning of building the railway route on Friday morning.
Mr Brown was giving a speech at the East Wintergardens just yards away from where the Canary Wharf Crossrail station is due to open in 2017.
Gordon Brown confirmed today the G20 has agreed a fiscal stimulus package of more than $1trillion.
The International Monetary Fund will get $500billion split 50/50 between trade and Special Drawing Rights. There will also be $100billion for multilateral banks to lend to poor countries.
By Giles Broadbent live at the G20
If there are going to be heroes and villains at the G20, then no-one can accuse Labour of being slow to choose sides.
The hero? Obvious. Prime Minster Gordon Brown for maintaining a firm hand on the tiller and steering the world to calmer waters.
By Giles Broadbent live at the G20
"Newham," said Prime Minister Gordon Brown in his welcoming remarks to journalists covering the G20 summit, "has transformed itself from a rural backwater to a major manufacturing centre, then suffered decline but embarked on a successful regeneration programme."
Live at the G20
East London MP Stephen Timms, pictured, welcomed journalists to the Excel Centre for the London Summit on Thursday morning.
The financial secretary to the treasury, who is also MP for East Ham, said it was a huge boost for the region to host an event which will see an agreement on the world's "biggest fiscal expansion".
After fiery clashes in the City yesterday (April 1), the world's attention has turned to the meeting of world leaders at the Excel centre in Royal Docks.
Topics under discussion include a strengthening of regulation and the promotion of integrity in financial markets.
Vince Cable has backed the Financial Services Authority to turn from "poacher to gamekeeper".
The respected Lib Dem deputy leader has regularly criticised the FSA over its handling of Northern Rock, HBOS and consumer protection in recent months.
The Excel Centre has been selected to host the London economic summit in April.
The exhibition centre in the Royal Docks will be the focus of world scrutiny when international leaders and finance ministers from across the globe meet there on April 2 to discuss the economic crisis.
Victims of the Canary Wharf bombing by the IRA took a major step towards justice after a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Wharf security guard Jonathan Ganesh, who was injured in the attack in 1996, was one of five delegates who met the PM for an hour long meeting in Parliament.
