In his memoirs, Mr Straw says Tony Blair encouraged him to stand for the Labour leadership Gordon Brown knew he was not up to the job of prime minister, former cabinet minister Jack Straw has claimed.

Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown emerged Saturday as the winner of a gubernatorial straw poll conducted by the Young Democrats of Maryland at the group’s annual statewide convention. Brown received 62 ...

Jack Straw has announced he is to run Gordon Brown's campaign for the Labour leadership - the first official confirmation the chancellor will stand. He told BBC One's Sunday AM Mr Brown had helped ...