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Brown backs Straw over James Bulger killer’s detention

By politics.co.uk staff Gordon Brown appeared to back justice secretary Jack Straw over home secretary Alan Johnson as he spoke out in support of government silence in the case of killer Jon Venables. Mr Johnson suggested yesterday that the public had a “right to know” why Venables, who was ten years old when he murdered… Read more »

Brown prepares for Chilcot

By politics.co.uk staff Gordon Brown is preparing for his appearance at the Iraq inquiry tomorrow, with families of service personnel keen to see the prime minister answer questions about funding for frontline forces. Mr Brown will appear from 10:00 GMT tomorrow to discuss his role in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, when he was… Read more »