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| Brown urges US action on economy | Brown urges US action on economy |
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| Gordon Brown is to urge the US to lead the world in tackling global problems. | Gordon Brown is to urge the US to lead the world in tackling global problems. |
| At a speech in Boston he will say a "global society" with reformed international institutions is needed to fight recession and climate change. | At a speech in Boston he will say a "global society" with reformed international institutions is needed to fight recession and climate change. |
| Earlier in a television interview, Mr Brown said he wanted "co-ordinated activity" by the US and Europe to halt rising food and oil prices. | Earlier in a television interview, Mr Brown said he wanted "co-ordinated activity" by the US and Europe to halt rising food and oil prices. |
| On Thursday Mr Brown had to break off from meetings to persuade Angela Smith not to quit as a ministerial aide. | On Thursday Mr Brown had to break off from meetings to persuade Angela Smith not to quit as a ministerial aide. |
| On the final day of his US visit, Mr Brown is due to call for an overhaul of the international structures, like the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund, in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century. | On the final day of his US visit, Mr Brown is due to call for an overhaul of the international structures, like the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund, in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century. |
| Early warning | Early warning |
| He is due to say the UN needs to become more effective in dealing with conflict prevention and the stabilisation and reconstruction of failed states. | He is due to say the UN needs to become more effective in dealing with conflict prevention and the stabilisation and reconstruction of failed states. |
| My concern every day is what's happening for the person looking for their first home, what's happening to the mortgage payer Gordon Brown | My concern every day is what's happening for the person looking for their first home, what's happening to the mortgage payer Gordon Brown |
| On the economy, he will call for the IMF to become an effective early warning system to prevent the sort of problems which have led to the current global financial crisis. | On the economy, he will call for the IMF to become an effective early warning system to prevent the sort of problems which have led to the current global financial crisis. |
| He is expected to say that the World Bank needs to acquire a new environmental edge, providing funds to developing nations to adopt "green" technologies. | He is expected to say that the World Bank needs to acquire a new environmental edge, providing funds to developing nations to adopt "green" technologies. |
| On Thursday the prime minister was forced to take time out of his official business to speak to Labour MP Angela Smith, who was reported to have threatened to resign her junior government post in protest at the government's abolition of the 10p tax rate. | On Thursday the prime minister was forced to take time out of his official business to speak to Labour MP Angela Smith, who was reported to have threatened to resign her junior government post in protest at the government's abolition of the 10p tax rate. |
| Later Ms Smith issued a statement denying she was about to quit as a parliamentary aide to Treasury Chief Secretary Yvette Cooper. | Later Ms Smith issued a statement denying she was about to quit as a parliamentary aide to Treasury Chief Secretary Yvette Cooper. |
| Interest rates | Interest rates |
| Speaking to GMTV, Mr Brown said the US and Europe needed to work together to tackle rising prices. He also said he believed UK interest rates would fall over the next few months. | |
| He said: "My concern every day is what's happening for the person looking for their first home, what's happening to the mortgage payer...that's why I'm in politics." | |
| Mr Brown added: "We've got a problem at the moment with the economy. We've got to explain to people what's been happening. | Mr Brown added: "We've got a problem at the moment with the economy. We've got to explain to people what's been happening. |
| "The most important thing for me is to get on and do the job." | "The most important thing for me is to get on and do the job." |