Starmer Seeks to Reassert Position With Ex-PM Brown’s Return

Former prime minister Gordon Brown was appointed UK special envoy on global finance as part of Keir Starmer’s attempt to patch up the rival factions in his Labour Party after it suffered dismal local election results.

Brown, who served as Labour chancellor and then premier from 1997 until 2010, is set to develop new international finance partnerships to support defense and security-related investment with a particular focus on European ties, Starmer’s office said on Saturday. That includes establishing multilateral finance mechanisms — something Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been pursuing with limited success in recent months.