08/04/2005

Blair and Brown unite for Labour’s first election broadcast

Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown are to jointly feature in the Labour Party's first election broadcast.

The broadcast is based in part on a series of filmed conversations between them about their shared efforts to modernise Labour and Britain. They speak frankly about the challenges they have faced together, the way they work together, and the battleground for the election.

The broadcast is billed as part of Labour's "determination to ensure the economy is always centre-stage in the election".

The election broadcast airs on the evening of Monday April 11.

(GB)


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