Brown to stage fightback

Gordon Brown is expected to try to reclaim the political initiative this week, setting out his draft Queen's Speech programme for the autumn with promises of new measures on schools and health.

However, he had to contend with another round of disclosures about his turbulent relationship with Tony Blair in the form of John Prescott's autobiography, serialised in The Sunday Times.

The former deputy prime minister described Mr Brown as a "frustrating, annoying, bewildering and prickly" man who could "go off like a bloody volcano".

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