TIMES ONLINE: Gordon Brown promised today to serve a full five years in office if he leads Labour to a fourth term on May 6.
The Prime Minister committed himself to serving out a full term for the first time in a BBC interview otherwise dominated by an increasingly bitter row with big business over Labour's planned increases in national insurance contributions.
Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, who is regarded as Mr Brown's de facto deputy, had suggested in an interview with The Times that Mr Brown might decide to step down early – three or four years into the next parliament – after the economic recovery had been secured.
But Mr Brown told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I’ll be standing for the next five years." >>> Philippe Naughton | Thursday, April 08, 2010
