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Newsnight: Gordon Brown Special
Last Updated: Thursday, 10 November 2005, 17:41 GMT
NEWSNIGHT SPECIAL

Chancellor Gordon Brown
Brown breaks record
Gordon Brown has become the longest-serving modern day chancellor of the exchequer.
Head to head - Gordon Brown
Question behind Brown's record
Your comments
Special report

QUIZ

Budget or bust? Test your skills
How much do you know about the role of the chancellor and the people given the responsibility of holding the nation's purse strings? Try our quiz and find out.
Chancellors of the exchequer
PROFILE

Gordon Brown Gordon Brown - dour or dashing?
Academic in his outlook and with a PhD from Edinburgh University, Mr Brown is nothing if not complicated. Find out more about the world of Gordon Brown.
Gordon Brown timeline
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Newsnight's special report on Chancellor, Gordon Brown was broadcast on Tuesday, 15 June, 2004 at 22:30 BST on BBC Two

William Gladstone Excerpts from Gladstone's first budget speech

 

VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS
VIDEO CHOICE
UK Chancellor Gordon Brown Michael Crick looks at the man behind the Budget box


BROWN'S KEY DECISIONS

First budget - 1997
Bank of England independence
Vote 2001
Spending Review 2002

Gordon Brown at Edinburgh University In pictures
The life of Gordon Brown

David Lloyd George Staying the course
Britain's longest-serving chancellors
Budget documents in full Budget 2004
Read the chancellor's full budget report and other documents

BACKGROUND

Wine bottles The Budget: A history
The chancellor is traditionally allowed an alcoholic drink while delivering his speech. This is the only time alcohol is allowed in the Chamber. Go behind the scenes with a guide to the Budget.
Budget box Budget briefcase
The original Budget briefcase was made for William Gladstone in around 1860. In 1997, the current chancellor, Gordon Brown, ordered a new briefcase. Read more about its history.
Bank of England1997: Brown sets Bank free
Bank of England given independence


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