Tributes for Brown as Cameron becomes PM

GORDON BROWN’S resignation as prime minister of Britain has brought the curtain down on 13 years of Labour rule.

Standing alongside his wife, Sarah, outside No 10 Downing St, he said the job had been “a privilege” and wished his successor, Tory leader David Cameron, well. Mr Brown, who will remain as a backbench MP, said he had taken the decision to resign when it became obvious he would not be able to form a government in the wake of the general election.

He said he had “loved the job”, which he held for three years, and it had been “a privilege to serve”.