Under fire Brown revamps cabinet

BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown clung fiercely to his job last night, defying calls from some within his beleaguered Labour party to resign.

In the wake of catastrophic local election results and the resignations yesterday of two more cabinet ministers – Geoff Hoon and John Hutton – Brown told reporters he never even considered resigning. Instead he announced a reshuffle that he hopes will help restore his fortunes.

“I have the determination to take this country through the most difficult of economic times, and this is what I am doing,” he said. “I will get on with the job and I will finish the work.”