Brown steels himself for final debate after 'bigot' blunder

Gordon Brown will attempt to lift himself for the third and final prime ministerial debate today after offering a grovelling apology for branding a pensioner “bigoted”.

With just a week left until the UK general election and polls showing the parties still deadlocked, Labour strategists have been billing this evening’s economy-themed clash as an opportunity for the Prime Minister to turn the tide of the campaign.