Person

Gordon Brown

British prime minister at the time of the global financial crisis, associated with fiscal rescue and the end of the New Labour era.

Summary

Gordon Brown was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010.

He matters here because his premiership confronted the financial crisis and the stresses it placed on British and global politics.

Useful for linking the global financial crisis, Labour government, and post-2008 economic politics.