Editing Gordon Brown (section)

==Post-premiership (2010–present)==
===Return to the backbenches (2010–2015)===
[[File:British PMs 2011.png|thumb|Brown with fellow former Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and Sir [[John Major]], Deputy Prime Minister [[Nick Clegg]] and Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] during U.S. President [[Barack Obama]]'s address to Parliament]]
On 13 May 2010, in his first public appearance since leaving 10 Downing Street, two days after resigning as prime minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Brown confirmed he intended to stay on in Parliament, serving as a Labour [[backbencher]], to serve the people of his [[Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath]] constituency. He continued to serve as the MP of Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath until 2015.<ref name="BBC13May2010Backbencher">{{Cite news |date=13 May 2010 |title=Brown to remain as backbench MP |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8681018.stm |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516150404/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8681018.stm |archive-date=16 May 2010}}</ref>

Towards the end of May 2010, Brown began writing ''[[Beyond the Crash]]'', completing it after 14 weeks. The book discusses the [[2008 financial crisis]] and Brown's recommendations for future co-ordinated global action.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lipsey |first=David |date=18 December 2010 |title=Beyond the Crash by Gordon Brown&nbsp;– review |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/18/beyond-crash-gordon-brown-review |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205125723/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/dec/18/beyond-crash-gordon-brown-review |archive-date=5 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Brown |first=Gordon |title=Beyond the Crash: overcoming the first crisis of globalisation |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-85720-285-7 |location=London}}</ref>

He played a prominent role in the lead-up to, and the aftermath of, the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], campaigning for Scotland to stay in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 October 2014 |title=Hague and Brown clash over 'English votes for English laws' |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-29606220 |url-status=live |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014153655/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-29606220 |archive-date=14 October 2014}}</ref> "Our vision for the future of Scotland – yes a Scottish parliament for fairness, battling for equality across the UK", he told voters in an impassioned speech on the eve of polling. "But our vision is bigger than that – at every point, particularly through our membership of the UK, to fight for what is our dream, what is our demand. A world not of a separate state, but a world of social justice people can believe in. What kind of message does Scotland send to the world if, tomorrow, we said we are going to give up on sharing, we are going to smash our partnership, we are going to abandon co-operation and we are going to throw the idea of solidarity into the dust. This is not the Scotland I know and recognise."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/17/gordon-brown-appeals-to-labour-voters-vote-no |title=Gordon Brown makes passionate appeal to Labour voters in final no rally &#124; Scottish independence |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London|authorlink=Nicholas Watt |first=Nicholas |last=Watt|date=17 September 2014 |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313231035/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/17/gordon-brown-appeals-to-labour-voters-vote-no |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J39bBV7CBJk |title=Gordon Brown's Better Together speech the day before the Scottish referendum |publisher=YouTube |date=17 September 2014 |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312181842/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J39bBV7CBJk |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 1 December 2014, Brown announced that he would not be seeking re-election to parliament. He stood down at [[2015 United Kingdom general election|the general election in May 2015]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 December 2014 |title=Gordon Brown 'to announce he will stand down as MP' |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30277709 |url-status=live |access-date=1 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201150424/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30277709 |archive-date=1 December 2014}}</ref>

===IMF speculation===
[[File:Accelerating Infrastructure Development Gordon Brown (8412051140).jpg|thumb|right|190px|Brown, as UN Special Envoy for Global Education, addresses the [[World Economic Forum]], January 2013]]
In April 2011, media reports linked Brown with the role of managing director of the International Monetary Fund following the scheduled retirement of [[Dominique Strauss-Kahn]]. Brown's successor and Leader of the Opposition, [[Ed Miliband]], supported Brown for the role, while the Prime Minister, David Cameron, voiced opposition to this.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mulholland |first=Helene |date=19 April 2011 |title=Gordon Brown 'not most appropriate person' to head IMF, says Cameron |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/apr/19/gordon-brown-not-most-appropriate-imf-cameron |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420220527/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/apr/19/gordon-brown-not-most-appropriate-imf-cameron |archive-date=20 April 2011}}</ref> Following the arrest of Strauss-Kahn for alleged sexual assault in May 2011, and his subsequent resignation, these reports re-surfaced.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Elliott |first=Larry |date=20 May 2011 |title=Gordon Brown makes IMF pitch as race to succeed Strauss-Kahn intensifies |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/20/gordon-brown-imf-strauss-kahn |url-status=live |access-date=18 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522072520/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/20/gordon-brown-imf-strauss-kahn |archive-date=22 May 2011}}</ref> Support for Brown among economists was mixed but British Government backing for his candidature was not forthcoming and instead supported [[Christine Lagarde]] – the eventual successful candidate – for the post.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 May 2011 |title=Brown 'Not Right' To Take Over IMF Top Job |publisher=Sky News |url=http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/15994318 |url-status=dead |access-date=14 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111233227/http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/15994318 |archive-date=11 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kang |first=Cecilia |date=22 May 2011 |title=Germany, Britain back Lagarde to lead IMF |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/germany-britain-back-lagarde-to-lead-imf/2011/05/21/AFVrri8G_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518113911/http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/germany-britain-back-lagarde-to-lead-imf/2011/05/21/AFVrri8G_story.html |archive-date=18 May 2015}}</ref>

===Other appointments===

Sir [[Tim Berners-Lee]], who had worked with the government during Brown's premiership to publish government data on the internet in the [[data.gov.uk]] project, invited Brown to become a board director of the [[World Wide Web Foundation]] to "advise the Web Foundation on ways to involve disadvantaged communities and global leaders in the development of sustainable programs that connect humanity and affect positive change", and he was elected to the board of directors in September 2010.<ref>{{cite web |date=2 September 2010 |title=Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Joins World Wide Web Foundation's Board of Directors |url=http://www.webfoundation.org/2010/09/gordon-brown-joins-world-wide-web-foundation-board/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904201609/http://www.webfoundation.org/2010/09/gordon-brown-joins-world-wide-web-foundation-board/ |archive-date=4 September 2010 |publisher=[[World Wide Web Foundation]]}}</ref>

On 22 April 2011, it was announced that Brown would be taking on an unpaid advisory role at the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 April 2011 |title=Gordon Brown takes on World Economic Forum role |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13171942 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423035329/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13171942 |archive-date=23 April 2011}}</ref> Brown was also appointed as the inaugural 'Distinguished Leader in Residence' by [[New York University]] and took part in discussions and lectures relating to the [[2008 financial crisis]]<ref>{{Cite news| title=Former UK Prime Minister discusses the role of cities in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis |work=[[New York University]] |url=https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2011/april/former-uk-prime-minister-gordon-brown-discusses-the-role-of-cities-in-the-wake-of-the-2008-global-financial-crisis.html |date=6 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418085933/http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2011/04/06/former-uk-prime-minister-gordon-brown-discusses-the-role-of-cities-in-the-wake-of-the-2008-global-financial-crisis.html |archive-date=18 April 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> and globalisation.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 December 2010 |title=Former UK Prime Minister on the Promise of Globalization |publisher=NYUWagner |url=http://wagner.nyu.edu/news/newsStory.php?id=696 |access-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131210532/http://wagner.nyu.edu/news/newsStory.php?id=696 |archive-date=31 January 2011}}</ref>

In July 2012, Brown was named by Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]] as [[Special Envoy of the Secretary-General|UN Special Envoy]] for Global Education.<ref name=SpecialEnvoy>{{cite web |url=https://press.un.org/en/2012/sga1357.doc.htm |title=Secretary-General Appoints Former United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education |publisher=United Nations |date=13 July 2012 |accessdate=2 March 2025}}</ref><ref name=UNSE>{{cite web |url=https://educationenvoy.org/what-we-do/ |title=Gordon Brown |date=21 July 2013 |publisher=Office of the UN Special Envoy for Global Education |accessdate=1 March 2025}}</ref> He chaired the [[International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity]]. The position is unpaid.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramesh |first=Randeep |date=13 July 2012 |title=Gordon Brown to become UN special envoy for schoolchildren |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/jul/13/gordon-brown-un-envoy-children |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714123716/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jul/13/gordon-brown-un-envoy-children |archive-date=14 July 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Boris Johnson with Gordon Brown in London - 2018 (27295267767).jpg|thumb|left|Brown with Foreign Secretary [[Boris Johnson]], May 2018]]

In December 2015, Brown took his first large-scale role in the private sector since standing down as prime minister in 2010, becoming an advisor to [[PIMCO]]. Any money earned from the role is to go to the Gordon and Sarah Brown Foundation to support charitable work.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Foley |first=Stephen |date=8 December 2015 |title=Former UK PM Gordon Brown to join Pimco as adviser |work=Financial Times |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3cae4d6e-9cfd-11e5-b45d-4812f209f861.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112142208/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3cae4d6e-9cfd-11e5-b45d-4812f209f861.html |archive-date=12 January 2016 |issn=0307-1766}}</ref>

On 7 November 2017, Brown released his memoir ''[[My Life, Our Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Life, Our Times by Gordon Brown {{!}} Waterstones |url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/my-life-our-times/gordon-brown/9781784707460 |access-date=2 April 2019 |website=waterstones.com |language=en |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402175546/https://www.waterstones.com/book/my-life-our-times/gordon-brown/9781784707460 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2020, Brown was a co-author of a letter to the journal ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' highlighting the importance of EU funding in the fight against [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fernando |first1=Benjamin |last2=Brown |first2=Gordon |last3=Thomas |first3=Emily |last4=Head |first4=Michael |last5=Nurse |first5=Paul |last6=Rees |first6=Martin |date=22 September 2020 |title=COVID-19 shows UK–EU collaborations are irreplaceable |journal=Nature |volume=586 |issue=7828 |page=200 |doi=10.1038/d41586-020-02687-6 |pmid=32963368 |bibcode=2020Natur.586..200F |doi-access=free |issn = 0028-0836}}</ref> The letter was organised by [[Scientists for Labour]], an organisation of which he is a patron.

On 10 June 2021, Brown released the book ''Seven Ways to Change the World: How To Fix The Most Pressing Problems We Face.'' The book features Brown's forensic examination of seven areas where global reform and action are essential.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 June 2021 |title=Book review: Seven Ways To Change The World, by Gordon Brown |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-seven-ways-to-change-the-world-by-gordon-brown-3269427 |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=www.scotsman.com |language=en |archive-date=2 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102125734/https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-seven-ways-to-change-the-world-by-gordon-brown-3269427 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2021, Brown was appointed by the [[World Health Organization]] as [[WHO Goodwill Ambassador|WHO Ambassador]] for Global Health Financing.<ref name="who.int">{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/20-09-2021-former-u.k.-prime-minister-gordon-brown-appointed-world-health-organization-ambassador-for-global-health-financing |title=Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown appointed WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing |publisher=World Health Organization |date=20 September 2021 |accessdate=2 March 2025}}</ref><ref name=WHOGA>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/about/collaboration/goodwill-ambassadors |title=WHO Goodwill Ambassadors |publisher=World Health Organization |accessdate=1 March 2025}}</ref>

On 5 December 2022, having led development of a Labour party blueprint on [[Constitutional reform in the United Kingdom|constitutional reform]], Brown announced the publication of these proposals alongside future Labour Prime Minister [[Keir Starmer]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Britton |first=Paul |date=5 December 2022 |title=Keir Starmer and Gordon Brown reveal big plans for Britain |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/keir-starmer-gordon-brown-reveal-25676091 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105181455/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/keir-starmer-gordon-brown-reveal-25676091 |url-status=live }}</ref> These proposals included plans for the replacement of the [[House of Lords]] with a "Assembly of the Nations and Regions", electing around 200 members on a different electoral cycle to that of the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9700/CBP-9700.pdf |title=House of Lords Reform in the 2019 Parliament |date=6 January 2023 |publisher=[[House of Commons Library]] |location=London |pages=18 |chapter=4.2: Labour plans, December 2022 |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102235826/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9700/CBP-9700.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Other measures include the "strengthening of the [[Sewel Convention]]" such that the ability of devolved administrations to veto UK Parliament legislation affecting devolved issues is "constitutionally protected", plans to grant the Scottish Parliament greater powers over foreign affairs "so that Scotland could sign up to international groups or agreements within devolved areas" such as [[Erasmus Programme|Erasmus]], and plans to transfer powers to English regions and local mayors.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Commission-on-the-UKs-Future.pdf |title=A New Britain: Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding our Economy – Report of the Commission on the UK's Future |date=5 December 2022 |publisher=Labour Party |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=26 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226195054/https://labour.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Commission-on-the-UKs-Future.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bbc-2022-constitution">{{Cite news |date=5 December 2022 |title=Gordon Brown: Labour plan would make UK work for Scotland |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63853652 |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102235825/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63853652 |url-status=live }}</ref> The proposals were criticised by the [[Scottish National Party|SNP]] who described them as "underwhelming",<ref name="bbc-2022-constitution"/> and the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] [[Lindsay Hoyle]] who described plans to replace the Lords with an elected chamber as weakening the supremacy of the Commons.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 December 2022 |title=Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle opposes Labour's Lords plans |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64053545 |access-date=2 January 2024 |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102235827/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-64053545 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following Labour's landslide victory in the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], Brown congratulated Starmer on his victory, saying: "My best wishes to all the new Labour MPs and, above all, I congratulate the British people who have chosen not just change, but hope."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keir Starmer has summed it up "today we enter the sunlight of hope". Congratulations to Keir and all @UKLabour for a resounding election victory. My best wishes to all the new Labour MPs and, above all, I congratulate the British people who have chosen not just change, but hope. |url=https://x.com/GordonBrown/status/1809165433687232538 |website=Twitter}}</ref>

On 28 September 2023, Brown released the book ''Permacrisis: A Plan to Fix a Fractured World,'' which he co-wrote with [[Michael Spence]] and [[Mohamed El-Erian|Mohamed A. El-Erian]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Slobodian |first=Quinn |date=11 October 2023 |title=Permacrisis by Gordon Brown, Mohamed El-Erian and Michael Spence review – road to nowhere |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/11/permacrisis-by-gordon-brown-mohamed-el-erian-and-michael-spence-review-road-to-nowhere |access-date=7 July 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>  In 2024 Brown co-authored a pamphlet on [[child poverty]] demanding a multibillion-pound package to solve what he dubbed 'a social crisis'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/14/british-children-poverty-tories-gordon-brown|title=Millions of British children born since 2010 have only known poverty. My £3bn plan would give them hope|work=The Guardian|date=14 May 2024|accessdate=21 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/14/children-austerity-generation-need-rescue-plan-gordon-brown-sure-start|title=Children of austerity need a rescue plan, Gordon Brown says|first=Patrick|last=Butler|work=The Guardian|date=14 May 2024|accessdate=21 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/child-poverty-uk-scandal-britain-charities-families|title='People haven't woken up to the scale of this': Gordon Brown on the UK's child poverty scandal|first=Michael|last=Savage|work=The Guardian|date=18 May 2024|accessdate=21 May 2024}}</ref>

In November 2024, Brown wrote an article in opposition to the [[Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill]] arguing that the UK needed to improve its palliative care provision instead of legalising assisted dying.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Gordon |date=22 November 2024 |title=Spending time with people in their final days showed me that we need not assisted dying, but better end-of-life care |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/22/assisted-dying-palliative-care-end-of-life |work=The Guardian}}</ref>