Sumeet Desai

Position: Journalist

Articles

UK Tories unveil plan for "greener" government November 24, 01:11pm EST 

LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservatives said on Tuesday they will pay households to recycle rubbish, set up a "green" investment bank and cut government emissions by 10 percent in a year if they win next year's election.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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On the road with Gordon Brown

Over the next couple of weeks Sumeet Desai, Senior Reuters economics correspondent, will be live blogging his travels with the Prime Minister to the United Nations in New York, the G20 summit in Pittsburgh and the Labour Party conference in Brighton.  Full Article 

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What if it's not the economy, stupid?

What happens if the economy turns around by the end of the year but the polls don't get any better? Some Labour strategists are wondering whether that might be a good time for Gordon Brown to step down, perhaps in January.   Full Article | Comments [3] 

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Brown gets helping hand from Obama

He loves the Queen and the British people. Truth be told, President Obama was always going to be a hit on his first overseas trip. But Gordon Brown probably could not believe his luck. The prime minister ...  Full Article | Comments [14]