With the election a tight three-horse race, U. K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said 'economies in Europe are in peril and there is a risk of dragging us back into recession.

The AA and others demand that the autumn increase in petrol duty should be postponed and millions of bank holiday motorists are told that Gordon Brown “feels your hurt”.

Blair, on an official visit to Washington and California, met the former body-builder this week to launch an agreement between California and Britain to reduce global warming.