Gordon Brown

The donated items are being distributed from Multibank hubs in Wigan and five other locations across the UKplaceholder image

Charity receives backing of international firm

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The Brick celebrates three years of its Multibank supporting families across the...

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TV stars on local festive charity mission

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You buy. We donate Amazon donation campaign with The Multibank returns to suppor...

Amazon’s You Buy. We Donate. initiative returns from now until 30 June, supporting The Brick Multibank in Wiganplaceholder image

Amazon expands customer donation campaign with leading household brands to tackl...

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Josh Simons MP - Changing the Winter Fuel Payment Threshold is the Right Thing t...

Figures from the organisation show Wigan has 13 places signed up to the scheme as of January – a rise from three in December 2022, when this analysis was last carried outplaceholder image

Warm banks on the rise in the borough

Amazon collaborating with customers and household brands to donate hygiene products to families in need via The Multibank charity.placeholder image

Customers and household brands donating hygiene products to needy families

The Brick Multibank in Wigan extends its campaign to combat child hygiene poverty in 2025placeholder image

The Brick Multibank in Wigan extends its campaign to combat child hygiene povert...

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Who are Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers?

Atherton school welcomes donation of books from Amazonplaceholder image

Atherton school welcomes donation of books from Amazon

The Brick CEO Keely Dalfenplaceholder image

Wigan’s Brick Multibank at the Heart of Groundbreaking Initiative to Combat Pove...

Wigan Multibank initiative expands to North Eastplaceholder image

Wigan Multibank initiative expands to North East

Amazon's Giant Toy Train Arrives in Wiganplaceholder image

The Brick and Amazon’s giant toy train brings Christmas joy to families

Wigan Multibank initiative expands to North Eastplaceholder image

Wigan Multibank initiative expands to North East

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Watch: Measures for families announced in Rachel Reeves’ budget

Watch as Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces funding for schools in the budget, along with a change to universal credit.

Jessica Martin

Rachel Reeves, poses with the red Budget Box as she leaves 11 Downing Street to present the government's annual budget to Parliament in October 2024.placeholder image

Watch: Potential tax rises and who could be worse off following budget

Amazon team in Haydock packs and donates thousands of back-to-school kits to Wigan childrenplaceholder image

Warriors players join Amazon’s Wigan multibank programme

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Wigan Multibank initiative expands to London

Neil Kinnock falls over on Brighton seafront in 1983.placeholder image

Funny political stunts gone wrong from elections past

Amazon team pack thousands of new baby kits to donate to Wigan Multibankplaceholder image

Amazon team pack thousands of new baby kits to donate to Wigan Multibank

Brick by Brick and Amazon teamsplaceholder image

Wigan charity recognised in National Award for the Multibank Initiative

Hundreds of Amazon’s Top Ten Toys for Christmas were delivered to The Brick in Wigan via a giant toy truckplaceholder image

Special delivery as charity receives hundreds of toys this Christmas

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the launch of the Brick-by-Brick project in Wigan, with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, The Brick's CEO Keely Dalfen and Amazon UK country manager John Boumphreyplaceholder image

Ex-PM and Comic Relief invite businesses to roll out Wigan project

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Wigan charity projects helps 30,000 extra people this year

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the launch of the Brick-by-Brick project in Wigan, with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, The Brick's CEO Keely Dalfen and Amazon UK country manager John Boumphreyplaceholder image

How a charity effort set up by a former Prime Minister is helping families

Thousands of jobs are at risk as retailer Wilko confirms collapse.placeholder image

Wilko ‘could be saved’ by rival discount chains according to experts

Wilko has officially entered administration, putting 12,000 jobs and more than 400 high street stores at risk.

Sam Johnson

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Former Prime Minister pays a second visit to Wigan charity The Brick

Tory ministers will not be happy with the new ‘no plus-one’ rule for King Charles III coronation - Credit: Getty Imagesplaceholder image

Breaking Tory ministers in uproar after major king’s coronation rule change

The launch of the Brick-by-Brick project, a new charity project based in Wigan. From left, Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, CEO of The Brick Keely Dalfen and Amazon UK country manager John Boumphrey.placeholder image

Former Prime Minster Gordon Brown launches huge new charity project in Wigan

Keely Dalfen, chief executive of The Brickplaceholder image

Charity teams up with Amazon and politicians to help thousands of families

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Chris Green MP: Hopeful for a period of recovery after tumultuous 2022

Private rented homes will be subjected to new rules as part of the Levelling Up agenda (image: NationalWorld) placeholder image

Landlords could be forced to upgrade '800,000 homes' under new Levelling Up Whit...

The subjects of a new BBC series Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution pictured at a 1997 election campaign press conference (Johnny Eggitt/AFP/Getty)placeholder image

Review: Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution was an enthralling view of ho...

Gordon Brown has called for the mass vaccination of the world to be the primary focus of the G7 summit (Photos: Getty Images and Shutterstock)placeholder image

UK and other wealthy countries should help pay for global vaccination, Gordon Br...

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Keir Starmer is promising more devolved powers if Labour wins the next election

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Readers' letters: BBC gives good value for 42p a day

Chancellor Rishi Sunak introduced the furlough scheme as a response to economic pain caused by the coronavirus pandemic (Getty Images)placeholder image

A quarter of UK workers are now furloughed - and unemployment levels could rocke...

Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmerplaceholder image

New Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer unveils shadow cabinet

Schools will close from Fridayplaceholder image

Coronavirus: Emergency legislation to be published in parliament

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Wife of Wigan rugby league star was code-breaking war hero

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Readers' letters - March 20

Andy Burnham arrives to speak at an event in Manchester where he launched his campaign to become Mayor of Greater Manchesterplaceholder image

Burnham launches mayoral campaign

(From the left) MP Steve Rotherham, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and shadow home secretary Andy Burnham arrive at the Hillsborough inquest in Warringtonplaceholder image

Burnham joined by labour leader at Hillsborough inquests

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