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09:15 GMT 10:15 UK Q&A: Blair-Brown handover Tony Blair is
standing down as prime minister after 10 years in the job.
Gordon Brown is to replace him. Here is a guide to the changes:
When is Mr Blair going?  Tony Blair is to step down as prime
minister on 27 June. Labour's ruling National Executive
Committee has gone through the process of finding a successor as
Labour leader and Gordon Brown was the only contender with
enough Labour MPs backing him to be considered. Mr Blair has
continued as Labour leader and prime minister for the seven
weeks a contest would have taken. Mr Brown took over as Labour
leader on Sunday 24 June, three days before becoming PM.  Mr
Blair has won three elections in a row. Why is he standing down?
When he stood for the Labour leadership in 1994, Mr Blair's
close friend and rival Gordon Brown agreed to stand aside to
give him a clear run, in return for a promi