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Net widens in hunt for Brown challenger

CHARLES Clarke is a former Home Secretary who got the sack after a series of disasters in his department.

Alan Milburn is a former Health Secretary who came out of retirement to lead Labour's 2005 election bid only to be sidelined when the campaign began to flounder.

Now the pair have got together to launch a new website dedicated to discussing "where Labour goes next" - in other words, what should happen once Tony Blair quits.

What do they have in common? They both dislike Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, who is expected to succeed Blair.

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