Hi °C | Lo °C Gordon Brown is to try to form a coalition government if there is a hung parliament, Downing Street sources have signalled.
He will argue that the sitting government has the first right to form an administration even if it is not the biggest party.
Gordon Brown 'will try to form coalition if there is hung parliament'
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