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Britain8217;s Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Wednesday former Prime Minister Tony Blair would join the ruling Labour Party8217;s campaign for an election that must be called by June.
Opinion polls show the opposition Conservatives are favourites to win the election,which would end Labour8217;s 13 years in office.
8220;We want all the party8217;s leadership,past and present,to be contributing,8221; Mandelson told the Daily Mirror newspaper in an interview.
8220;Everyone will campaign: Tony Blair,Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott,former Home Secretary David Blunkett.8221;
Mandelson,who has backed Prime Minister Gordon Brown to lead Labour into the election despite some dissent in the party8217;s ranks,was speaking after GDP data showed Britain scraped out of recession in the fourth quarter of 2009.
