GORDON Brown could face an unwelcome Labour Party leadership challenge, it was revealed today.

GORDON Brown could face an unwelcome Labour Party leadership challenge, it was revealed today.

The Prime Minister, who has survived a series of leadership debates, should face a secret ballot on his leadership, said two leading figures in the party.

Former minister Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon, who lives in the Suffolk Coastal area, say they want a secret ballot of Labour MPs to resolve the issue of Gordon Brown's leadership once and for all.