Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, has said he regrets that his political differences with Prime Minister Tony Blair have distracted from the issues which matter.
Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Manchester, Mr Brown said the way in which Britain is governed must change.
He also praised Mr Blair for what he described as the 'advances in peace in Northern Ireland'.
Mr Brown is the front-runner to succeed Tony Blair as leader and prime minister when he stands down.
Tony Blair has said he will go within a year.
However, a poll in today's Daily Telegraph suggests that Mr Brown is preferred as prime minister by fewer voters than either Tony Blair or the Conservative leader, David Cameron.
Yesterday, Mr Blair urged his party to stop the in-fighting and focus on developing 'big ideas' for the future.
Peter Mandelson, one of the creators of New Labour, has warned that whoever succeeded Tony Blair as the party's leader must not abandon the New Labour project.
