According to some Labour sources, Prime Minister Gordon Brown may agree to step down before the next General Election to avoid a humiliating defeat by David Cameron, the Daily Mail reports.

The newspaper reprots that under one scenario being discussed by Labour insiders, Brown would announce his resignation in the New Year. A successor would be chosen shortly afterwards, in order to leave several months before the Election – which has to be held by next June.

“There are many advantages for him and the party in taking this course,” an influential Labour MP told the Mail. “Assuming the economy is on the mend, Gordon can say that he has done what he said he would do, which is to get us through the worst of the recession. He should also be able to say that he has sorted out the mess of MPs’ expenses and brought in important changes to the constitution.”

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