Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown (2nd L) is silhouetted as he leaves the Treasury building in London, with his team members (L to R) Paul Boateng, Dawn Primarolo and John Healey, December 2, 2004. Brown was to draw the economic battlelines for the next election on Thursday with his pre-budget statement, a major speech cast by some as his personal manifesto for power after Prime Minister Tony Blair steps down. REUTERS/Toby Melville TM/MD