Gordon Brown, Britain's prime minister, has reshuffled his government and refused to resign amid a leadership crisis sparked by the resignation of several of his cabinet ministers.
Brown told a news conference in London following his changes that he was determined to take the country through difficult economic times and said: "I will get on with the job and I will finish the work."
The reshuffle comes a day after Britain went to the polls in European and local elections, in which voters were expected to express their anger over a scandal regarding the expenses of several politicians.
The main change in government saw Alan Johnson, widely seen as a rival to Brown's position, promoted from health to interior minister, while Alistair Darling, finance minister, retained his role despite rumours he would lose his job.
Alan Fisher, Al Jazeera's correspondent in London, said the prime minister's decision not to resign was not a surprise given how much Brown had craved the job in the first place.
Fisher said Brown faced an uphill battle to win the next election and that "he has a lot of work to do to reconnect with the public".
