Former prime minister Gordon Brown has lost an IPSO complaint against The Spectator over an article about his so-called “Russian riches”.

Brown also complained about the handling of the issue to IPSO’s independent complaints reviewer but was told the process was not flawed, with his request for a review turned down.

The article in question, written in The Spectator’s gossip column Steerpike in February, was originally headlined: “Gordon Brown’s Russian riches.”