When the VAT cut is too difficult for the government to implement
You might have already read about the 10 Downing Street gift shop failing to pass on the VAT cut: Now it emerges that the Cabinet War Rooms are having similar problems… Read more
Ken Clarke enters the 21st century
It may seem incredible to some. But the MP for Rushcliffe has changed his mind after two decades of refusing to use a mobile phone – to the frustration of anyone trying to get hold of him.
What’s more, he is now using a Blackberry. Or at least owns one. It appears that fellow Tories want Clarke to be instantly accessible now he is in the shadow cabinet. Wonders never cease. Read more
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Jim Pickard is the FT's chief political correspondent, having joined the lobby team in January 2008. He has been at the FT since 1999 as a regional correspondent, assistant UK news editor and property correspondent.
Kiran Stacey is an FT political correspondent, having joined the lobby in 2011. He started at the FT as a graduate trainee in 2008, working on desks including UK companies and US equity markets before taking over the FT's Energy Source blog.
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