Meanwhile in a bunker in Whitehall
Shaun Woodward: Our new secret formula is a great success. The public love it.
Gordon Brown: Higher spending and investment until the end of time. Read more
Rosenfeld gets his money back from Labour
Labour last year begged a dozen private backers – who lent the party £14m in 2005 – to delay repayments until 2015.
Most agreed; including Chai Patel, Richard Caring, Rod Aldridge and Barry Townsley. Two others wrote off their loans altogether (Sir Gulam Noon and Lord Sainsbury). Read more
Further Reading
Gordon Brown’s sums are skewered by Chris Giles, FT economics editor
The organogram of (imminent) power: a map of David Cameron’s inner circle 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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