MPs go home early for Christmas - but will they come back early?
Gordon Brown evades straightforward rugby question
UK economy shrinks
Gillian Tett asks if there is a return of irrational exuberance in financial markets
MPs go home early for Christmas - but will they come back early?
Gordon Brown evades straightforward rugby question
UK economy shrinks
Gillian Tett asks if there is a return of irrational exuberance in financial markets
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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.© The Financial Times Ltd 2013 FT and 'Financial Times' are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.