CARDIFF, WALES – MARCH 5: Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, poses for a photograph with newly minted one pound coins during a visit to the Royal Mint, in Cardiff March 5, 2011. Britain’s Conservative Party is in Wales for it’s annual spring forum. (Photo by Toby Melville – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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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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