After you, Peter
It was hard to imagine Andrew Adonis completely abandoning Whitehall for the lure the private sector. He covered it for the FT, crafted plans to reshape it in Blair’s policy unit, and then pestered officials (day and night) to implement his vision as a minister. 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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