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NOWHERE will the tension be greater in the coming weeks than at the Department of Trade and Industry, where many officials fear the worst, whichever of the two main parties wins. The Tories have made no secret of their intention to dismantle the department, seeing it as a ready provider of promised savings.
Likewise, if Labour triumphs, a resurgent Gordon Brown (assuming he keeps his old post) is thought to want to do a little reshaping of Whitehall, with the DTI in his sights. Even the likely departure of the hectoring Patricia Hewitt to another job, in the event of a Labour victory, can't lift the mandarins out of their gloom.See the full content of this document
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