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HOLLOW laughter from mandarins at briefings to the media by Gordon Brown's people that, as Prime Minister, he will restore civil servants to a central role in policy rather than forming cliques of cronies. When he became Chancellor, he would dismay Treasury officials by zipping off with his "Hotel Group", consisting of Ed Balls, Geoffrey Robinson, Charlie Whelan and Ed Miliband, to the Grosvenor House.
The Permanent Secretary, Sir Terry Burns was kept very much out of the loop.See the full content of this document
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NOAM GOTTESMAN, the GLG hedgefund boss, is having another house done up - but not all is going to plan, say City Spy's moles working on the property.
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