Supporters of Britain’s likely next prime minister are putting faith in longstanding friend James Purnell — hoping he will be the Goldilocks chief of staff: part bureaucrat, part strategist.…
Andy Burnham lines up ex-Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff
The likely next U.K. prime minister has chosen one of his oldest political allies in Westminster who helped him become an MP in 2001.
Jun 24
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