Spencer Livermore
Spencer Livermore joined lobbying and PR firm Blue rubicon in January 2009. He is a former advisor to Gordon Brown and worked in Brown's Economics Secretariat before the 1997 election and as political adviser to Andrew Smith [1] when he was Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Livermore was 'one of the few from Mr Brown’s inner circle to have remained at 11 Downing Street since the early years.[2] He went to Oxford University and the London School of Economics. [3]
Following Tony Blair’s resignation as Prime Minister on June 27 2007, Gordon Brown, as the new Leader of the Labour Party, became Prime Minister. Gordon Brown appointed Spencer to Number Ten as Director of Political Strategy, attending Cabinet meetings and becoming a key figure in the Prime Minister’s strategy for the next General Election.[4]
References
- ↑ The Financial Times The Campaign Teams 7 May 2001
- ↑ Christopher Hope Brown's Kitchen Cabinet Costs £1m A year The Telegraph, 25 February 2007
- ↑ Denis Campbell Gays Who Shape Our New Britain The Guardian, 18 December 2005
- ↑ Source needed
