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Mr Burnham then wanted to appoint him as a special adviser – a “super-spad” – but Lord O’Neill was again reluctant, not wanting the trouble and expense of putting his assets in a blind trust, as he would be required to do.
A ndy Burnham’s wooing of Jim O’Neill has been “quite a dance”, according to the former Goldman Sachs economist. Lord O’Neill argues that, if money has to be found, it should come from ending the triple-lock uprating of the state pension and from savings in the welfare bill.
He said: “Why don’t I just be Jim O’Neill and talk to you whenever you want to talk to me and not have any need for this stuff?
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- A ndy Burnham’s wooing of Jim O’Neill has been “quite a dance”, according to the former Goldman Sachs economist.
- Mr Burnham then wanted to appoint him as a special adviser – a “super-spad” – but Lord O’Neill was again reluctant, not wanting the trouble and expense of putting his assets in a blind trust, as he would be required…
- He said: “Why don’t I just be Jim O’Neill and talk to you whenever you want to talk to me and not have any need for this stuff?
- Lord O’Neill argues that, if money has to be found, it should come from ending the triple-lock uprating of the state pension and from savings in the welfare bill.
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- politicslink