Gordon Brown suffered his first setback over his plans for the partial privatisation of the Royal Mail yesterday when a ministerial aide resigned claiming the proposals “beggared belief”. Jim McGovern, MP for Dundee West, said he was quitting his post as parliamentary private secretary to Pat McFadden, the postal affairs …
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