UK Economy: no thank-you note from Alistair Darling

Gordon Brown may have inherited a healthy economy when he took over at the Treasury in 1997, but his successor is not so lucky. What exactly is Brown's legacy to Darling?

When Gordon Brown became chancellor in 1997, senior officials told him that the economy he was inheriting was in rude health whereupon Brown apparently asked whether he was supposed to write a thank-you note. Given his legacy to his successor Alistair Darling, a thank-you note ten years on seems a remote prospect.

UK economy: Gordon Brown's legacy

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