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Spencer Livermore Leaves Downing Street

Spencer Livermore, one of the most important gay figures in British politics, is to leave Downing Street.

The Prime Minister's director of political strategy is reportedly leaving to take a job in advertising for the agency Saatchi & Saatchi and Fallon, where he will work in the New Labour account.

"His experience and insights are unparalleled and will be immensely valuable to both Saatchi & Saatchi and Fallon clients."

"Spencer's appointment is a huge coup for the SSF Group," UK chief executive Saatchi Robert Senior told The Guardian.

The 32 year old LSE graduate from Slough was named 'the most important gay person in British politics' in the PinkNews.co.uk Top 50 list in December, and in May last year was seventh most powerful gay man in Britain.

Reports suggest Gordon Brown and has and the Secretary of State for Children, Families and Schools, Ed Balls, have tried to persuade Mr Livermore to stay in the job in the past few weeks.
He has been one of his closest and most loyal aides for more than a decade.

After leaving the London School of Economics, he worked for the Labour Party's Economic Secretariat during the 1997 General Election under Tony Blair.

In 1998 was appointed a Special Adviser at the Treasury where he first worked as a key political aide to Brown.

In the run up to the 2001 election, Livermore left the Treasury to work alongside the General Election co-ordinators Douglas Alexander at Labour party headquarters as Head of Attack charged with running the famed Excalibur computer system used by the party to compile data against its opponents.

After the election and back at the Treasury he became Special Adviser to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, then in 2005 he became the most senior adviser to the Chancellor as Chief Political and Strategy Adviser.

Brown said: "Spencer has made a huge contribution for the past 10 years. I am extremely grateful to him for the work he has done, playing a major part in devising and implementing many of the successful policies at the Treasury,
particularly in relation to employment and welfare-to-work policies.

"He played a central role in twice ensuring the re-election of a Labour government. I regret his decision to leave Downing Street, but I know that he will continue to play a major role with his new company in helping Labour to a fourth term in government."

Spencer lives with his partner, Seb Dance in London who is also a government special adviser - to Northern Ireland Secretary, Shaun Woodward.

Author: Joanne Oatts

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