Gordon Brown takes first big private sector job at Pimco

Spokesperson for the former prime minster says he will 'not make a penny' from advisory role

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You might have imagined that a man who was chancellor and then prime minister of the country during the period leading up to the crisis might not be in demand in financial circles.

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