Gordon Brown's spin doctor was sensationally sacked last night after he was accused of trying to launch a smear campaign against David Cameron and George Osborne. A media mogul with close links to Gordon Brown is receiving a pension of up to half-a-million pounds a year – at the age of 52. A charity worker was suspended after telling a colleague about his Christian beliefs against homosexuality, it has emerged today. By JAMES TAPPER DJ Sara Cox was one of the stars of the axed BBC advert The BBC has ditched a lavish TV advert for Radio 1 because executives feared it would provoke a public backlash against overspending. Radio 1’s top DJs including Chris Moyles, Jo Whiley, Scott Mills, Vernon Kay and Sara Cox featured in the three-minute film, which cost an estimated £700,000 and was shot at Pinewood film studios, where blockbusters such as Quantum Of Solace, Mamma Mia! and The Dark Knight were made. Gordon Brown was under huge pressure this weekend to reform lavish Commons allowances after more than 23,000 Mail on Sunday readers demanded urgent action. In the past fortnight, 23,485 readers returned petition coupons, sent emails and text messages or signed our petition online to voice their dissatisfaction with the system and call for radical change. ...readRevealed: Downing Street's 'vile' sex smear emails about top Tories' private lives
PETER HITCHENS: Our ruling elite are a class apartFred the Shred-style £500,000 pension for Brown's ITV crony
Christian charity worker suspended for saying he did not believe in same-sex marriage
BBC blows £700,000 on advert it won't show for fear of 'overspending' complaints
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