| Chief of Staff: |
Jonathan Powell | same role as he had in Opposition. A former civil servant whose eldest brother Charles was one of Margaret Thatcher's key advisers
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| Policy Unit: |
David Miliband | former policy director in Opposition and secretary of Social Justice Commission |
| Robert Hill | former Party local government officer |
| Peter Hyman | former Party press officer |
| Roger Liddle | founding member of the SDP, director of PRIMA consultancy, co-author (with Peter Mandelson) of Blair Revolution: Can New Labour Deliver? |
| Liz Lloyd | Blair's researcher since before he became leader |
| Pat McFadden | specialising in constitutional reform |
| Geoff Mulgan | Founder and Director of the think-tank Demos |
| Geoffrey Norris | specialising in trade and industry matters |
| James Purnell | specialising in media ownership and related matters |
| Derek Scott | formerly of the Institute for Public Policy Research |
| Jonathan Rees | Office of Public Service: a civil servant, not a special adviser |
