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| Gordon Brown has been contacted by police probing the cash-for-honours affair, Labour sources have said. | Gordon Brown has been contacted by police probing the cash-for-honours affair, Labour sources have said. |
| The chancellor has not been interviewed but been asked to declare "formally in writing" what he knew about the secret £14m loans before the last election. | The chancellor has not been interviewed but been asked to declare "formally in writing" what he knew about the secret £14m loans before the last election. |
| Other members of Labour's ruling National Executive Committee have been asked to do the same, the source added. | Other members of Labour's ruling National Executive Committee have been asked to do the same, the source added. |
| Police are investigating whether any honours were given in return for cash - all involved deny wrongdoing. | Police are investigating whether any honours were given in return for cash - all involved deny wrongdoing. |
| Labour pointed out early on in the inquiry that Mr Brown, because of his role as chancellor, had taken no role in party funding. | Labour pointed out early on in the inquiry that Mr Brown, because of his role as chancellor, had taken no role in party funding. |
| Downing Street has implied that Tony Blair has not been approached by the police to declare in writing what he knew about loans to Labour. | |
| This is despite reports that all members of the party's governing body, the NEC, on which Mr Blair sits, have been asked to do so. | |
| The prime minister's official spokesman said "nothing has changed", implying that no approach had been made. | |
| The investigators are thought to have spoken to, or contacted, more than 50 people, including some of Mr Blair's closest advisers, and, from the Conservative side, former leader Michael Howard. | |
| Director of Public Prosecutions Ken Macdonald - a former colleague of Cherie Blair - and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, have decided to stand aside from decisions related to the investigation. | Director of Public Prosecutions Ken Macdonald - a former colleague of Cherie Blair - and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, have decided to stand aside from decisions related to the investigation. |
| Attorney General Lord Goldsmith - who attends Cabinet and who is close to Mr Blair - on Tuesday said he would not stand aside from the process but promised to act "in the interests of justice". | Attorney General Lord Goldsmith - who attends Cabinet and who is close to Mr Blair - on Tuesday said he would not stand aside from the process but promised to act "in the interests of justice". |