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| Attorney General to leave office | |
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| Attorney General Lord Goldsmith is to step down after six years in office. | Attorney General Lord Goldsmith is to step down after six years in office. |
| He said in a statement he will leave his post next week - as Tony Blair quits after 10 years as prime minister. | He said in a statement he will leave his post next week - as Tony Blair quits after 10 years as prime minister. |
| Lord Goldsmith said he had been "immensely privileged" to serve what had been a record period of time for a Labour attorney general. | Lord Goldsmith said he had been "immensely privileged" to serve what had been a record period of time for a Labour attorney general. |
| He had wanted to move on for some time and had told Mr Blair and Gordon Brown he believed that now was the right time to make that move, he said. | |
| 'Immense contribution' | |
| Prime Minister-in-waiting Mr Brown said Lord Goldsmith had given "outstanding service" to the country. | |
| "His contribution to the country and this government has been immense, not least through transforming the Crown Prosecution Service," he said. | |
| "It is with my regret that he has made his personal decision to step down." | |
| Lord Goldsmith will take part in a review of legal and other aspects of citizenship for Mr Brown. |