"The Treasury attracts the cream of the Civil Service and is home to the intellectual elite of Whitehall. Former Treasury staff are highly sought after in the City because of their knowledge of the public purse, their parliamentary contacts — which are valuable when pitching for lucrative government contracts — and their brain power. There is significant kudos for a City bank or private company to poach a civil servant from the department."

The Times (Monday 15th March 2010)

Always nice to open the paper on a Monday morning for a splash of self-indulgence and to remind yourself why you're working your hands to the bone.