Caroline Flint's comment
on employing her spouse


31 January 2008

Caroline Flint said:

"My husband, Phil Cole, has worked for me since May 1997. Giving up his London-based job in public relations to manage my constituency office enabled us to live in the constituency with our three school age children.

"Anybody who knows Phil knows he does a proper full time job for me.

"From the outset it was a family decision to work together and it has certainly helped to manage the demands of a role public life."

Caroline and Phil's children were 9, 10 and 12 when she became an MP and completed their education at Ridgewood and Hall Cross Schools.