It's pussy galore! Now the Treasury recruits Gladstone the cat to chase out the mice -

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but will he join the turf war between No 10's Larry and Palmerston from the Foreign Office?

Source: Daily Mail, 29 July 2016

A third cat has joined Whitehall's increasing team of mousers with the arrival of Gladstone at the Treasury.

The 18-month black moggie - who wears a red ribbon around his neck - is described as 'greedy' and an animal with 'catitude' - stoking fears he will join the increasingly bitter turf war between No 10's Larry and Palmerston from the Foreign Office.

Like his new neighbours, Gladstone was recruited from Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, where he was called Timmy.

He was renamed after the former prime minister and Chancellor William Ewart Gladstone. He will hope not to suffer the same fate as the last Chancellor's cat.

Freya was banished to the Kent countryside just months after joining George Osborne's family in No 11 after becoming embroiled in several scrapes with Larry and her tendency to go missing for days.

Today new Chancellor Philip Hammond welcomed his fellow new arrival at the Treasury, posting a picture of the cat peering from his Red Box.



The 18-month black moggie (pictured) - who wears a red ribbon around his neck - is described as 'greedy' and an animal with 'catitude' - stoking fears he will join the increasingly bitter turf war between No 10's Larry and Palmerston from the Foreign Office


Only time will tell whether Gladstone joins the increasingly bitter turf war between No 10's Larry (left) and Palmerston (right) from the Foreign Office


Gladstone, pictured next to Chancellor Philip Hammond's Red Box, is the newest recruit in Whitehall and is tasked with solving the Treasury's mouse problem


Gladstone arrived a couple of weeks ago but was confined to just a few rooms before he is fitted with a tracker and let further afield to fulfill his job of solving the Treasury's chronic cat problem


Like his new neighbours, Gladstone (pictured climbing out of Philip Hammond's Red Box) was recruited from Battersea Cats and Dogs Home, where he was called Timmy


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3714565/Third-cat-town-Treasury-recruits-greedy-Gladstone-chase-mice-join-turf-war-No-10-s-Larry-Palmerston-Foreign-Office.html

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Source: https://www.youtube.com/user/itnnews

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Gladstone's Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/treasury_cat/

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Westminster welcomes its third Battersea mouser
Source: Battersea Dogs' and Cats' Home, 29 JULY 2016

There is a new cat on the block in Westminster as the third Battersea mouser has been welcomed into the heart of British politics. Named after former Chancellor and four-times Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, this sleek black feline has fittingly been rehomed to the Treasury to help conquer the building’s menacing mouse problem.

Read more: https://www.battersea.org.uk/westminster-welcomes-its-third-battersea-mouser

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