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BROWN, SUGAR: Chancellor Gordon Brown took time off Budget duties to visit the directors' box at White Hart Lane. He was there as a guest of club owner Alan Sugar to watch Spurs draw 3-3 with Liverpool. Mr Brown's girlfriend, public affairs consultant Sarah Macaulay, was not with him, but her absence did not prevent fresh media speculation that they will wed soon. The gossip was fuelled by the Independent on Sunday's disclosure in an interview with Mr Brown that Ms Macaulay is a frequent visitor to his home in his Dunfermline constituency. "Marriage is important, and I'm sure I'll do it one day," he says. "It's not something anyone should be forced into."

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