Gladstone the cat has acquired a new home at the Treasury as the newest arrival of the Whitehall mouse patrol, alongside fellow felines Larry in Downing Street and Palmerston in the Foreign Office
Gladstone, who is named after former prime minister and chancellor William Ewart Gladstone, is a stray adopted from Battersea cats and dogs home like Larry and Palmerstone and is thought to be between one and two years old.
He got the job at the Treasury to catch the mice overrunning the offices. There has always been a chronic mouse problem at the Horse Guard Road building but the problem has worsened with the mice getting braver and they are now running around the offices throughout the day.
He has not yet met his other two companions which are notorious for their fighting, so it is not known whether he will get along with the two or will be joining in with their brawls.
