Insulted by Ken
David Jones, MP (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
The replying Minister, Pat McFadden, rose to his feet to cries of: “Follow that!”
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Leftist British PM accused of bowing to...
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Leftist British PM accused of bowing to unions by freezing private companies out of NHS Gordon Brown is facing a damaging rift with his party after slowing the pace of reform in the NHS, The Times has learnt. Private companies and charities are being frozen out of the NHS, prompting accusations that the Government has bowed to pressure from the unions. Andy Burnham, the Health Secretary, is facing...
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Green tilt to balance of power
ToUChstone blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Come the Minister, come the announcement: at the TUC’s Beyond Crisis conference today, Business Minister Pat McFadden announced the creation and first meeting of the new Forum for a Just Transition, the stakeholder body to oversee delivery of the Government’s low carbon industry strategy. Brendan Barber told the 400 delegates that, ”The balance of power within the [...]
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Model Fees Under Scrutiny
Malcolm Clarke Labour (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Business Minister Pat McFadden has introduced a cooling off period for Model Agencies charging up front fees to young models. These young models are often privy to the harsh reality of the fact that being attractive is not a guarantee of success in the modelling Industry. Many of these young girls grow up with plenty of adulation from boys, family, everyone they meet in some cases and when the path...
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Mandelson's Post Office branch to re-open!
Theo's blog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Victory for local Post Office campaigners in Regent's Park ward! I have just heard that the Post Office have agreed to open a new Post Office Branch at the Londis in Albany Street, NW1 just yards away from the old branch at the Pharmacy. As ward councillor I was very concerned to be informed of the closure of the Albany Street branch of the Post Office on in May this year Readers will remember our...
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Talent agencies face ban on upfront fees
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The government has launched a crackdown on rogue agencies which charge aspiring actors and models hundreds of pounds in upfront fees. Campaigners say thousands of would-be performers are persuaded to part with large sums of money to cover "registration fees" or the cost of a portfolio, only to find the lucrative showbusiness contracts that they had hoped for never materialise. Pat McFadden,...
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Ah well, at least he'll have a job after next May
Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
From the BBC : Ed Miliband has said the UK cannot afford to "say no" to nuclear power as he prepares to announce plans to fast-track a new generation of reactors... I've lost count of the number of times they've flip-flopped between being pro- and anti-nuclear energy, but at least Ed will have a nice cushy job lined up if he loses his seat at the next General Election, a bit like his former...
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How to fail at warfare
Paul Flynn - Read My Day (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Incredibly the man who wrote this was Defence Secretary for six months. Is this the nonsense they tell each other in the Ministry of Defence? It was published in today's Independent by this blog's favourite ex-minister John Hutton. It starts...
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John Hutton MP: No, the strategy is absolutely the right one
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The purpose of the Nato mission in Afghanistan is clear. It is to ensure that Afghanistan does not become a safe haven for international terrorism that would endanger our national security and that of our friends and allies. Our long-term strategy is also clear; it is to give the emerging Afghan democracy the means to do this job for itself.
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John Hutton MP: No we shouldn't pull out... the strategy is absolutely the right one
The Independent (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The purpose of the Nato mission in Afghanistan is clear. It is to ensure that Afghanistan does not become a safe haven for international terrorism that would endanger our national security and that of our friends and allies. Our long-term strategy is also clear; it is to give the emerging Afghan democracy the means to do this job for itself.
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U.K. Government Increases Funding for a New Manufacturing Technology Center
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Britain’s Business Minister Pat McFadden has announced an increase of Government funding to £40 million for a new manufacturing technology centre (MTC). Since the Manufacturing Strategy was published in 2008, Government has set out a new approach to supporting the economy. The transition to low carbon and a move to high tech high value-added manufacturing give [...]
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Spain generates half electricity from renewables
Left Foot Forward (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
It’s a popular myth that renewables just cannot deliver that much power. London Mayor Boris Johnson has joked about "crucifying our landscape with wind farms which, even when they are in motion, would barely pull the skin off a rice pudding." When he was Energy Minister John Hutton told Labour Conference ...
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Thoughts on retirement and David Brent (created by Ricky Gervais)
Russell HR Consulting (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Business Minister Pat McFadden and Minister for Pensions and the Ageing Society Angela Eagle have today issued a joint statement calling for evidence on retirement ages to be submitted by 1st February 2010. Angela Eagle MP said: “As people live and work for longer, it is sensible that we have the debate on what works for [...]
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Each of the Defence Secretaries should be held to account for the MoD's failings
Labourlist (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 On Septmeber 2, 2006, 14 servicemen died in Afghanistan on an RAF Nimrod. The results of the inquiry into that tragedy, released yesterday, reveal that the MoD is largely culpable. The report describes a: "PowerPoint culture in government that glosses over hard questions and detailed evidence, and sacrifices safety to incompotence, sloppiness, complacency and cynism."...
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Territorial cuts row covers up the black hole in defence budget
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Britain's Territorial Army may be flavour of the week after Gordon Brown was forced to trim a £20m budget haircut in the face of an orchestrated political storm, but the TA has never enjoyed powerful protection inside the Ministry of Defence's menacing Whitehall HQ. There the regular army is always happier to see the 34,000-strong TA take the cuts rather than take a financial hit itself. The...