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Coventry Green Voice (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
David Cameron has named Greg Clark as the shadow minister for "Energy and Climate Change" ... Clark was the MP behind the Private Members Bill to stop gardens being defined as brownfield land. He is also a former director of policy (2001-2005) for the Conservatives. I don't remember any ideas about feed-in tariffs and microgeneration emerging at that time. His assistants are Greg Barker ( shadow minister...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Andrew Sparrow: The first climate change questions in the Commons should be worth watching. Three days after Gordon Brown appointed Ed Miliband to head the new department, David Cameron has promoted Greg Clark to shadow him
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ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
In a very welcome appointment (one ConHome recommended) Greg Clark MP has been chosen to shadow Ed Miliband as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Nick Hurd MP will replace Greg as Charities spokesman. That may be...
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
I'm delighted to learn that Greg Clark, my MP in Tunbridge Wells, has just been promoted to the Shadow Cabinet to take on Ed Miliband. Greg Barker and Charles Hendry will be Clark's junior spokesmen, while Nick Hurd replaces Clark on the charities brief. And that, ladies and gentlemen, may be it!
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Tory leader David Cameron appoints Greg Clark as shadow energy and climate secretary, in a Conservative reshuffle.
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Boulton & Co. (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Teeny-tiny reshuffle from Cameron: Greg Clark (left) becomes shadow secretary of state for Energy and Climate Change, and Nick Hurd, Douglas Hurd's son, replaces him as shadow minister for the Cabinet Office. UPDATE: Shadow Minister for Climate Change Greg Barker MP Shadow Minister for Energy Charles Hendry MP
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ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
ToryDiary: Tories' spending pledge will not be repeated *** Greg Clark MP on Platform: Labour turns to charity for funds ConservativeInternational: The Republicans after St Paul Matt Sinclair on CentreRight: The energy crisis NEWSLINKS TO FOLLOW > > > Please...
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ConservativeHome's YourPlatform (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Greg Clark MP is Shadow Minister for Charities. On Friday the Charity Commission revealed that the Labour Party accepted £15,000 in political donations from a charity devoted to running breakfast and after-school clubs for underprivileged children (see here). Taking money...
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Conservative Party (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Greg Clark has condemned the Labour Party after it was forced to pay back a £15,000 donation from a children's charity.
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Deirdre Alden's Blog (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Today I was pleased to welcome Greg Clark MP to the Welsh House Farm Estate in Quinton Ward. Greg is a Conservative Shadow Minister with an interest in Charities, Voluntary Bodies and Social Enterprise. During a discussion at The Haven, on Rilstone Rd, where we met with Simon Jay and Quinton Councillor Jane James amongst others, we talked about the funding problems which voluntary bodies face. People...
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Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
Tyler Cowen: Marginal Revolution: Why economics was late in starting. > **Why economics was late in starting:** I've already posed the question, I'd like to add two points. First, sustained economic growth in the Western world starts in 17th century England, as shown by Greg Clark. Interest in economic reasoning then comes rapidly, first from the mercantilists, then in Adam Smith and some earlier free...
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East Grinstead Courier (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Tunbridge Wells MP Greg Clark has criticised the decision to shut down the Ridgewaye School in Southborough.
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Gene Expression (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Yesterday I finally finished Kenneth Pomeranz's The Great Divergence: China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy . This was no easy read, even at only ~300 pages. Will Ambrosini characterized Greg Clark's Farewell to Alms as a book length response to The Great Divergence , and I can see where he is coming from. Contra Clark and the dominant consensus in economic history Pomeranz marshals...
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
The Evening Standard's Paul Waugh, a man well plugged in to Tory politics, has a Tory reshuffle piece on his excellent blog . He agrees with my predictions about Maria Miller and Greg Clark, and tips Ed Vaizey to replace Peter Ainsworth at Environment. He also thinks Justine Greening, who has impressed in her Treasury job, may also be promoted to the tyop table. In addition, Waugh reckons Theresa Villiers,...