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Chris Paul: Labour of Love (Free subscription) | yesterday
Courtesy of the Guardian here's the soft shoe shuffle undercard . Apart from the Caroline Flint demotion there is something similar for Ivan Lewis MP who slides across to International Development. These are the departures in full and I'm not quite sure how Tom Harris managed to corner the market in coverage considering some of the others headed for the back benches: Margaret Hodge (temporarily leaving...
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workinproperty (Free subscription) | yesterday
In the latest of Prime Minister Gordon Browns former Deputy Leader Margaret Beckett is to replace Caroline Flint as housing minister.Caroline Flint is moving to the foreign office in Gordon Brown's cabinet reshuffle. Former minister Peter Mandelson also returns to the cabinet as secretary of state for business, enterprise and regulatory reform, with a seat in the House of Lords.Mandelson moves back...
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The Huntsman (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Our relations with Europe now lie in the hands ex-Equal Opportunities Officer and researcher, Caroline Flint. As a sign of how this contemptible little government holds in contempt the governance of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown has appointed one Caroline Flint to be Minister of State for Europe. Though some 80% or so of our laws (some bearing criminal sanctions) now emanate from the pens of unelected...
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Chris Paul: Labour of Love (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Kelly and Browne have left the scene completely of course. But Caroline Flint appears to be the only other whose right to attendance at all cabinet meetings, albeit non-voting, has been usurped. Perhaps Team GB got a report back on her Progress Rally contribution. Arguably the most uppity of the lot of them at that fringe event. William Hague's analysis on behalf of the Conservatives has been interestingly...
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Zehra in Gloucestershire (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
...sees Caroline Flint take over from Jim Murphy as Europe Minister. A full list is available at http://www.politicshome.com/Landing.aspx?Blog=3503&perma=link . William Hague's take on the reshuffle says it all: http://www.conservatives.com/News/News_stories/2008/10/Bizarre_reshuffle_makes_Government_even_more_dysfunctional.aspx .
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
No word yet on the future of my old university sparring partner Caroline Flint. I can't see where she fits in to things as there don't appear to be any jobs left. Surely she can't have been sacked? Can she?
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
10.09 Ben Brogan reports that Damian McBride will leave his job as Brown's spokesman. Is he copping it for the Ruth Kelly debacle? 10.05 Jon Cruddas tipped to replace Caroline Flint at Housing - the job he turned down last year. 10.00 Mandelson replaces Hutton at Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform - an eye catching, not to say astonishing move. Has there ever been a politician who has come back...
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
1. Hilary Benn to be sacked from the Cabinet and replaced by Ed Miliband at DEFRA. 2. Tony McNulty to be Chief Whip or Transport Secretary. 3. Caroline Flint to enter the Cabinet. 4. Geoff Hoon to remain in the Cabinet, but possibly not as Chief Whip. 5. Liam Byrne to enter the Cabinet, possibly at the Cabinet Office. 6. Jim Murphy to be the first Secretary of State for the Nations 7. John Hutton...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Caroline Flint and Liam Byrne also tipped for promotion to the cabinet as reshuffle looms
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
High concentrations of shared student houses in many university cities can leave some communities like "ghost towns" during vacations housing minister Caroline Flint has said.
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Spin and Spinners (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
A promise to build ten eco-towns (up from five) was a highlight of Gordon Brown's speech to last year's Labour conference. This year Brown said not one word about them, neither did Hazel Blears . The only minister to say a word about them was housing minister Caroline Flint , who said this in a little reported speech: we will rise to the challenge of climate change, creating greener homes for all including...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
Labour needs to address the sense of unfairness felt by middle income workers to win another election, Housing minister Caroline Flint says.
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Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
HOUSING Minister Caroline Flint said empty apartments and flats across Greater Manchester could be bought up from property developers.
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Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
The Manchester Evening News website has a special section devoted to the current Labour Conference. Readers are invited to check out Peter Devine’s blog “for Conference related news”. The blog is question, though, is entitled “All Things Eurovision” - so alongside news of Caroline Flint’s call for housing purchases is the latest on next month’s Eurovision [...]
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Dizzy Thinks (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Ben Brogan over at the Mail says the rumour mill is that Caroline Flint is going break cover and be a stalking horse Cabinet resignation. I still don't think Brown will go anyway. The only way I can see him agreeing to stand down is if he's defeated by a confidence vote in the Commons.
