David Brindle assesses the record of care minister Ivan Lewis
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The social care sector will miss Ivan Lewis, says David Brindle
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Cabinet/Government Shuffle Undercard: Guardian
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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The Sketch: Forget Miliband, it's time for Harriet, bringer of a great depression
The Independent (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
The screen was showing an anti-bullying video commissioned by Ed Balls. That made us laugh. The Mental Health Minister Ivan Lewis – himself cruelly bullied – walked across the sightline leaving the hall. A child on screen was rehearsing her catechism: "We won't take sides. We won't gossip. We won't tell you what to do." It's beyond commentary, isn't it? It would be the end of government as we know...
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Exclusive: Newsnight "Revelations" Mr Crick Wrong
Chris Paul: Labour of Love (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
How can it be that poor little blogger and stringer me knows exactly who dobbed Ivan Lewis in for his unfortunate moments of madness with his adventures in text-uendo? And yet Michael Crick continues to speculate that it was somehow Gordon Brown and Number 10 who caused this story to emerge. Might look like that. Might look like that on purpose. I couldn't possibly comment. But I am quite frankly...
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Tales from the Labour fringe: Ivan Lewis, text messages and social care
The Social Work Blog (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
by Maria AhmedIvan Lewis, the care services minister, entered last night's Labour conference fringe meeting on adult social care funding looking somewhat greyer than I remembered. "It's been an interesting summer," he said, allowing a brief pause for laughter over...
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Feverish Speculation
New Statesman (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Let's all calm down and get a bit of perspective Such is the viciousness of the briefing about the Labour leadership that it's all too easy to jump to conclusions. It all got very nasty last week, especially when details of a harrassment complaint about health minister Ivan Lewis were leaked. So it was that I found myself in conversation with a former cabinet minister and champion of Gordon Brown...
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[Blogs] Is this the most incompetent Downing Street machine ever?
Labourhome (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
From the beginning it looked bad, e.g. losing letters from the Shadow Home Secretary about a Labour MP being bugged. The leaking of the Ivan Lewis story showed the ugly side - thugs attacking a colleague simply for sticking a toe out of line. But this handling of the 'rebels' is incredible - they've made the situation far worse by leaking the names to the press. If GB is to survive he needs to clear...
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Funny Peculiar
The Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
The up-and-coming comedian and health service privatisation minister Ivan Lewis has been exposed by our moral guardians, the Maul on Sunday and the Nugatories of the World, as an alleged harasser of females. A civil servant working in Lewis' private office apparently complained to her managers last year and was moved to another post before leaving to join the doubtless more inspiring and
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Txt pest MP dun4, says dad
The Sun (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
DAD of text pest Health Minister Ivan Lewis admits scandal could end his son’s career
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Text-pest Minister publicly apologises amid rumours he was the victim of a dirty tricks campaign
Daily Mail on Sunday (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Health Minister Ivan Lewis has issued a public apology after bombarding an aide with suggestive text messages.
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Text-pest Minister publicly apologises amid rumours he was the victim of a dirty tricks campaign
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Health Minister Ivan Lewis has issued a public apology after bombarding an aide with suggestive text messages.
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Text-pest Minister publicly apologises amid rumours he was the victim of a dirty tricks campaign
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Health Minister Ivan Lewis has issued a public apology after bombarding an aide with suggestive text messages.
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So whats happening then Minister - a move to Dept of Home Affairs
Valleys Mam (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
A Government Minister’s career was hanging in the balance last night after he admitted bombarding a young female aide with suggestive phone messages. Ivan Lewis, a 41-year-old Health Minister, issued a statement apologising for sending dozens of mobile phone text messages to Susie Mason, a 24-year-old assistant who worked in his private office in Whitehall. After complaining to her bosses, Ms Mason...
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Ivan Lewis complains about treatment of staff
The UK Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Chutzpah? You ain't heard nothing yet. After treating a loyal member of his own staff disgracefully by bombarding the poor girl with suggestive text messages, health minister Ivan Lewis is complaining over the treatment of council staff in his soon-to-be former constituency of Bury South. 'No way to treat loyal staff,' writes Lewis. He'd know. In other news, two veteran Tory councillors, hand
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Health minister forced to apologise over text messages
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
The career of Ivan Lewis the Health Minister is hanging in the balance after he had to apologise 'unreservedly' for bombarding a young female civil servant who worked for him with text messages.
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