Boulton & Co. (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Kim Howells, the genial – some would say maverick – Welsh boyo who lost his Foreign Office job in Gordon Brown’s reshuffle, is to succeed Margaret Beckett as chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. Although there has been no official statement from the Prime Minister yet, talkative Kim has already pre-announced the announcement. (Margaret Beckett has returned to the Government as Housing...
workinproperty (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
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...
Curly's Corner Shop, the blog! (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Headline - Blunkett set to return - disgraced ex minister to return to government of the living dead. Just who writes their headlines, and where do they find their inspiration? They quote a “top Tory official”: The return of old Cabinet hands such as Mr Mandelson and Margaret Beckett has already prompted one Tory official to comment: ‘This [...]
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Next year, Gordon Brown will have to choose a new European Commissioner. His or her term starts in October 2009. Geoff Hoon and Margaret Beckett remain favourites for the job. However, no one seems to have commented on an unfortunate precedent Gordon Brown has created in recalling Peter Mandelson before his time is up. If David Cameron wins the next election, say in mid 2010, he will be stuck with...
John's Labour blog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Good news about Margaret Beckett being appointed as Housing Minister. There has been some understandable moans in the housing press about the “churn” in housing ministers (she is the 8 th Labour minister and there has been 3 in the last year alone!). However, she is a big hitter – former deputy leader of the Labour party (the technical leader for 3 months when John Smith died), and former Foreign Secretary,...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Yep El Gordo has brought the horse faced one back. Margaret Beckett (below) who looks like a horse(above) is back. Gordon has got her nose feed bag out of storage and taken on a team of farriers for her hooves. She cost us £500 million in Eu fines and was slated by a Parlimentary committee over her handling of Eu farm subsidies in 2006. Wonder how much horse woman will cost us this time?...
Vino's Political Blog (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The Cabinet reshuffle has seen some interesting changes. Margaret Beckett (above) and Peter Mandelson have returned to the Cabinet. The Prime Minister seems to be valuing experience over new talent. This perhaps suggests that those politicians who cut their teeth in opposition are more effective than those who have only known front-line politics during the time of a Labour government. Margaret Beckett...
icWales (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
So much for a fresh start. Gordon Brown went back to the future yesterday, bringing back Peter Mandelson, Margaret Beckett and Nick Brown to his top team.
Labourhome (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Here are the latest ministerial appointments and No. 10 moves. Margaret Beckett is new Housing Minister Paul Myners (Chairman Guardian Group) to be a City Minister. Lord Drayson to be Science Minister Stephen Carter (ex No. 10 Strategy) to be a junior Communication, Telecom and Broadcasting Minister Damian McBride is moved from his spokesman role to another job in No. 10. His replacement is Justin...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Margaret Beckett's return to the Government as housing minister is the latest twist in a career that began as a junior minister under Jim Callaghan in 1975.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Margaret Beckett's remarkable return to government as housing minister shows Gordon Brown means business in imposing discipline in the cabinet. At the age of 65, when many people would be happy to don carpet slippers and flop out, she will be thrilled to rejoin the political fray
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Cabinet Office minister Ed Miliband is to head a new energy and climate change department.
Benedict Brogan's political blog (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
As ever, there's a bit of confusion about who's doing what. Margaret Beckett is returning, but to take on the Housing brief. And Liam Byrne does get a seat at the top table, but as a Minister of State attending...
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
He has not been elected to the House of Commons and he is neither a member of the House of Lords (YET') Geoff Hoon succeeds Ruth Kelly as transport secretary Nick Brown returning to the post of chief whip Margaret Beckett returns as housing minister .
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Gordon Brown’s cabinet reshuffle is underway today, with the unexpected return of some old faces: The biggest surprise is that Peter Mandelson, EU Trade Commissioner since 2004, returns to the cabinet for a third time, this time as Business Secretary. Margaret Beckett is also back, in the new role of “Cabinet Enforcer.” John Hutton will replace [...]
