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Loyd Grossman is to be unveiled as chairman of Heritage Link
London :: United Kingdom | about 21 hours ago
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Loyd Grossman – pasta sauce impresario, former hospital food tsar, champion of museums, and still probably best known as the endlessly imitated Bostonian accent of the Through the Keyhole television series – will be unveiled next week as the new chairman...
Tags: Heritage Link Loyd Grossman, Richard Saker Loyd Grossman, United Kingdom, London, Conservation-restoration, Liberal Democrats, Loyd Grossman, Museology, Ed Vaizey
Clegg uncovered
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility Remember the old bragging song, Lloyd George Knew My Father? Well, Nick Clegg's got a better one, for the philosophically minded anyway: "Isaiah Berlin knew my granny". The Liberal Democrat leader has Russian emigre blood in him, and on one side of his...
Tags: Nick Clegg, Labour Party, progressive instincts, United Kingdom, London, Political philosophy, Liberalism, Political ideologies, Political culture, Liberal Democrats, Politics, Social theories, Liberal Party
Triple blow for Tories in council by-elections
Liverpool :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility Liberal Democrats dealt a heavy blow to Tories in the latest council by-elections, taking three seats off them. But there was also triumph for Labour which made one gain from Lib Dems amid indications supporting recent poll findings of a slip in Conservatives'...
Tags: lib dems, Labour Commons, United Kingdom, Liverpool, Liberal Democrats, Politics, Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, English local elections
Tories 'to squeeze public sector'
Whitehall :: OH :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The Conservatives say they would save £60bn by persuading civil servants to work harder and improving efficiency. Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Philip Hammond will later set out how a Conservative government would achieve "more with less".
Tags: Whitehall, Politics, Business Finance, International Democrat Union, Tory, Healthcare, Health economics, Liberal Democrats, Conservative Party, Tax, Health policy, Productivity, Publicly-funded health care
No more leadership talk, please
Brussels :: Belgium | 2 days ago
Credibility So says Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, of a 2010 contest that sees Labour seeking an unprecedented fourth term in office ag+ainst an optimistic and revitalised Conservative Party. All this against the background of an expenses scandal and a financial...
Tags: Labour, Alan Johnson, Gordon Brown, prime minister, Belgium, Brussels, International Democrat Union, Anglo-Scots, Nick Clegg, David Cameron, Liberal Democrats, Politics, Conservative Party, Old Etonians
Tories' election war chest gets £5m boost
Newmarket :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility The flood of money to the Conservatives echoes Labour's success in attracting large sums before Tony Blair's 1997 general election landslide. The Tories raised £3,236,828 from individual donors, with the largest gift of £252,000 coming from Michael Farmer,...
Tags: Liberal Democrats, Electoral Commission Post, Labour, Richmond Park Tories, United Kingdom, Newmarket, International Democrat Union, Tory, Politics, Conservative Party, Business Finance, Labour Party
Whitehall jobs 'to be relocated'
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility Many of the South East's 132,000 civil servants and 90,000 quango employees would be relocated to save money and boost regional jobs, under the plan...The Tories and Lib Dems both plan to slash quango and civil service jobs...General election He said:...
Tags: civil servants, London, United Kingdom, Politics, Civil service, Acronyms, Government of the United Kingdom, Quango, Liberal Democrats, Liam Byrne
'Extra public money' in new deal
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility But opposition parties say the deal with Chancellor Alistair Darling falls short of recommendations by an independent inquiry into Welsh funding. Gerry Holtham's commission called for a fairer system than the Barnett formula. The UK government said it...
Tags: Scotland, white paper, Holyrood, uk government, borrowing powers, United Kingdom, London, Politics, United Kingdom constitution, Western Europe, Northern Europe, Island countries, Commission on Scottish Devolution, Politics of Scotland, Barnett formula, Business Finance, Kenneth Calman, Alex Salmond, Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999-2003, Scottish Government, Liberal Democrats, Members of the Scottish Parliament 2007-, Wales, Politics of the United Kingdom, Scottish Parliament, Peter Hain, Scottish independence, Devolution, Govan
TRACKING TAXES: Dems Serious About Spending
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility As the national conversation turns to multi-trillion dollar deficits and the towering costs of health care and climate change legislation, some in Washington are trying to change how government does business. But it’s not just the usual suspects. Joining...
Tags: New York City, Russ Feingold, Politics, Business Finance, Feingold, Liberal Democrats, Wisconsin, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Democratic Party
Tories receiving more donations than Labour
London :: United Kingdom | 3 days ago
Credibility Overall, donations to political donations for the quarter stood at slightly more than £9.5 million. That was down on the £13.2 million received between April and June, although that figure was higher than usual because of the European elections in May....
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Liberal Democrats, Politics, Conservative Party, Labour Party
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