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Sinn Fein fails to stop new law on special advisers that blocks those convicted of serious offences
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago
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Sinn Fein suffered a setback in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday night when if failed to block new legislation barring those with a serious conviction from working as special political advisers. Although only one party member will be affected
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SDLP in attempt to block SPAD bill
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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The TUV brought the bill after ex-prisoner Mary McArdle was appointed as an advisor to a Sinn Fein minister. Dominic Bradley has said his party may use a petition of concern to stop the bill from becoming law. The petition of concern requires 30 or
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Special adviser bill passes stage
New York :: NY :: USA | 3 months ago
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Special adviser bill passes consideration stage Mary McArdle was in jail for her part in the murder of Mary Travers Sinn Fein has failed to amend a bill designed to block former prisoners with serious offences from taking up posts as special advisors.
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Prince Muhammad elevated
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | 4 months ago
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Sunday 3 March 2013 Last Update 2 March 2013 11:31 pm Prince Muhammad bin Salman has been appointed the head of the court of Crown Prince Salman and his personal adviser with the rank of a minister. The appointment followed a decree by Custodian of
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Tory ex-minister, Tim Loughton, turns his sights on Michael Gove's adviser
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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The former Tory Education minister Tim Loughton has turned his fire on his old boss Michael Gove by tabling a series of hostile parliamentary questions designed to unseat the Education Secretary's key adviser. In a significant escalation of
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Chalk Talk: Last week I hadn't felt the wrath of a special adviser – I have now
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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Suggested Topics For every action, there is an alternative reaction which you just cannot predict. I wrote a comment piece last Saturday linked to a piece by a colleague accusing Michael Gove's advisers of using bullying tactics against civil
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‘Dump f***ing everyone': the inside story of how Michael Gove's vicious attack dogs are terrorising the DfE
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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The day David Cameron and Nick Clegg smiled at each other in Downing Street's rose garden in 2010, promising their coalition would deliver a bold and reforming government, Michael Gove and his special adviser, Dominic Cummings, walked to No 10
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More pressure on Michael Gove's advisers over use of Twitter smear tactics against civil servants
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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Labour is demanding a new investigation into the use of smear tactics involving Education Secretary Michael Gove's Department for Education on a social networking site...A grievance procedure cleared members of Mr Gove's team of any wrongdoing but
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Is Michael Gove now going to be held to account for his advisers' "bullying tactics"?
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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There are accusations the Education Secretary misled Parliament. Last week, my colleague Rafael Behr warned that the "ultra-partisan tactics" being used by Michael Gove at the Department for Education and reported by the Observer were just the start,
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Michael Gove 'misled parliament' over claims of bullying by advisers
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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Michael Gove, the education secretary, is facing claims that he may have misled parliament over alleged bullying in his department. Photograph: PA Michael Gove faces accusations that he may have misled parliament over claims of bullying and
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