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Pat McFadden's perverse benefit cuts that is undermining the government's apprenticeship initiative
05/07/2024. London, Pat McFadden, poses for a photograph following his appointment to Cabinet by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street With a million young people currently not in work, training or school the government’s plans for a huge increase in apprenticeship programmes is a key plank to get people back to work. The full scale…
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Government decision on 50swomen promised by the end of February next year
A long awaited decision on the six year battle for redress for the 3.6 million remaining 50s women has been promised by the Department for Work and Pensions by the end of February next year – as part of a deal agreed between the ministry and Waspi Ltd. Royal Courts of Justice Under the deal Waspi has dropped its judicial review claim due to be heard next week and accepted an offer by the DWP to…
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Exclusive: 50s women: Details revealed of the damning buried DWP report that derailed Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden, poses for a photograph following his appointment to Cabinet by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street The 18 year old research report that derailed work and pension secretary Pat Mc Fadden and forced him to review his decision to pay nothing in compensation to 3.6 million 50s born women is a comprehensive and damning…
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Pat McFadden and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The role that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster seems to fill is one that's simultaneously very important and yet has almost no responsibilities. While Raynor is the deputy leader of the Labour Party and deputy Prime Minister the Duchy of Lancaster is the second highest rank within the Government. And while historically there were responsibilities to the Duchy of Lancaster those have largely been usurped or delegated making the one that's primary responsibility is advisory to the cabinet, PM and King.
In some ways the role is one that mirrors the Speaker for the House, they're the one who chairs meetings and discussions and ensure all the business is brought to the table. Though as chairman they're permitted to have their own say and opinion in meetings a way that the Speaker is not as a representative of the whole house.
McFadden himself was a minister under Gordon Brown, and a Secretary of Tony Blair so his expertise as an advisor comes from his presence during the last Labour Government. He has also worked within the shadow cabinet in several positions giving him a fairly rounded outlook of the role of the cabinet.
This is one of those jobs that I don't really have any opinion about the appointment mainly because I can't really judge the role, it's not especially prominent to the public and the requirements are somewhat unintuitive.
Police budgets are decimated whilst politicians play their games
Police budgets are decimated whilst politicians play their games - the nature of party politics makes it very hard to see a good outcome
On Tuesday in the House of Commons, MPs spent a massive 38 minutes debating the issue of Police Pension liabilitiesand how these will impact on policing budgets across the UK. The exchange was between Nick Hurd who is the Policing Minister and the rest of Parliament. One of the exchanges worth viewing was between the Labour MP for Wolverhampton SE and Hurd. The text is shown above along with a…
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Police budgets are decimated whilst politicians play their games
Police budgets are decimated whilst politicians play their games - the nature of party politics makes it very hard to see a good outcome
On Tuesday in the House of Commons, MPs spent a massive 38 minutes debating the issue of Police Pension liabilitiesand how these will impact on policing budgets across the UK. The exchange was between Nick Hurd who is the Policing Minister and the rest of Parliament. One of the exchanges worth viewing was between the Labour MP for Wolverhampton SE and Hurd. The text is shown above along with a…
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