Tag Archives: Lucy Powell

When will the new Government open e-Petitions?

Posted on August 4, 2024 by ianchisnall

The public e-Petition system was closed down at the end of May by the former Conservative Government. Along with the image shown here there was also a link on Find out more on the Petitions Committee website which is: Your … Continue reading →

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Minister grilled about dropping ‘levelling up’

Posted on July 31, 2024 by ianchisnall

The Government website, TheyWorkForYou, indicates that Parliament will be closed at the end of Tuesday opening again in September. On Thursday 18th July two MPs made contributions. Kieran Mullan the Conservative member for Bexhill and Battle previously been the MP … Continue reading →

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Thankyou for challenging the Government on Channel 4

Posted on June 17, 2022 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday Lucy Powell, the Labour Shadow Secretary for DCMS raised a call to challenge the Government over their incompetent approach to try to sell Channel 4. Sadly many Conservatives are very happy to support Nadine Dorries despite her ignorance. … Continue reading →

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Nadine claims to remove a Channel 4 straitjacket!

Posted on May 27, 2022 by ianchisnall

Yesterday in the House of Commons the West Worthing MP, Peter Bottomley was one of a group of three MPs that took part in a debate about Channel 4 under the headline of “Privatisation of Channel 4”. His call was … Continue reading →

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An serious item from a debate on housing provision AEW UK!

Posted on May 25, 2021 by ianchisnall

Last Tuesday in the House of Commons a debate took place under the subject of Affordable and Safe Housing for All which was introduced by Lucy Powell and rather tragically but perhaps understandably the Conservative Government managed to persuade all … Continue reading →

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A Government job creation scheme

Posted on October 26, 2017 by ianchisnall

When the Conservatives came to power they prided themselves on reducing the head count in the Government and in the public sector more widely. At the Conservative Party Conference in October 2009 David Cameron stated “We will have to tear down Labour’s … Continue reading →

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Our schools policy is in chaos

Posted on March 19, 2017 by ianchisnall

When the leader of Conservative dominated Kent County Council and Chair of the County Councils network decides to speak out against a Conservative Government and its policies, one would expect that the Government will listen and taking account of what … Continue reading →

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Lets not cut corners

Posted on November 12, 2016 by ianchisnall

Imagine a scenario where the skills and qualifications of staff in a low cost setting are generally lower than in the rest of the sector. If the work involved was something that is nice to have, but not likely to … Continue reading →

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UK’s most pregnant MP?

Posted on December 15, 2013 by ianchisnall

Just to clarify the heading, Lucy Powell, MP for Manchester Central is not pregnant, nor was she pregnant when she became the focus of a Sun newspaper article. Her son Tom was born in May, he has an older Sister … Continue reading →

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