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If I Were Chancellor
If I were Chancellor... Avinash Persaud, Saker Nusseibeh, Tom Brown, Robert Rhodes QC, Stephen Beer, Stephen Hockman QC, Philip Ross, Will Pomroy, Fatima Hassan, Todd Foreman, Alan MacDougall, Allen Simpson, Eleanor Blagbrough, Will Martindale, Robert Allen, Faz Hakim and Eddie Heaton, Tom Sleigh, Emily Benn, James Shafe, David White and Jack Edwards. A collection of essays from Labour in the City 2 WELCOME FROM CICERO Cicero is delighted to support Labour in the City in the publication of its first policy pamphlet. Through our role as a leading public affairs consultancy, representing many of the major British and global financial institutions in the City of London, we recognise the importance of creating a deeper dialogue between those working in the financial sector and those working in the policymaking community. This publication marks a significant contribution to that dialogue. Against the backdrop of the banking crisis, and the era of austerity which has been ushered in since 2008, there is understandable public and policymaker concern at the role of financial markets, and their ability to address Britain’s long standing ills, many of which are addressed in this publication. Notably, this concern focuses on the need to encourage greater long-term investment, boost access to both debt and equity finance for businesses and households, and address the regional and sectoral imbalances within our economy. Britain cannot afford to rely too heavily on London and its financial district. While this debate has justifiably led some to call for a more responsible and ‘socially useful’ financial sector, we must recognise the undeniable benefits the financial sector already creates for the UK, adding nearly £200bn in Gross Added Value to the UK economy in 2011, supporting over 2 million British jobs directly and indirectly, and providing an annual trade surplus of £47bn. -
The Child Trust Fund in the UK Policy Challenges and Potential Responses
The Child Trust Fund in the UK Policy Challenges and Potential Responses Rajiv Prabhakar London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2009 CSD Working Papers No. 09-56 Campus Box 1196 One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130-9906 (314) 935.7433 csd.wustl.edu T HE C HILD T RUST F UND IN THE UK The Child Trust Fund in the UK: Policy Challenges and Potential Responses The United Kingdom introduced the Child Trust Fund (CTF) policy, a children’s savings policy, in 2002. A focus group study conducted on parental attitudes to the CTF (Prabhakar, 2006, 2007) identified main reasons why CTF accounts were left unopened. This paper explores different ways that non-opening of accounts might be reduced. One strategy draws upon recent developments in behavioral economics and points to different ways that the CTF may be designed. An alternative strategy emphasises the role of financial education of parents as a way of addressing their concerns and increasing the opening rates of these accounts. The paper also considers another issue raised during the focus groups, namely parental unhappiness with the treatment of older siblings denied a CTF. This is part of a broader concern about the additional help that may be needed for children from particular backgrounds. Key words: Child Trust Fund; Child Development Fund; children’s savings; financial education; behavioral economics; focus group study; social policy Introduction The Labour government in the UK has recently introduced the Child Trust Fund (CTF) policy. All babies born from September 2002 receive either a £250 or £500 endowment from government, with children from low-income families qualifying for the higher endowment. -
Women Mps in Westminster Photographs Taken May 21St, June 3Rd, June 4Th, 2008
“The House of Commons Works of Art Collection documents significant moments in Parliamentary history. We are delighted to have added this unique photographic record of women MPs of today, to mark the 90th anniversary of women first being able to take their seats in this House” – Hugo Swire, Chairman, The Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art. “The day the Carlton Club accepted women” – 90 years after women first got the vote aim to ensure that a more enduring image of On May 21st 2008 over half of all women women's participation in the political process Members of Parliament in Westminster survives. gathered party by party to have group photographs taken to mark the anniversary of Each party gave its permission for the 90 years since women first got the vote (in photographs to be taken. For the Labour February 1918 women over 30 were first Party, Barbara Follett MP, the then Deputy granted the vote). Minister for Women and Equality, and Barbara Keeley MP, who was Chair of the Labour Party Women’s Committee and The four new composite Caroline Adams, who works for the photographs taken party by Parliamentary Labour Party helped ensure that all but 12 of the Labour women party aim to ensure that a attended. more enduring image of For the Conservative women's participation in the Party, The Shadow Leader of the House of political process survives Commons and Shadow Minister for Until now the most often used photographic Women, Theresa May image of women MPs had been the so called MP and the Chairman “Blair Babes” picture taken on 7th May 1997 of the Conservative shortly after 101 Labour women were elected Party, Caroline to Westminster as a result of positive action by Spelman MP, enlisted the Labour Party. -
Rethinking Policies for Wealth Distribution
wealth of our nation: rethinking policies for wealth distribution re balancing the economy By Ashwin Kumar, Kitty Ussher and Paul Hunter 2011 THE SMITH INSTITUTE wealth of our nation: rethinking policies for wealth distribution By Ashwin Kumar, Kitty Ussher and Paul Hunter The Smith Institute would like to thank the City of London Corporation for supporting this report and associated events. The Institute would also like to thank the authors and all those who fed into this discussion paper. This report represents the view of the authors and not those of the Smith Institute. Published by The Smith Institute © The Smith Institute October 2014 THE SMITH INSTITUTE Contents Executive Summary 4 Introduction 8 Current wealth distribution 10 Drivers of future wealth distribution 20 Policy implications: Is investing in homeownership the best way forward? 24 Appendix: Attendees at March 2014 seminar 30 The data (and tabulations) used in this report were made Neither the original collectors of the data nor the Archive bear any available through the ESRC Data Archive. The data were responsibility for the analyses or interpretations presented here. originally collected by the Office for National Statistics Social Survey Division and funded by the Department for Work and Office for National Statistics. Social Survey Division, Wealth Pensions, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, HM and Assets Survey, Waves 1-2, 2006-2010 [computer file]. 2nd Revenue and Customs, Department for Communities and Local Edition. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], 2012. Government, Scottish Government, Financial Services Authority. SN: 7215 , http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-7215-3 2 THE SMITH INSTITUTE Executive summary 3 THE SMITH INSTITUTE Executive summary The recent decision by the Office of National Statistics to We then explored ways in which this segmentation might be undertake large-scale data collection on the distribution of expected to change in future decades. -
APPENDIX C Respondents to the Inquiry's Stage Four Consultation
SHIP05$$$7 30-11-04 13:02:18 Pag Table: SHIPMN Unit: PA0C Page Type: SO Proof Round: APPENDIX C Respondents to the Inquiry’s Stage Four Consultation Paper Organisations Author (if named) Action against MedicalAccidents Mr Peter Walsh,Chief Executive Ms Fiona Freedland, Legal Director Association of Chief Police Officers in Chief Constable William Rae, Honorary Scotland Secretary Association of Medical Secretaries, Practice Mrs Pauline Webdale, Fellow & Previous Managers, Administrators and Receptionists NationalChairman Association for Nurse Prescribing Ms Barbara Stuttle, Chair Avon, Gloucestershire & Wiltshire Strategic Dr M Durkin, Director of Clinical Quality Health Authority Barnsley Primary Care Trust Dr Joan Miller, Consultant in Public Health Billericay, Brentwood & Wickford Primary Care Mr David Gibbins, Director of Modernisation Trust and Commissioning Birkenhead & Wallasey Primary Care Trust Mr John South, Director of Primary Care British Medical Association Ms Sally Watson, Director of Political & RepresentationalActivities Burntwood, Lichfield & Tamworth Primary Care Trust Calderdale Primary Care Trust Ms Ruth Lumb, Clinical Governance Manager Cheshire & Merseyside Strategic Health Dr Iqbal Sram, Assistant Director, Clinical Authority Performance Cheshire West Primary Care Trust Dr Maureen Swanson, MedicalAdviser & Clinical Governance Lead City & Hackney GP Appraisers Workshop Dr Christopher Derrett Committee of GeneralPractice Education Dr Pat Lane, Chair Directors Commission for Healthcare Audit & Inspection Mrs Elizabeth -
OVERSEAS TRAVEL by MINISTERS 1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008
OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008 CABINET OFFICE JULY 2008 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2007 – 2008 INDEX Page Attorney General’s Office 1 Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 2 Cabinet Office 7 Minister for the Olympics and London 8 Chief Whip (Commons) 9 Chief Whip (Lords) 10 Department for Children, Schools and Families 11 Department for Communities and Local Government 13 Department for Culture, Media and Sport 14 Ministry of Defence 16 Deputy Prime Minister’s Office 19 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 20 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 24 Department of Health 33 Home Office 34 Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills 37 Department for International Development 38 Ministry of Justice 42 Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons 44 Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords 45 Northern Ireland Office 46 Prime Minister’s Office 47 Scotland Office 49 Department for Transport 50 HM Treasury 52 Wales Office 54 Department for Work and Pensions 55 OVERSEAS TRAVEL BY MINISTERS 2007 – 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFFICE Dates Minister Destination Purpose of Trip Scheduled, ‘No No. of Officials Total cost 32 (The Royal) Accompanying including travel Squadron’, or Minister, where & ‘Other RAF’ or non scheduled accommodation ‘Charter’ travel used Attorney General 18 - 19 April Rt Hon Lord Luxembourg Justice and Home Affairs Council Scheduled £676 2007 Goldsmith QC 25 May Rt Hon Lord Munich, Meetings with G8 Justice and Interior Ministers Other RAF -
The BBC's White City 2 Development
House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts The BBC's White City 2 development Twenty–fourth Report of Session 2005–06 Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 26 January 2006 HC 652 Published on 14 February 2006 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £10.00 The Committee of Public Accounts The Committee of Public Accounts is appointed by the House of Commons to examine “the accounts showing the appropriation of the sums granted by Parliament to meet the public expenditure, and of such other accounts laid before Parliament as the committee may think fit” (Standing Order No 148). Current membership Mr Richard Bacon MP (Conservative, South Norfolk) Angela Browning MP (Conservative, Tiverton and Honiton) Mr Alistair Carmichael MP (Liberal Democrat, Orkney and Shetland) Greg Clark MP (Conservative, Tunbridge Wells) Rt Hon David Curry MP (Conservative, Skipton and Ripon) Mr Ian Davidson MP (Labour, Glasgow South West) Helen Goodman MP (Labour, Bishop Auckland) Mr Sadiq Khan MP (Labour, Tooting) Mr Edward Leigh MP (Conservative, Gainsborough) Sarah McCarthy-Fry MP (Labour, Portsmouth North) Mr Austin Mitchell MP (Labour, Great Grimsby) Jon Trickett MP (Labour, Hemsworth) Kitty Ussher MP (Labour, Burnley) Rt Hon Alan Williams MP (Labour, Swansea West) Stephen Williams MP (Liberal Democrat, Bristol West) The following was also a Member of the committee during the period of the enquiry: Diana R Johnson MP (Labour, Hull North) Powers Powers of the Committee of Public Accounts are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 148. -
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The Great Poets William Blake Read by Robert Glenister • Michael Maloney POETRY Stephen Critchlow NA147212D 1 Auguries of Innocence 7:23 written sometime between 1801–1804 read by Robert Glenister 2 Introduction to Songs of Innocence 0:55 published originally in 1789 read by Michael Maloney 3 A Cradle Song 1:39 from Songs of Innocence read by Michael Maloney 4 Introduction to Songs of Experience 0:54 published originally in 1794 read by Stephen Critchlow 5 A Dream 1:14 from Songs of Innocence read by Robert Glenister 6 The Chimney Sweeper 1:28 from Songs of Innocence read by Michael Maloney 7 The Chimney Sweeper 0:51 from Songs of Experience read by Stephen Critchlow 2 8 The Divine Image 1:01 from Songs of Innocence read by Michael Maloney 9 A Divine Image 0:34 from Songs of Experience read by Stephen Critchlow 10 from The Gates of Paradise 4:15 published 1815 read by Robert Glenister 11 Infant Joy 0:34 from Songs of Innocence read by Michael Maloney 12 Gnomic Verses 5:39 miscellaneous read by Robert Glenister 13 The Fly 0:43 from Songs of Experience read by Stephen Critchlow 14 Song 0:59 from Poetical Sketches, printed 1783 read by Robert Glenister 3 15 Holy Thursday 1:02 from Songs of Innocence read by Michael Maloney 16 Holy Thursday 0:50 from Songs of Experience read by Stephen Critchlow 17 Laughing Song 0:38 from Songs of Innocence read by Michael Maloney 18 The Garden of Love 0:50 from Songs of Experience read by Stephen Critchlow 19 from An Island in the Moon 1:12 printed 1784 read by Robert Glenister 20 A Little Boy Found 0:32 -
Brown Sacks Minister Over Tax Claims
Section:GDN BE PaGe:1 Edition Date:090618 Edition:05 Zone: Sent at 18/6/2009 1:41 cYanmaGentaYellowblack Splattt! Big in Austria The day Obama But can Brüno turned killer take Britain? This section Page 3 TEASER First review Page 10 This panel tells the reader about what is happening in another section of the paper. It is to tempt readers inside the newspaper. £0.90 Thursday 18.06.09 Published in London and PRICE AND DATE Manchester The Guardian costs 90p on weekdays and £1.70 guardian.co.uk on Saturdays. The price barely covers half the cost of the newsprint. The rest Titlepiece comes from adverts. The titlepiece is a specially designed logo that shows Brown sacks Green tide Defying crackdown,the name of the newspaper. HEADLINEMousavi supporters march again The biggest headline on the page is called the “main splash”. This is a serious Ian Black minister over story so we can’t make Middle East editor jokes in the headline. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians protesting against the “theft” of last week’s presidential election took to the streets for tax claims a fi fth consecutive day yesterday , defying a ban on rallies as the regime arrested more reformists and enforced a crackdown on media coverage. Exchequer secretary fl ipped homes Mir Hossein Mousavi, the moderate who STANDFIRST insists he beat the incumbent Mahmoud to avoid capital gains tax on sale A standfirst is used to Ahmadinejad, called for further peaceful add detail that was not protests in mosques today to mourn the avoid paying capital gains tax (CGT). -
Final HOSP Letter from UW June 2014
Ursula Ward MSc MA Trust Headquarters Chief Executive F Level, Queen Alexandra Hospital Southwick Hill Road Cosham PORTSMOUTH, PO6 3LY Tel: 023 9228 6770 Chair, Health Overview & Scrutiny Panel Customer, Community & Democratic Services Portsmouth City Council Civic Offices Guildhall Square Portsmouth PO1 2AL 27 June 2014 Dear Chair Update letter from Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust I write to provide the Health Overview Scrutiny Panel with an update from Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust. My colleague Peter Mellor, Director for Corporate Affairs, will further expand upon these issues at the formal HOSP meeting on 8 July. You may be aware that the hospital trust has a new Chairman. Sir Ian Carruthers OBE was appointed by the NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), and he joined us this month. Sir Ian has great experience of health care within the NHS having previously been Chief Executive of NHS South of England and the South West Strategic Health Authority and was interim CEO of the NHS. He also held Chief Executive roles at the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority and Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority. Sir Ian replaces Alan Cole, who held the Interim Chairman role for a 12 month period, and now continues, in his role as Deputy Chairman. We continue to push ahead with our innovative clinical developments and I am proud to announce that the Queen Alexandra Hospital has become the first Epicentre for robotic colorectal surgery in the UK. The designation was offered by Intuitive Surgical, maker of the da Vinci robotic surgical system. To have become an Epicentre the hospital must include a host surgeon who has completed at least 100 colorectal cases using the robot; teachable, reproducible and effective surgical techniques; and willingness to work towards being the most highly rated Epicentre in the nation. -
Radio 7 Listings for 10 – 16 May 2008 Page 1 of 6 SATURDAY 10 MAY 2008 Producer: Peter Wild London First Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999
Radio 7 Listings for 10 – 16 May 2008 Page 1 of 6 SATURDAY 10 MAY 2008 Producer: Peter Wild London First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1999. W1A 1AA SAT 00:00 John Wyndham - The Midwich Cuckoos SAT 03:00 The Patrick and Maureen Maybe Music Phone: 08700 100 700 [national rates]. Email: (b007jmh3) Experience (b007lr4s) [email protected]. Episode 3 Episode 4 SAT 08:00 Dad Made Me Laugh (b007k0n4) The mysterious powers of the alien children start to become Unhappily married Patrick and Maureen are getting on so badly Michael Sellers destructive... that they’re forced to present their final show form separate Peter Sellers' son Michael chats to Sally Magnusson about the Conclusion of the classic 1957 sci-fi novel by John Wyndam. studios. ups and downs of growing up with a famous funny father. Bernard Westcott …. Charles Kay But even that doesn't stop them quarrelling... Producer: Mike Walker Gordon Zellaby …. Manning Wilson Starring Imelda Staunton as Maureen Maybe and Patrick First broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in September 2005. Angela Zellaby …. Pauline Yates Barlow as Patrick Maybe. SAT 08:30 Israel Horovitz - Phone Tag (b007jwb2) Richard Gayford …. William Gaunt Special guest: Rachel Weisz A transatlantic love affair is played out on the telephone as calls Chief Constable …. Ronald Baddiley Doctor ...... Peter Jones are missed, messages left and confusion reigns. Stars Elizabeth Coroner …. Nigel Graham Cleonni ...... Carla Mendonca Mansfield. Doctor Torrance …. Peter Tuddenham Peter Davies ...... John Ramm SAT 09:00 Somebody Laughed: Eddie Braben Brings You Mrs Williams …. Katherine Parr Written by Patrick Barlow. -
Sir Nigel Crisp Steps Down from DH
Final press notice: Sir Nigel Crisp steps down from DH Sir Nigel Crisp today announced that he is to step down from his post as Chief Executive of the NHS and Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health at the end of the month. He is to take early retirement after more than five years in one of the most challenging jobs in Whitehall, during which he oversaw the implementation of the first half of the ten-year NHS Plan. In a message to NHS and departmental staff, Sir Nigel said: “I have been privileged to serve as Chief Executive of the NHS and Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health for more than five years. So it is with pride, as well as sadness, that I announce my retirement. “Looking back over the last five years, I am proud that the NHS has achieved or exceeded the challenging targets it has been set. Over this period, people have made enormous changes in the NHS. “Where it matters, at the front-line, the old hierarchies are breaking down and outdated practices are changing. “But not everything has gone well. I am particularly saddened by the difficulties we have had over the last few months and the financial problems we are grappling with. As Chief Executive, I wish to acknowledge my accountability for problems just as I may take some credit for achievements. “Looking forward, I have concluded that, despite these problems, the timing of my retirement is right for the NHS. We have built a good foundation but this is a very big moment of change.