DOCSLIB.ORG

NEW LABOUR's PUBLIC POLITICS of POVERTY KATE ELEANOR LEGGE, BA, Msc. Thesis Submitted to Th

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
NEW LABOUR's PUBLIC POLITICS of POVERTY KATE ELEANOR LEGGE, BA, Msc. Thesis Submitted to Th TACKLING POVERTY AT HOME AND ABROAD: NEW LABOUR'S PUBLIC POLITICS OF POVERTY KATE ELEANOR LEGGE, BA, MSc. Thesis submitted to the University of Nottingham for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy JULY 2012 Contents Abstract vii Acknowledgements viii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 2005: Making Poverty History 1 1.2 An evolving focus 2 1.3 Examining New Labours public politics of poverty 2 2 Locating an examination of New Labour's global and domestic poverty discourses 4 2.1 Introduction 4 2.2 The social problem of poverty 5 2.3 A 'public politics' approach 7 2.3.1 Introduction 7 2.3.2 Public political communication 7 2.3.3 Electoral politics: the policy making: public opinion nexus 9 2.3.4 Ideational and discursive approaches: Framing the debate 11 2.3.5 Cultural politics: neo-Gramscian perspectives 13 2.3.6 Representations of politics, publicness and citizenship 15 2.3.7 Assigning motivation 16 2.3.8 Conclusion 18 2.4 Reconnecting the global and the domestic 19 2.4.1 Introduction 19 2.4.2 Reconnecting global and domestic poverty and politics 19 2.4.3 Reconnecting analysis of New Labour 25 2.4.4 Connections between public attitudes/discourses of poverty? 27 2.4.5 Conclusion: a 'new political science of British politics' 29 2.5 Interpreting New Labours public politics of poverty 30 2.5.1 Introduction 30 2.5.2 Research questions 30 2.5.3 Sources for analysing New Labour's poverty discourses and their public politics 30 2.5.4 Approaching discourse analysis 31 2.5.5 Accessing and sampling the speeches 32 2.5.6 The process of 'discourse analysis' and the nature of political speeches 34 2.5.7 Conclusion 36 2.6 Chapter Conclusions 36 3 Claiming connections: How New Labour discursively link global and domestic poverty 39 3.1 Introduction 39 3.2 Domestic to global connections 39 3.2.1 Introduction 39 3.2.2 labour values at home and abroad 40 3.2.3 Social justice and poverty connections 42 3.2.4 Providing leadership and hope 45 3.2.5 Conclusion 48 3.3 Making Poverty History at home 49 3.3.1 Introduction 49 3.3.2 Public political issues 49 3.3.3 Domestic poverty connections 55 3.3.4 Compassionate Conservatism 58 3.3.5 Conclusion 60 3.4 Conceptual connections 60 3.4.1 Introduction 60 3.4.2 From constituency MP to Secretary of State for International Development 61 3.4.3 Historical connections 62 3.4.4 Contemporary connections 64 3.4.5 Conclusion 69 3.5 Chapter Conclusions 70 4 Reasons for tackling poverty: Morality and self-interest 73 4.1 Introduction 73 4.2 'Not only ... but also' 73 4.2.1 Introduction 73 4.2.2 Conceptually interwoven, strategically deployed 73 4.2.3 Interpreting the dual claim 77 4.2.4 Conclusion 80 4.3 Making the moral claim 80 4.3.1 Introduction 80 4.3.2 Values and Identity 81 4.3.3 Our moral responsibility 84 4.3.4 Patent injustice and promises to be kept 87 4.3.5 left behind, potential denied 92 4.3.6 One moral universe 96 4.3.7 Conclusion 99 4.4 Self-interest, enlightened self-interest and common interest 101 4.4.1 Introduction 101 4.4.2 Prosperity for all 101 4.4.3 Social problems and social goods 106 4.4.4 Defending our values through active multilateralism 108 4.4.5 Climate change and migration 112 4.4.6 Investing in prevention 113 4.4.7 Dangers of inaction 115 4.4.8 Conclusion 116 4.5 Public support 117 4.5.1 Introduction 117 4.5.2 Global poverty 118 4.5.3 Domestic poverty 121 4.5.4 Conclusion 124 4.6 Chapter Conclusions 125 5 Making Poverty History: The public politics of global poverty 129 5.1 Introduction 129 5.2 Poverty in the age of development 129 5.2.1 Post-war development policy 130 5.2.2 British development policy and party differences 134 5.2.3 British NGO development and public engagement 136 5.2.4 Conclusion 139 5.3 Creating public political space: from DflD to the G8 Summit 140 5.3.1 Introduction 140 5.3.2 The first term - The power of DflD 140 5.3.3 The second term and beyond - global poverty takes centre stage 144 5.3.4 After the G8 - policy achievements, public mobilisation and party politics 149 5.3.5 Conclusion 155 5.4 Constructing global citizens; constructing politics 156 5.4.1 Introduction 156 5.4.2 New Labour and global poverty campaigns 156 5.4.3 The politics of building support for development 162 5.4.4 Constructing global poverty politics 167 5.4.5 Conclusion 172 5.5 Chapter Conclusions 172 6 Ending Child Poverty: The public politics of domestic poverty 174 6.1 Introduction 174 6.2 The history of poverty politics 174 6.2.1 Introduction 174 6.2.2 The post-war years: Abolishing want 174 6.2.3 The Thatcher Years: The End of the Line for Poverty 177 6.2.4 Conclusion 179 6.3 New Labour: Bringing (Child) Poverty Back In 179 6.3.1 Introduction 179 6.3.2 Blair's first term: eradicating child poverty in a generation 179 6.3.3 Blair's second and third terms: missing the target 183 6.3.4 Gordon Brown's premiership: legislating to end child poverty 189 6.3.5 Conclusion 192 6.4 leading public opinion on child poverty? 193 6.5 Chapter Conclusions 197 7 Conclusions and Reflections 199 7.1 Introduction 199 7.2 Overall Conclusions 199 7.3 Reflections 209 7.3.1 Contribution to the literature 209 7.3.2 Further research 211 Bibliography 213 Sources 238 Appendix I Glossary Appendix II List of Ministers in Relevant Departments during the New Labour Governments 1997-2010 v Abstract This thesis provides a timely retrospective of New labour's public politics of global and domestic poverty through examination of their speeches and policy documents and secondary literature on the post-war politics of poverty and development, New Labour and public attitudes to poverty. It adopts a 'public politics' approach, in understanding these speeches and policy documents as public political discourse and understanding politics in broad cultural terms as the discursive struggle to embed a particular vision of the social world in the public imagination, and provides a rare example of a cross­ domain study of New Labour, seeking to connect analysis of global and domestic policy. As such it contributes to what Colin Hay has called the 'new political science of British politics'. Both global and domestic poverty received a greater public political profile under New Labour than could have been envisaged in 1997. By the end of their first term they had made high-profile, time-specific commitments in both domains. Global poverty in particular gained unprecedented public attention in the build-up to the G8 Summit in 2005 and New Labour was centre stage in the political spectacle of Make Poverty History. This followed a period of neo-liberal dominance in which poverty was absent from the domestic political lexicon and subsumed by structural adjustment imperatives in the global domain. This comparative study of the public politics of poverty asks: whether New Labour made explicit connections between their global and domestic poverty discourses and commitments, and if so, what the nature of these connections were; what the 'narratives' employed to justify government action to tackle poverty were, and the similarities and differences between the two poverty domains; whether the general public shared these 'narratives' and, if not, how they differed; how New labour's 'public politics of poverty' evolved over time in both global and domestic domains; and what the key characteristics of New labour's public politics of poverty were, how could have differed, and what impact they appeared to have had on public opinion. vii Acknowledgements I would like to thank my supervisors, Professor Robert Walker, University of Oxford, and Dr Tony Fitzpatrick, University of Nottingham, for their advice, support and encouragement throughout my studies. I would especially like to thank Robert for continuing to supervise me after his move to Oxford and travelling to Nottingham for supervision sessions. Thanks also go to the Economic and Social Research Council for funding this research and to the University of Nottingham's School of Sociology and Social Policy for the supportive research environment, with particular thanks to the postgraduate administrator, Alison Haigh. I would also like to thank my fellow PhD students, many of whom have become firm friends, who made this a less solitary experience. lowe thanks to my ex-colleagues and friends at the Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University, for giving me a great experience of social research and collaborative endeavour, and for their continued friendship and encouragement throughout my PhD. I would also like to thank Professor Ruth Lister, Loughborough University, for fruitful discussions when developing my PhD research proposal. Thanks go to Nicola Selby and Agnes Bezzina for the formatting and proof­ reading of this thesis. Most importantly, thanks go to my family: my parents for their continual support and encouragement throughout my education and career; my husband Peter Aluze-Ele for his love and support; and my son Daniel for the joys of life beyond the PhD. viii 1 Introduction 1.1 2005: Making Poverty History The summer of 2005 saw the culmination of the Make Poverty History campaign and the leadership of the New Labour Government on the issue of global poverty in the lead up to their hosting of the G8 Summit in Gleneagles.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Gordon Brown (James Gordonbrown) Julio 07, Primer Ministro
    Gordon Brown (James GordonBrown) julio 07, Primer Ministro Duración del mandato: 27 de Junio de 2007 - de de Nacimiento: Giffnock, concejo de East Renfrewshire, Escocia, 20 de Febrero de 1951 Partido político: Laborista Profesión : Profesor de Historia y periodista ResumenLos diez años de Gobierno de Tony Blair en el Reino Unido tocaron a su fin en junio de 2007 con la entrega del puesto de primer ministro, días después de hacerlo con el liderazgo del Partido Laborista, a Gordon Brown, su poderoso canciller del Exchequer (ministro de Hacienda) desde las triunfales elecciones de 1997 y con quien venía manteniendo una singular relación de amistad y rivalidad. Artífice de una fructífera política económica de tipo social-liberal, aunque con algún acento socialdemócrata, y reacio al euro, en 2006 obligó a un Blair muy desgastado por la guerra de Irak a aceptar la renuncia en su favor en mitad de la tercera legislatura, realizando así una antigua ambición que su baqueteado superior intentó demorar todo cuanto pudo. Brown advoca un neolaborismo progresista y actualizado con "nuevas ideas"y "nuevas prioridades", a la cabeza de las cuales están las inversiones públicas en educación y sanidad.(Texto actualizado hasta julio 2007) http://www.cidob.org 1 of 12 Biografía 1. Estudiante aventajado de Historia y primeras actividades en el Partido Laborista 2. Progresión en los Comunes y coadjutor de Tony Blair 3. Una década como ministro de Hacienda del Reino Unido 4. Ambición sucesoria y presiones al primer ministro 5. Un relevo en el poder acordado con antelación 6. El mandato del premier: entre los embates económicos y los sondeos adversos 7.
    [Show full text]
  • 5 Codifying Ethics
    1 2 5 Codifying ethics 3 4 New Labour and the government of 5 6 civil servants 7 8 Edward Barratt 9 10 11 12 13 Introduction 14 In the early months of his Prime Ministership in 2007, Gordon Brown spoke of a 15 new era of government, of restoring trust in government that would lead to 16 democratic renewal, the nurturing of citizenship and effective government 17 (Brown, 2010). Against a background of declining levels of political participa- 18 19 tion and the need to respond to an array of challenges now confronting the 20 nation, from the threat of terrorism to the global economy, the rights and 21 responsibilities of British citizens were now in need of redefinition. Amongst the 22 issues at stake for Brown were the powers of an overpowerful executive, includ- 23 ing those executive powers that compromised the independence, neutrality and 24 impartiality of the Civil Service. Brown spoke of reviving the aims of the Civil 25 Service reformers of the mid-nineteenth century, seemingly intimating new pri- 26 orities beyond the dominant themes of the Blair era: “business like,” “joined up,” 27 “decentralised,” “consumer responsive” and “network and partnership” based 28 administration. There was a need for an Act of Parliament, Brown argued, that 29 would formalize the legal status of the Civil Service and the Civil Service Com- 30 mission and promote the proper conduct of government and the good conscience 31 of public officials. A particular way of governing civil servants was to serve 32 wider governmental objectives, helping to renew politics and society.
    [Show full text]
  • Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2007 to 2008
    Annual Report and Accounts 2007 – 2008 Making government HC613 work better This document is part of a series of Departmental Reports which along with the Main Estimates 2008–09, the document Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2008 and the Supplementary Budgetary Information 2008–09, present the Government’s expenditure plans for 2008–09 onwards, and comparative outturn data for prior years. © Crown Copyright 2008 The text in this document (excluding the Royal Arms and other departmental or agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document specified. Where we have identified any third party copyright material you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. For any other use of this material please write to Office of Public Sector Information, Information Policy Team, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU or e-mail: [email protected] ISBN: 9780 10 295666 5 Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2007–2008 Incorporating the spring Departmental Report and the annual Resource Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2008 Presented to Parliament by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury pursuant to the Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000 c.20,s.6 (4) Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 15 July 2008 London: The Stationery Office HC 613 £33.45 Contents 2 Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2007–08 Pages 4–11 INTRODUCTION
    [Show full text]
  • Faith and Cohesive Communities
    Faith and cohesive communities Report on the 2016 National Meeting Published 2017 by the Inter Faith Network for the UK (Registered charity no 1068934 and company limited by guarantee no 3443823 registered in England) ISBN 1 902906 70 5 The Inter Faith Network for the UK 2 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0DH Tel: 020 7730 0410 Fax: 020 7730 0414 Email: [email protected] www.interfaith.org.uk www.facebook.com/IFNetUK www.twitter.com/IFNetUK The work of IFN is supported by faith communities, trusts, other donors, and the Department for Communities and Local Government. Faith and cohesive communities Report of the 2016 National Meeting held on Wednesday 19 October 2016 at the DeafBlind UK Conference Centre, Peterborough Contents Welcome and Introduction ......................................................................1 The Rt Revd Richard Atkinson OBE, Co-Chair, Inter Faith Network A Welcome to Peterborough ....................................................................3 Jaspal Singh, Chair, Peterborough Inter-Faith Council What are the signs of a ‘cohesive community’ ........................................4 and what role do faith communities play in this? Bishop Dr Joe Aldred, Multicultural and Pentecostal Relations, Churches Together in England Inter faith dialogue and understanding and community cohesion ......7 Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government Dialogue on the Spot and Plenary discussion ......................................12 Waltham Forest
    [Show full text]
  • 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.
    [Show full text]
  • UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    UCLA UCLA Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Party Leadership Selection in Parliamentary Democracies Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8fs1h45n Author So, Florence Publication Date 2012 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California University of California Los Angeles Party Leadership Selection in Parliamentary Democracies Adissertationsubmittedinpartialsatisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science by Florence Grace Hoi Yin So 2012 c Copyright by Florence Grace Hoi Yin So 2012 Abstract of the Dissertation Party Leadership Selection in Parliamentary Democracies by Florence Grace Hoi Yin So Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science University of California, Los Angeles, 2012 Professor Kathleen Bawn, Chair My doctoral dissertation begins with this puzzle: why do large, moderate parties sometimes select leaders who seem to help improve their parties’ electoral performances, but other times choose unpopular leaders with more extreme policy positions, in expense of votes? I argue that leadership selection is dependent on both the electoral institution that a party finds itself in and the intra-party dynamics that constrain the party. Due to a high degree of seat- vote elasticity that is characteristic of majoritarian systems, replacing unpopular leaders is a feasible strategy for opposition parties in these systems to increase their seat shares. In contrast, in proportional systems, due to low seat-vote elasticity, on average opposition parties that replace their leaders su↵er from vote loss. My model of party leadership selection shows that since party members can provide valuable election campaign e↵ort, they can coerce those who select the party leader (the selectorate) into choosing their preferred leader.
    [Show full text]
  • House of Commons Health Committee
    House of Commons Health Committee Alcohol First Report of Session 2009–10 Volume I HC 151–I EMBARGOED ADVANCE COPY Not to be published in full, or in part, in any form before 00.01 am on Friday 8 January 2010 House of Commons Health Committee Alcohol First Report of Session 2009–10 Volume I Report, together with formal minutes Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 December 2009 HC 151–I Published on 8 January 2010 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £0.00 EMBARGOED ADVANCE COPY Not to be published in full, or in part, in any form before 00.01 am on Friday 8 January 2010 The Health Committee The Health Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department of Health and its associated bodies. Current membership Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP (Labour, Rother Valley) (Chairman) Charlotte Atkins MP (Labour, Staffordshire Moorlands) Mr Peter Bone MP (Conservative, Wellingborough) Jim Dowd MP (Labour, Lewisham West) Sandra Gidley MP (Liberal Democrat, Romsey) Stephen Hesford MP (Labour, Wirral West) Dr Doug Naysmith MP (Labour, Bristol North West) Mr Lee Scott MP (Conservative, Ilford North) Dr Howard Stoate MP (Labour, Dartford) Mr Robert Syms MP (Conservative, Poole) Dr Richard Taylor MP (Independent, Wyre Forest) Powers The Committee is one of the departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk.
    [Show full text]
  • 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
    [Show full text]
  • Ec Budget 2007
    House of Lords London European Union Committee SW1A 0PW www.parliament.uk/hleug The primary purpose of the House of Lords European Union Select Committee is to scrutinise EU law in draft before the Government take a position on it in the EU Council of Ministers. This scrutiny is frequently carried out through correspondence with Ministers. Such correspondence, including Ministerial replies and other materials, is published where appropriate. This edition includes correspondence from December 2009 to May 2010. SOCIAL POLICY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS (SUB-COMMITTEE G) CONTENTS CONSUMER RIGHTS (14183/08) .......................................................................................................................... 2 CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS TO CONSUMER E-COMMERCE IN THE EU (15058/09) .......................... 2 CROSS-BORDER HEALTHCARE: APPLICATION OF PATIENTS’ RIGHTS (11307/08) ......................... 4 DISEASES: EARLY WARNING AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (EWRS) FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE (10148/09) .................................................................................................................................... 5 DWP PRIORITIES DURING THE SPANISH PRESIDENCY ............................................................................. 5 EMPLOYMENT: JOINT EMPLOYMENT REPORT 2009/10 (5037/10) .......................................................... 7 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (12892/08) .............................. 7 EQUAL TREATMENT BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN ENGAGED IN AN ACTIVITY IN A SELF-
    [Show full text]
  • Britain Breaking Barriers
    Britain breaking barriers Strengthening human rights and tackling discrimination James Dobson and Ryan Shorthouse BRITAIN BREAKING BARRIERS Strengthening human rights and tackling discrimination James Dobson and Ryan Shorthouse The moral right of the authors has been asserted. All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the publisher of this book. Bright Blue is an independent think tank and pressure group for liberal conservatism. Bright Blue takes complete responsibility for the views expressed in this publication, and these do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor. Director: Ryan Shorthouse Chair: Matthew d’Ancona Members of the board: Diane Banks, Philip Clarke, Alexandra Jezeph, Rachel Johnson First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Bright Blue Campaign ISBN: 978-1-911128-44-1 www.brightblue.org.uk Copyright © Bright Blue Campaign, 2017 Contents About the authors 5 Acknowledgements 6 1 Introduction 7 2 Tackling discrimination in education 12 3 Tackling discrimination in employment 23 4 Tackling discrimination in society 34 5 Protecting human rights in the UK 47 6 Championing human rights overseas 58 Annex 1: Written evidence 68 Annex 2: Oral evidence session 70 4 About the authors James Dobson James Dobson is a Senior Researcher at Bright Blue. His interests lie in higher education, human rights, immigration and social cohesion. He has written for The Times, the Independent, the New Statesman and various other national and local publications.
    [Show full text]
  • New Labour's Public Politics of Poverty. Phd Thesis, University of Nottingham
    Legge, Kate Eleanor (2012) Tackling poverty at home and abroad: New Labour's public politics of poverty. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Access from the University of Nottingham repository: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/14042/1/580181.pdf Copyright and reuse: The Nottingham ePrints service makes this work by researchers of the University of Nottingham available open access under the following conditions. · Copyright and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. · To the extent reasonable and practicable the material made available in Nottingham ePrints has been checked for eligibility before being made available. · Copies of full items can be used for personal research or study, educational, or not- for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. · Quotations or similar reproductions must be sufficiently acknowledged. Please see our full end user licence at: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/end_user_agreement.pdf A note on versions: The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher’s version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. For more information, please contact [email protected] TACKLING POVERTY AT HOME AND ABROAD: NEW LABOUR'S PUBLIC POLITICS OF POVERTY KATE ELEANOR LEGGE, BA, MSc.
    [Show full text]
  • The Government
    The government Parliamentary under secretary of state Parliamentary under secretary of state Financial services secretary Parliamentary under secretary of state Whips Gordon Brown has appointed a new cabinet Kevan Jones, 45 Lord McKenzie, 62 Lord Myners, 61 Claire Ward, 37 Lady Farrington, 68 (pictured) and team of junior ministers to govern Veterans Lady Thornton, 56 Lord Bach, 62 until the next election. Lord Mandelson was given Lord Tunnicliffe, 66 Lord Young, 67 a new title and an expanded department, Alistair Parliamentary under secretary of state Parliamentary under secretary of state Economic Secretary Parliamentary under secretary of state Lord Patel, 48 Quentin Davies, 64 Ian Pearson, 50 Bridget Prentice, 56 Darling stayed put and Peter Hain returned. There Jonathan Shaw, 43 Lord Brett, 67 are only five women around the cabinet table Defence equipment and support Disabled people Financial services Coroners and democratic engagement Parliamentary under secretary of state Parliamentary under secretary of state Parliamentary under secretary of state Exchequer secretary Parliamentary under secretary of state Parliamentary under secretary of state Deputy chief whip Chris Mole, 51 Lady Taylor, 61 Helen Goodman, 51 Kitty Ussher, 38 Lord Bach, 62 Dan Norris, 49 Lord Davies, 69 National networks International defence and security Supreme court, legal aid Parliamentary under secretary of state Minister of state Minister of state Minister of State Minister of state Parliamentary under secretary of state Parliamentary secretary Lords chief
    [Show full text]