Hazel Blears

Source: Telegraph. [caption id="attachment_2216" align="alignleft" width="94" caption="Hazel Blears"][/caption] Hazel Blears, the former Communities Secretary, has survived a grassroots attempt to oust her as a Labour candidate at the next election. Miss Blears angered party workers by quitting the Cabinet on the eve of local elections earlier this month. Her decision was described as a "body blow" to the party and may inadvertently have helped the BNP claim traditional Labour

By Pits'n'Pots Reporter. [caption id="attachment_2216" align="alignleft" width="94" caption="Hazel Blears"][/caption] Hazel Blears is to resign from the Cabinet, in another hugely damaging development for Gordon Brown. The communities secretary released a statement which specifically did not offer support to the prime minister. "Today I've told the prime minister I'm resigning from the government," it read. "In this next phase of my political life I'm redoubling my efforts to spea

By Pitsnpots Reporter. We have been reporting for a long time now that we believe that government will intervene in the running of Stoke on Trent. Today at about 9.30am there will be an announcement that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hazel Blears has instructed the City's executive, that government officers will take up residence in the Civic Centre to  ensure that all 14 recommendations made by the Governance Commission are adopted withou

By Pits'n'Pots Reporter. It has been reported on this site that the Labour Party is in turmoil locally with some councillors not speaking to each other and disciplinary hearings pending, EMB members going against group policy, national executive intervention and even rumours about whether the party will put a candidate up in the up coming council leader elections. It seems that the unrest in the Labour Party ranks locally is spreading nationally. Deputy leader Harriet Harman has denied a r

By Tony Walley. People from outside the EU moving to the UK to work or study will have to pay £50 extra for visas to help areas struggling to cope with immigration. [caption id="attachment_2216" align="alignleft" width="94" caption="Hazel Blears"][/caption] The £70m raised by the two-year scheme, announced by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, will help fund more police support and translators. Many councils have warned of the strain that new arrivals have put on services. But cr