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Premiership of Gordon Brown

Index Premiership of Gordon Brown

The premiership of Gordon Brown began on 27 June 2007 when Brown accepted the Queen's invitation to form a government, replacing Tony Blair as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [1]

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Bush, Glasgow, Glasgow Airport, Glasgow East by-election, 2008, Gordon Brown, Great Recession, Green Party of England and Wales, Greg Pope, Gurkha, Harriet Harman, Hazel Blears, Hilary Benn, Home Affairs Select Committee, Home Office, Home Secretary, Homes and Communities Agency, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Lords, Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, Hung parliament, Identity Cards Act 2006, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Iraq Inquiry, Iraq War, Jack Straw, Jacqui Smith, James Purnell, Jim Dowd (politician), Jo Dipple, Joan Ryan, Joanna Lumley, John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, John Prescott, John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, Jon Ashworth, Jonathan Powell (Labour adviser), Keith Vaz, Labour Friends of Israel, Labour Party (UK), Labour Party (UK) Conference, Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2010, Liaison Committee, Liberal Democrats (UK), List of Labour Party (UK) general election manifestos, List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, Lloyds Banking Group, Magrath, Mansion House, London, Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Metropolitan Police Service, Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, Minister for the Civil Service, Minister of State for Immigration, Ministerial Code, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Muammar Gaddafi, National Bullying Helpline, National Minimum Wage Act 1998, NEET, New Labour, News conference, Nick Clegg, Nick Robinson (journalist), Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, North West England, North West England (European Parliament constituency), Northern Rock, Not Flash, Just Gordon, Order in Council, Pan Am Flight 103, Parental leave, Parliamentary Labour Party, Patricia Hewitt, Paul Krugman, Pensions Act 2007, Pensions Act 2008, Personal allowance, Peter Inge, Baron Inge, Peter Mandelson, Phil Woolas, Piers Morgan, Political campaign, Premiership of David Cameron, Premiership of Margaret Thatcher, Premiership of Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Quantitative easing, Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Royal Bank of Scotland, Royal Mail, Royal Navy, Royal prerogative, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Sarah Cawood, Scottish Government, Scrappage program, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Secretary of State for Justice, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, Siobhain McDonagh, Sky News, Snap election, Spencer Livermore, Baron Livermore, Stamp duty, State ownership, Subprime mortgage crisis, The End of the Party, The Establishment, The Guardian, The Jerusalem Post, The Mail on Sunday, The National Archives (United Kingdom), The Sun (United Kingdom), Today (BBC Radio 4), Tony Blair, Tony Lloyd, Tony Wright (Cannock Chase MP), Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, Treaty of Lisbon, UK Independence Party, United Kingdom, United Kingdom general election debates, 2010, United Kingdom general election, 2010, United Kingdom general election, February 1974, United Kingdom local elections, 2009, United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, United Kingdom–United States relations, Value-added tax, Whitehall, Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency), 10 Downing Street, 2003 invasion of Iraq, 2007 Glasgow Airport attack, 2007 London car bombs, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Tibetan unrest, 2009 United Kingdom budget, 35th G8 summit. 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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi (عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي,; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya, and an alleged Libyan intelligence officer.

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Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010

The Additional Paternity Leave Regulations 2010 are a statutory instrument involving UK labour law, which introduced a basic right for mothers to transfer their right to unpaid leave to their partner if the mother has returned to work.

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Admiral (Royal Navy)

Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, outranked only by the rank admiral of the fleet.

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Agency Workers Regulations 2010

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 are a statutory instrument forming part of UK labour law.

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Aggregate demand

In macroeconomics, aggregate demand (AD) or domestic final demand (DFD) is the total demand for final goods and services in an economy at a given time.

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Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera (translit,, literally "The Island", though referring to the Arabian Peninsula in context), also known as JSC (Jazeera Satellite Channel), is a state-funded broadcaster in Doha, Qatar, owned by the Al Jazeera Media Network.

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Alan Johnson

Alan Arthur Johnson (born 17 May 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who served as Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010.

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Alan West, Baron West of Spithead

Admiral Alan William John West, Baron West of Spithead, (born 21 April 1948) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Navy and formerly, from June 2007 to May 2010, a Labour Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the British Home Office with responsibility for security and a security advisor to Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Alastair Campbell

Alastair John Campbell (born 25 May 1957) is a British journalist, broadcaster, political aide and author, best known for his work as Tony Blair's spokesman and campaign director (1994–1997), followed by Downing Street Press Secretary (1997–2000), for Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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Alex Salmond

Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond (born 31 December 1954) is a Scottish politician who served as the First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014.

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Alistair Darling

Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, (born 28 November 1953) is a Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 2007-2010 and as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 until he stepped down in 2015, most recently for Edinburgh South West.

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Andrew MacKinlay

Andrew Stuart MacKinlay (born 24 April 1949) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election.

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Andrew Rawnsley

Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley (born 5 January 1962, in Leeds) is a British political journalist and broadcaster.

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Angela Merkel

Angela Dorothea Merkel (Kasner, born 17 July 1954) is a German politician serving as Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2000.

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Ann Widdecombe

Ann Noreen Widdecombe, (born 4 October 1947) is a British former politician.

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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009

The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c 22) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham

Ara Wardkes Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, (Արա Վարդգես Դարզի; born 7 May 1960) is an Armenian-British doctor and Labour politician.

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Armed Forces Covenant

The Military Covenant or Armed Forces Covenant is a term introduced in 2000 into British public life to refer to the mutual obligations between the nation and its Armed Forces.

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Autism Act 2009

The Autism Act 2009 (c 15) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Bank of England

The Bank of England, formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, is the central bank of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the model on which most modern central banks have been based.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Beverley Hughes

Beverley June Hughes, Baroness Hughes of Stretford PC (born 30 March 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stretford and Urmston from 1997 to 2010.

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Bill of rights

A bill of rights, sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country.

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Bill Rammell

William Ernest Rammell (born 10 October 1959) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the member of parliament (MP) for Harlow from 1997 to 2010, and served as a Minister of State in several departments from 2002 until his defeat in 2010 to the Conservative candidate, Robert Halfon.

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British National Party

The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right and fascist political party in the United Kingdom.

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Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.

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Budget of the United Kingdom

The Autumn Budget of the British Government is an annual budget set by HM Treasury for the following financial year, with the revenues to be gathered by HM Revenue and Customs and the expenditures of the public sector, in compliance with government policy.

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Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms

The Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms (COBR, often referred to as COBRA) are a group of meeting rooms in the Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall, often used for different committees which co-ordinate the actions of bodies within the Government of the United Kingdom in response to instances of national or regional crisis, or during events abroad with major implications for the UK.

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Caroline Flint

Caroline Louise Flint (born 20 September 1961) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley since 1997.

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Cary Cooper

Sir Cary Lynn Cooper, (born 28 April 1940), is an American-born British psychologist and 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

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Cash for Honours

Cash for Honours (also Cash for Peerages, Loans for Lordships, Loans for Honours or Loans for Peerages) was a political scandal in the United Kingdom in 2006 and 2007 concerning the connection between political donations and the award of life peerages.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of Her Majesty's Exchequer, commonly known as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, or simply the Chancellor, is a senior official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of Her Majesty's Treasury.

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Channel 4 News

Channel 4 News is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4.

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

The Charity Commission for England and Wales is the non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities in England and Wales and maintains the Central Register of Charities.

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Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank

Field Marshal Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, (born 17 November 1938) was Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1994 to 1997 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1997 until his retirement in 2001.

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Child benefit

Child benefit (children's allowance) is a social security payment which is distributed to the parents or guardians of children, teenagers and in some cases, young adults.

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Child Poverty Act 2010

The Child Poverty Act 2010 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ‘to set targets relating to the eradication of child poverty, and to make other provision about child poverty’.

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Child Poverty Action Group

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) is a UK charity that works to alleviate poverty and social exclusion.

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Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland (The Scots Kirk, Eaglais na h-Alba), known informally by its Scots language name, the Kirk, is the national church of Scotland.

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Coalition government

A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which many or multiple political parties cooperate, reducing the dominance of any one party within that "coalition".

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Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007

The Concessionary Bus Travel Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which entitles all people resident in England who are either disabled or over the age of 60 to free travel on local buses at off-peak times anywhere within England (transport being a devolved matter and therefore within the purview of the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly); previously, free travel had only been available within the recipient's local authority area.

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Confederation of British Industry

The Confederation of British Industry is a UK business organisation, which in total speaks for 190,000 businesses, made up of around 1,500 direct and 188,500 indirect members.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Constitution

A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.

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Counter-Terrorism Act 2008

The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c 28) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which increased police powers for the stated purpose of countering terrorism.

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Cronyism

Cronyism is the practice of partiality in awarding jobs and other advantages to friends, family relatives or trusted colleagues, especially in politics and between politicians and supportive organizations.

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Damian McBride

Damian McBride is a British political advisor.

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David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016.

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David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley

Marshal of the Royal Air Force David Brownrigg Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, (born 17 September 1929) is a retired Royal Air Force officer and member of the House of Lords.

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David Davis (British politician)

David Michael Davis (born 23 December 1948) is a British politician of the Conservative Party serving as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union since 2016 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Haltemprice and Howden since the general election of 1997.

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David Miliband

David Wright Miliband (born 15 July 1965) is a British Labour Party politician, charity chief executive and public policy analyst who was the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2007 to 2010 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Shields from 2001 to 2013.

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Department for Children, Schools and Families

Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF; stylised as all lowercase) was a department of the UK government, between 2007 and 2010, responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education.

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Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham

Digby Marritt Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham (born 28 October 1955), known as Sir Digby Jones between 2005 and 2007, is a British businessman and politician, who has served as Director General of the CBI (2000–06) and Minister of State for Trade and Investment (2007–08).

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Directgov

Directgov was the British government's digital service for people in the United Kingdom, which provided a single point of access to public sector information and services.

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Disability Living Allowance

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a social security benefit in the United Kingdom paid to eligible claimants who have personal care and/or mobility needs as a result of a mental or physical disability.

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Douglas Alexander

Douglas Garven Alexander (born 26 October 1967) is a British Labour Party politician who served in the Cabinet from 2006 to 2010 under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in the roles of Secretary of State for Scotland, Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for International Development.

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Eco-towns

Eco-towns are a government-sponsored programme of new towns to be built in England, which are intended to achieve exemplary standards of sustainability.

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Ed Balls

Edward Michael Balls (born 25 February 1967) is a retired British Labour and Co-operative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton from 2005 to 2010 and for Morley and Outwood from 2010 to 2015, when he lost his seat to Andrea Jenkyns of the Conservative Party.

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Ed Miliband

Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party as well as Leader of the Opposition between 2010 and 2015.

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Education and Skills Act 2008

The Education and Skills Act 2008 (c 25) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that raised the minimum age at which a person can leave education or training to eighteen for those born after 1 September 1997, with an interim minimum leaving age of 17 from 2013.

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Edwin Bramall

Field Marshal Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall, (born 18 December 1923) is a retired senior British Army officer.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Emily Thornberry

Emily Anne Thornberry (born 27 July 1960) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury since the 2005 general election.

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Employment Act 2008

The Employment Act 2008 (c 24) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which reformed a wide range of different provisions of UK labour law.

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Equality Act 2010

The Equality Act 2010 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and has the same goals as the four major EU Equal Treatment Directives, whose provisions it mirrors and implements.

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Eric Joyce

Eric Stuart Joyce (born 13 October 1960) is a British politician and former military officer.

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European Parliament election, 2009 (United Kingdom)

The European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2009 European Parliament election, the voting for which was held on Thursday 4 June 2009.

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Field marshal (United Kingdom)

Field Marshal has been the highest rank in the British Army since 1736.

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Financial crisis of 2007–2008

The financial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the global financial crisis and the 2008 financial crisis, is considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a Japanese-owned (since 2015), English-language international daily newspaper headquartered in London, with a special emphasis on business and economic news.

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First Lord of the Treasury

The First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom, and is now always also the Prime Minister.

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First Minister of Scotland

The First Minister of Scotland (Prìomh Mhinistear na h-Alba; Heid Meinister o Scotland) is the leader of the Scottish Government.

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Frank Field (British politician)

Frank Ernest Field, (born 16 July 1942) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Birkenhead since 1979.

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FTSE 100 Index

The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "Footsie", is a share index of the 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange with the highest market capitalisation.

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General (United Kingdom)

General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers of the British Army.

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General practitioner

In the medical profession, a general practitioner (GP) is a medical doctor who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education to patients.

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Geoff Hoon

Geoffrey William Hoon (born 6 December 1953) is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashfield from 1992 to 2010.

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George Osborne

George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a British Conservative Party politician, who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from June 2001 until he stood down on 3 May 2017.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Glasgow Airport

Glasgow Airport, also unofficially Glasgow International Airport, formerly Abbotsinch Airport, is an international airport in Scotland, located west of Glasgow city centre.

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Glasgow East by-election, 2008

The 2008 Glasgow East by-election was a by-election for the UK Parliamentary constituency of Glasgow East which was held on 24 July 2008.

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Gordon Brown

James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.

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Great Recession

The Great Recession was a period of general economic decline observed in world markets during the late 2000s and early 2010s.

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Green Party of England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW; Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr) is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales.

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Greg Pope

Gregory James Pope (born 29 August 1960) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hyndburn from 1992, until retiring at the 2010 general election.

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Gurkha

The Gurkhas or Gorkhas with endonym Gorkhali (गोरखाली) are the soldiers of Nepalese nationality and ethnic Indian Gorkhas recruited in the British Army, Nepalese Army, Indian Army, Gurkha Contingent Singapore, Gurkha Reserve Unit Brunei, UN Peace Keeping force, and war zones around the world.

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Harriet Harman

Harriet Ruth Harman (born 30 July 1950) is a British solicitor and Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament since 1982, first for Peckham, and then for its successor constituency of Camberwell and Peckham since 1997.

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Hazel Blears

Hazel Anne Blears (born 14 May 1956) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salford and Eccles from 2010 to 2015, when she stood down.

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Hilary Benn

Hilary James Wedgwood Benn (born 26 November 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds Central since the by-election in 1999.

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Home Affairs Select Committee

The Home Affairs Select Committee is a Committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Home Office

The Home Office (HO) is a ministerial department of Her Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for immigration, security and law and order.

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Home Secretary

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, normally referred to as the Home Secretary, is a senior official as one of the Great Offices of State within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Home Office.

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Homes and Communities Agency

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) was the non-departmental public body that funded new affordable housing in England.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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House of Lords

The House of Lords of the United Kingdom, also known as the House of Peers, is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c 17) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hung parliament

A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures under the Westminster system to describe a situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition (also known as an alliance or bloc) has an absolute majority of legislators (commonly known as members or seats) in a parliament or other legislature.

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Identity Cards Act 2006

The Identity Cards Act 2006 (c 15) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that has since been repealed.

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Institute for Fiscal Studies

The Institute for Fiscal Studies is an economic research institute based in London, United Kingdom, which specialises in UK taxation and public policy.

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Iraq Inquiry

The Iraq Inquiry (also referred to as the Chilcot Inquiry after its chairman, Sir John Chilcot) The Guardian, 31 July 2009.

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Iraq War

The Iraq WarThe conflict is also known as the War in Iraq, the Occupation of Iraq, the Second Gulf War, and Gulf War II.

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Jack Straw

John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is an English politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1979 to 2015.

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Jacqui Smith

Jacqueline Jill Smith (born 3 November 1962) is a British Labour politician.

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James Purnell

James Mark Dakin Purnell (born 2 March 1970) is a British broadcasting executive and a former politician.

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Jim Dowd (politician)

James Patrick Dowd (born 5 March 1951) is a British Labour Party politician, who was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1992 to 2017, first for Lewisham West and since 2010 for Lewisham West and Penge.

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Jo Dipple

Joanna Shannon Dipple (born 5 June 1968) has been the CEO of UK Music since 2012.

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Joan Ryan

Joan Marie Ryan (born 8 September 1955, Warrington) is a British Labour Party politician.

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Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lamond Lumley, (born 1 May 1946) is an English actress, former model, author and activist.

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John Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness

John Matthew Patrick Hutton, Baron Hutton of Furness, (born 6 May 1955) is a British Labour politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Barrow and Furness from 1992 to 2010 and served in a number of Cabinet offices, including Defence Secretary and Business Secretary.

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John Prescott

John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (born 31 May 1938) is a British politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007.

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John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan

John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan PC (born 8 May 1947) is a British Labour Party politician.

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Jon Ashworth

Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth (born 14 October 1978) is a British Labour and Co-operative party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Leicester South since 2011, and is Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

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Jonathan Powell (Labour adviser)

Jonathan Nicholas Powell (born 14 August 1956) is a British diplomat who served as the first Downing Street Chief of Staff, under British Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1997 to 2007.

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Keith Vaz

Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz (born 26 November 1956) is a British Labour Party politician who, as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester East since the 1987 general election, is the British Parliament's longest-serving British Asian MP.

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Labour Friends of Israel

Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) is a group in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, affiliated to the British Labour Party, that promotes support for a strong bilateral relationship between Britain and Israel, and seeks to strengthen ties between the British and the Israeli Labor parties.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Labour Party (UK) Conference

The Labour Party Conference, or annual national conference of the Labour Party, is formally the supreme decision-making body of the Party.

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Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2010

The 2010 Labour Party leadership election was triggered by a general election which resulted in a hung parliament.

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Liaison Committee

The Liaison Committee is a committee of the British House of Commons, the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as Lib Dems) are a liberal British political party, formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party, which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.

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List of Labour Party (UK) general election manifestos

This is a list of the British Labour Party general election manifestos since the nascent party first put forward candidates at the 1900 general election.

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List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

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Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group plc is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009.

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Magrath

Magrath is a town in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.

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Mansion House, London

Mansion House is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London.

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Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c 23) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Marshal of the Royal Air Force

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Metropolitan Police Service

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), commonly known as the Metropolitan Police and informally as the Met, is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London, excluding the "square mile" of the City of London, which is the responsibility of the City of London Police.

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Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce

Admiral of the Fleet Michael Cecil Boyce, Baron Boyce, (born 2 April 1943) is a former Royal Navy officer who now sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

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Minister for the Civil Service

In the Government of the United Kingdom, the Minister for the Civil Service is responsible for regulations regarding Her Majesty's Civil Service, the role of which is to assist the governments of the United Kingdom in formulating and implementing policies.

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Minister of State for Immigration

The Minister of State for Immigration is a Minister of State in the Home Office of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Ministerial Code

The Ministerial Code is a document setting out "rules" and standards for government ministers in the United Kingdom.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MoD or MOD) is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by Her Majesty's Government and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.

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Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Mohammed Abu Minyar Gaddafi (20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist.

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National Bullying Helpline

The National Bullying Helpline was a charity organisation established by David and Christine Pratt, promising to service the needs of victims of bullying, based in Swindon, Wiltshire.

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National Minimum Wage Act 1998

The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 creates a minimum wage across the United Kingdom, which from 1 April 2018 was £7.83 per hour for workers aged over 25, £7.38 per hour for workers aged 21 to 24, and £5.90 per hour for workers aged 18 to 20.

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NEET

A NEET or neet is a young person who is "Not in Education, Employment, or Training".

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New Labour

New Labour refers to a period in the history of the British Labour Party from the late-1990s until 2010 under the leadership of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

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News conference

A news conference or press conference is a media event in which newsmakers invite journalists to hear them speak and, most often, ask questions.

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Nick Clegg

Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015 and as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2007 to 2015.

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Nick Robinson (journalist)

Nicholas Anthony Robinson (born 5 October 1963) is a British journalist, currently a presenter on the BBC's Today programme.

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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (officially Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne, or the Swedish National Bank's Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel), commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics, is an award for outstanding contributions to the field of economics, and generally regarded as the most prestigious award for that field.

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North West England

North West England, one of nine official regions of England, consists of the five counties of Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

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North West England (European Parliament constituency)

North West England is a constituency of the European Parliament.

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Northern Rock

Northern Rock, formerly the Northern Rock Building Society, was a British bank.

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Not Flash, Just Gordon

Not Flash, Just Gordon was an advertising campaign used by the British Labour party in 2007.

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Order in Council

An Order in Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms.

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Pan Am Flight 103

Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via London and New York.

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Parental leave

Parental leave or family leave is an employee benefit available in almost all countries.

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Parliamentary Labour Party

In UK politics, the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) is the parliamentary party of the Labour Party in Parliament: Labour MPs as a collective body.

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Patricia Hewitt

Patricia Hope Hewitt (born 2 December 1948) is an Australian-born British Labour politician, who served in the Cabinet until 2007, most recently as Secretary of State for Health.

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Paul Krugman

Paul Robin Krugman (born February 28, 1953) is an American economist who is currently Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and a columnist for The New York Times.

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Pensions Act 2007

The Pensions Act 2007 (c 22) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Pensions Act 2008

The Pensions Act 2008 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Personal allowance

In the UK tax system, personal allowance is the threshold above which income tax is levied on an individual's income.

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Peter Inge, Baron Inge

Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge, (born 5 August 1935) was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1992 to 1994.

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Peter Mandelson

Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour politician, president of international think tank Policy Network and Chairman of strategic advisory firm He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, and held a number of Cabinet positions under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

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Phil Woolas

Philip James Woolas (born 11 December 1959) is a British environmental consultant, political lobbyist, former television producer and former politician.

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Piers Morgan

Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (né O'Meara; born 30 March 1965) is a British journalist and television personality currently working as a presenter on the ITV Breakfast programme Good Morning Britain.

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Political campaign

A political campaign is an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making process within a specific group.

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Premiership of David Cameron

The premiership of David Cameron began on 11 May 2010 when Cameron accepted the Queen's invitation to form a government.

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Premiership of Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1979 to November 1990.

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Premiership of Tony Blair

The premiership of Tony Blair began on 2 May 1997 and ended on 27 June 2007.

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of the United Kingdom government.

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Quantitative easing

Quantitative easing (QE), also known as large-scale asset purchases, is an expansionary monetary policy whereby a central bank buys predetermined amounts of government bonds or other financial assets in order to stimulate the economy and increase liquidity.

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Queen Elizabeth II Centre

The Queen Elizabeth II Centre is a conference facility located in the City of Westminster, London, close to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

The release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi from prison on compassionate grounds was a decision by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill.

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Royal Bank of Scotland

The Royal Bank of Scotland (Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba, Ryal Bank o Scotland, Banc Brenhinol yr Alban), commonly abbreviated as RBS, is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, together with NatWest and Ulster Bank.

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Royal Mail

Royal Mail plc (Post Brenhinol; a' Phuist Rìoghail) is a postal service and courier company in the United Kingdom, originally established in 1516.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Royal prerogative

The royal prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege, and immunity, recognized in common law and, sometimes, in civil law jurisdictions possessing a monarchy, as belonging to the sovereign and which have become widely vested in the government.

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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (سيف الإسلام معمر القذافي; born 25 June 1972) is a Libyan political figure.

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Sarah Cawood

Sarah Louise Cawood (born 7 September 1972 in St Pancras, London) is an English broadcaster.

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Scottish Government

The Scottish Government (Riaghaltas na h-Alba; Scots Govrenment) is the executive of the devolved Scottish Parliament.

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Scrappage program

A scrappage program is a government budget program to promote the replacement of old vehicles with modern vehicles.

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Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (DEBEIS), or informally Business Secretary, is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government.

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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, normally referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a senior, high-ranking official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, or informally Communities Secretary is a Cabinet position heading the UK's Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, previously known as the Department for Communities and Local Government from 2006 to 2018.

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Secretary of State for Justice

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Justice is a senior position in the cabinet of the United Kingdom, held in conjunction with the office of Lord Chancellor since it was created in 2007, replacing the former post of Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs.

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Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, or informally Work and Pensions Secretary is a post in the British Cabinet, responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

The Serious Organized Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15) (often abbreviated to SOCPA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom aimed primarily at creating the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

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Siobhain McDonagh

Siobhain Ann McDonagh (born 20 February 1960) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mitcham and Morden since the 1997 general election.

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Sky News

Sky News is a 24-hour international multimedia news organisation based in the UK that started as a 24-hour television news channel.

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Snap election

A snap election is an election called earlier than expected.

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Spencer Livermore, Baron Livermore

Spencer Elliot Livermore, Baron Livermore (born 12 June 1975) is a British Labour Party strategy and communications professional.

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Stamp duty

Stamp duty is a tax that is levied on documents.

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State ownership

State ownership (also called public ownership and government ownership) is the ownership of an industry, asset, or enterprise by the state or a public body representing a community as opposed to an individual or private party.

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Subprime mortgage crisis

The United States subprime mortgage crisis was a nationwide banking emergency, occurring between 2007 and 2010, that contributed to the U.S. recession of December 2007 – June 2009.

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The End of the Party

The End of the Party: The Rise and Fall of New Labour is a book by political journalist Andrew Rawnsley detailing the centre-left New Labour Premiership of Tony Blair between 2001, when Blair was re-elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, through to his resignation in 2007 when Gordon Brown formed his government, and through to just before Labour's defeat in 2010.

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The Establishment

The Establishment generally denotes a dominant group or elite that holds power or authority in a nation or organisation.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post is a broadsheet newspaper based in Jerusalem, founded in 1932 during the British Mandate of Palestine by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post.

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The Mail on Sunday

The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, published in a tabloid format.

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The National Archives (United Kingdom)

The National Archives (TNA) is a non-ministerial government department.

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The Sun (United Kingdom)

The Sun is a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

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Today (BBC Radio 4)

Today, or The Today Programme, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, broadcast on Monday to Friday from 6:00 am to 9:00 am and 7:00 am to 9:00 am on Saturday.

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Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.

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Tony Lloyd

Anthony Joseph Lloyd (born 25 February 1950) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since 2018.

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Tony Wright (Cannock Chase MP)

Anthony Wayland Wright (born 11 March 1948) is a British Labour Party politician and author, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cannock Chase from 1997 to 2010.

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Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe

The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE; commonly referred to as the European Constitution or as the Constitutional Treaty) was an unratified international treaty intended to create a consolidated constitution for the European Union (EU).

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Treaty of Lisbon

The Treaty of Lisbon (initially known as the Reform Treaty) is an international agreement that amends the two treaties which form the constitutional basis of the European Union (EU).

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UK Independence Party

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) is a Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United Kingdom general election debates, 2010

The United Kingdom general election debates of 2010 consisted of a series of three leaders' debates between the leaders of the three main parties contesting the 2010 United Kingdom general election: Gordon Brown, Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party; David Cameron, Leader of the Opposition and Conservative Party; and Nick Clegg, leader of the third largest political party in the UK, the Liberal Democrats.

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United Kingdom general election, 2010

The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 6 May 2010, with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons.

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United Kingdom general election, February 1974

The February 1974 United Kingdom general election was held on the 28th day of that month.

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United Kingdom local elections, 2009

The 2009 United Kingdom local elections were elections held to all 27 County Councils, three existing Unitary Authorities and five new Unitary Authorities, all in England, on 4 June 2009.

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United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal

The United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal was a major political scandal that emerged in 2009, concerning expenses claims made by members of the United Kingdom Parliament over the previous years.

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United Kingdom–United States relations

British–American relations, also referred to as Anglo-American relations, encompass many complex relations ranging from two early wars to competition for world markets.

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Value-added tax

A value-added tax (VAT), known in some countries as a goods and services tax (GST), is a type of tax that is assessed incrementally, based on the increase in value of a product or service at each stage of production or distribution.

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Whitehall

Whitehall is a road in the City of Westminster, Central London, which forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea.

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Yorkshire and the Humber (European Parliament constituency)

Yorkshire and the Humber is a constituency of the European Parliament.

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10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street, colloquially known in the United Kingdom as Number 10, is the headquarters of the Government of the United Kingdom and the official residence and office of the First Lord of the Treasury, a post which, for much of the 18th and 19th centuries and invariably since 1905, has been held by the Prime Minister.

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2003 invasion of Iraq

The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War (also called Operation Iraqi Freedom).

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2007 Glasgow Airport attack

The 2007 Glasgow Airport attack was a terrorist ramming attack which occurred on 30 June 2007, at 15:11 BST, when a dark green Jeep Cherokee loaded with propane canisters was driven at the glass doors of the Glasgow Airport terminal and set ablaze.

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2007 London car bombs

On 29 June 2007, in London, two car bombs were discovered and disabled before they could be detonated.

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2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and commonly known as Beijing 2008, was an international multi-sport event that was held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing, China.

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2008 Tibetan unrest

The 2008 Tibetan unrest, also referred to as the 3-14 Riots in Chinese media, was a series of riots, protests, and demonstrations that started in the Tibetan regional capital of Lhasa.

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2009 United Kingdom budget

The 2009 United Kingdom Budget, officially known as Budget 2009: Building Britain's Future, was formally delivered by Alistair Darling in the House of Commons on 22 April 2009.

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35th G8 summit

The 35th G8 summit was held in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, on July 8–10, 2009.

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References

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