In the UK Prince Charles has asked landowners to wipe out foreign grey squirrels (picture above) from the countryside to protect red squirrels and to save our native woodlands. Yesterday he told the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) that it was “absolutely crucial to exterminate the greys”. The alien species was introduced to Britain from the US in the 19th century and has a population estimated at 3.3 million, compared with only 160,000 indigenous reds. In a letter to Sir Henry...Read Full Story
Benefit reforms 'mean fair deal' James Purnell says the government will give support to those looking for work (From the BBC article) Plans to force more benefit claimants to prepare for work or face losing payments are a "fair deal", says Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell. He said private firms would be paid to get people back to work while those unemployed for a year would have to do four weeks' full-time activity. Most people on incapacity benefit would be expected to attend job...Read Full Story
James Purnell says the government will give support to those looking for work BBC Plans to force more benefit claimants to prepare for work or face losing payments are a "fair deal", says Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell. He said private firms would be paid to get people back to work while those unemployed for a year would have to do four weeks' full-time activity. Most people on incapacity benefit would be expected to attend job interviews. The Conservatives said they would back the...Read Full Story
I remember in the 1980s when John Prescott was Labour's Employment Spokesman. Every month when the unemployment figures were released, Prezza came on the television claiming the figures were a mixture of lies and fiddles. I don't know whether he came on the TV every month, or perhaps the BBC and ITV just replayed the same footage month after month - his rhetoric never changed. James Purnell, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has now decided he is going to direct his attention to Incapacity...Read Full Story
Philip Webster & gSiteLife.Recommend("ExternalResource", "7033290","http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7033290.ece"); , : {} When he quit the Cabinet last June, James Purnell told Gordon Brown he was standing down to give Labour a fighting chance of winning the election. Yesterday he announced his departure from Parliament and, in graphic contrast with his shock exit from the Government, insisted that the Prime Minister could still win and deserved to do so against a...Read Full Story
This week, our honorees are Genesis Manuel of the James M. Bennett girls basketball team and Drakar Purnell of the Stephen Decatur boys basketball team. Manuel, a senior center, had a very busy week as she averaged over 16 points and 14 rebounds ...
Midway through the fourth period of Friday’s girls’ basketball game at James Moore gym, Pinecrest went into a delay game, holding an 11-point lead over Purnell Swett. “We do practice that sometimes because when it comes to games like this ...
James Mark Dakin Purnell (born 2 March 1970, London) is a British politician and the current Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. He has been the Labour MP for Stalybridge and ...
James Purnell, MP for Stalybridge and Hyde. Welcome to my online office and consultation website. As your Member of Parliament I always want to hear the views of my constituents in ...
Some of the UK's leading employers today pledged their support to get people back in work at the first meeting of the National Employment Partnership (NEP), hosted by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions James ...