Peter Mandelson

£10bn UK nuclear power plant contract goes to US

Nuclear firm Westinghouse expected to appoint Shaw Group to lead its construction programme Thousands of jobs that were to have been created in Britain to build the next generation of nuclear power plants could be heading...

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Don't despair – Gordon Brown may be on a winner

Labour has good progressive policies but they need to be delivered with conviction It's 10pm on 6 May 2010 and the polls have just closed on election night. The news begins with a sensational item. Nick Robinson says that a BBC...

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Richard Garner: Money matters, but students take precedence

The hidden tragedy of the London Metropolitan University affair is the lack of care taken to keep a check on its students, many of whom were from disadvantaged areas having their first taste of university life.

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Letters: Politics and science

In responding to Johann Hari's important and perceptive article, Peter Mandelson ("Company money for universities", Letters, 18 November) avoids the key issues raised by Hari in favour of trotting out the usual platitudes....

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Matthew Riley berates government support for SMEs and Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur and business success story Matthew Riley is calling on Sir Alan Sugar and Lord Peter Mandelson to pick up the phone and talk to him about to how to help grow small businesses in the UK. The CEO of Daisy Group Plc...

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Britain's new internet law,

The government has revealed details of its Digital Economy Bill, trailed in the Queen's Speech. One proposal which has already attracted a great deal of attention is the introduction of new penalties for those suspected of...

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A fine line between love and hatred for Peter Mandelson

So far as Downing Street is concerned, this morning's Sunday Times cover is a presentational nightmare. It reports that Peter Mandelson is calling on Brown to make him Foreign Secretary – a move which would create all kinds of...

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Mandelson 'demands to be made foreign secretary' after failed bid to become EU envoy

Peter Mandelson went behind Gordon Brown’s back in a last-ditch attempt to snatch the job of EU foreign envoy and abandon the Cabinet, it was claimed last night. Diplomatic sources said Lord Mandelson made frantic phone calls...

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BREAKING: Leaked UK government plan to create "Pirate Finder General" with power to appoint militias

clipped by: The Infowarrior clipper's remarks: "For those who still wonder why governments put so much effort into fighting piracy, if you see piracy as what it essentially is - uncontrolled flow of information - things become...

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Premier League: Manchester United v Everton - as it happened | Tom Lutz

Everton face the imposing challenge of a visit to Old Trafford to face the Premier League champions in today's late kick-off. Rio Ferdinand is still out for United, but Nemanja Vidic is expected to return to shore up the...

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