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...A former Conservative MP, Lord Patten paradoxically became more popular with Labour, whose shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman said he had “helped the BBC to turn a corner”....
...Ed Miliband has called for an independent investigation into the BBC’s handling of the Jimmy Savile scandal, following widespread allegations of sexual abuse by the late television presenter....
...Harriet Harman, deputy Labour leader and shadow culture secretary, called for Mr Entwistle to hand back half of the money....
...The senior news staff were temporarily removed from their jobs while an investigation into the dropping of a Newsnight programme on Jimmy Savile, the former BBC presenter, is carried out....
...But Harriet Harman, Labour’s deputy leader, urged the government to defend the BBC against its enemies who were making use of the scandal as an opportunity to “pounce”....
...Harriet Harman, deputy Labour leader, said Lord Patten should stay on because the BBC needed a period of stability....
...Suddenly, the triumphantly successful comedian Jimmy Carr poked his head into the room to see what the commotion was....
...He even had a spell in government, headhunted by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 as undersecretary of state for commerce after Mr Carter heard of his successes in management-worker relationships....
...Shi Cheng: Short Stories from Urban China, edited by Liu Deng, Carol Yinghua Lu and Ra Page, translated by Eric Abrahamsen, Nicky Harman, Julia Lovell, et al, Comma Press, RRP£9.99, 224 pages An anthology...
...COMMANDER, CBE Jimmy Armfield, footballer. Paramjit Bassi, chairman, Bond Wolfe, private investment company. William Baxter, deputy chief executive, BaxterStorey, catering services company....
...Mr Martin was backed on Thursday by Gordon Brown after other senior ministers, including Harriet Harman, the leader of the Commons, appeared to offer only lukewarm support and an opinion poll by PoliticsHome.com...
...Earlier Harriet Harman, the Labour leader of the House of Commons, said the committee would represent “the balance of the House” – in other words, a Labour majority – with the prospect that it would also...
...Mr Brown’s concern is that the commission might yet call in the police to investigate donations made to Ms Harman and Ms Alexander. Additional reporting by Michael Peel...
...Harriet Harman, the Commons leader, called on Mr Davis to “apologise” and insisted there was “no justification” for his accusation....
...Ms Harman insisted she had not left Mr Brown exposed. “Absolutely not....
...Harriet Harman, Labour’s deputy leader, could also be quizzed after she confirmed that her office contacted Janet Kidd, Mr Abrahams’ secretary, in search of a £5,000 donation for her deputy leadership campaign...
...The prime minister gave his full support to Ms Harman only when asked for a third time at his monthly press conference....
...Ms Harman’s team said Mrs Kidd then sent them a cheque for £5,000....
...Ms Harman’s husband, Jack Dromey, the Labour treasurer, on Wednesday claimed the unlawful practice had been “concealed” from him....
...Why did Ms Harman accept Ms Kidd’s donation when Mr Benn declined it? Did Mr Benn tell anybody else? If not, why not? Did Ms Harman seek advice?...
...Peter Hain, Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, international development secretary, Harriet Harman, constitutional affairs minister, and Jon Cruddas, a Labour backbencher and former Downing Street...
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