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Minister stalls �4.5bn Brent Cross project days after Mayor says yes

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:08:06 GMT

Major �4.5 billion London development has been thrown into doubt days after Mayor Boris Johnson approved the scheme

No Mr Denham, our lives are still blighted by racism

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:59:43 GMT

Communities Secretary John Denham�s claim that class, not race, is now our biggest social barrier is a cynical appeal to white voters

Cabinet minister John Denham: We must look beyond race

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:13:21 GMT

Some ethnic minority groups no longer face automatic disadvantage in Britain, with social class now a key factor in holding people back, Cabinet minister said

A better approach to airport security

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:44:31 GMT

The ordeal of getting through airport security could be less onerous in the future once security officials direct their attention to people showing suspect behaviour rather than at all passengers indiscriminately

Council and police salaries go public to halt pay boom

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:13:32 GMT

Crackdown on soaring pay rises and golden goodbyes to council chiefs was launched by the Government

Minister vetoes Foster 'penny whistle' tower backed by the Mayor

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:39:03 GMT

Lord Foster's plans for the 'penny whistle' tower in west London have been rejected by ministers

Middle class �do not grasp the problems of immigration�

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:50:59 GMT

Middle-class people are failing to understand the impact of migration on poorer workers because they are 'insulated' from competition for jobs and services, a government minister warns

White working-class 'overlooked'

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:00:38 GMT

Licences for landlords in bid to improve neighbourhoods

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:28:12 GMT

Landlords in east London will have to pay for a licence before they can rent out rooms or houses under new laws

Everton stadium plans thrown out

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:25:37 GMT

Everton's plans for a new stadium at Kirkby have been rejected by Communities and Local Government Secretary John Denham

War on Right-wing racism launched in �vulnerable� areas

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:28:33 GMT

Ministers launch �12 million scheme to combat the spread of Right-wing extremism amid fears that the recession could create rising social tensions

Minister kills off Ugly Sisters in blow to Boris

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:59:08 GMT

�1billion scheme to build three towers next to the London Eye was today banned by the Government

Mega-church appeal fails

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:05:05 GMT

Public sector staff warned 'gold-plated pensions are over'

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:48:54 GMT

Millions of public sector workers face having their pensions cut or being forced to increase their contributions

Minister warns equality drive will cost votes

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:11:09 GMT

Cabinet minister John Denham warns that Harriet Harman's equalities campaign risks alienating middle-class voters

The reshuffle: Ups, downs and digging in

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:01:51 GMT

Colleges chief resigns over funding fiasco

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:35:06 GMT

The head of the college funding council resigned with a �100,000 pay-off after major errors left the Government's �5billion rebuilding programme in crisis

Grants cut for 100,000 students

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:13:50 GMT

Up to 100,000 students will pay more for university after ministers slashed grants for middle-class families just weeks after they were introduced

Heathrow: MPs plot revolt against third runway

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:18:05 GMT

Plans for a third runway at Heathrow were threatened by a Cabinet revolt

Education

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:27:43 GMT

The struggle to turn around some failing institutions has seen community leaders and politicians willing to embrace radical new teaching and funding methods.

Denham hits at Oxford chief

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:54:35 GMT

The war of words over Oxbridge admissions has escalated after the Universities Secretary accused Oxford's chancellor of having "outmoded" views

Universities pledge to interview state pupils

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:36:11 GMT

A group of leading universities will guarantee interviews to gifted working-class teenagers amid mounting government pressure to take more students from state schools

Minister: Oxford is not trying to widen access

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:52:22 GMT

The war of words between Britain's elite universities and the Government escalated as Cabinet minister John Denham launched an astonishing attack on Oxford

Commentary: PM's weak spot is the growing fear that he is a personal liability

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:37:46 GMT

The whirlwind mini-coup against the Prime Minister is unlikely to inflict immediate mortal damage on him: its timing, the limited seniority of those behind it and the embarrassed silence of more senior internal critics ensure that

Minister tells Oxbridge: Do more to help poor students

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:17:44 GMT

Universities Secretary John Denham has sparked a new social class row with Oxbridge, demanding that "highly-selective" colleges do more to help poor students

University isn't always the way: just ask Sir Alan

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:48:06 GMT

More students are dropping out of university than ever before - and one writer whose son did so says the education system must stop betraying them

Minister: We must win in South or be doomed

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:43:50 GMT

Labour must win back support in London and the South or be doomed to political failure in future, according to a Cabinet minister

Balls is firing blanks in the class war over our schools

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:28:08 GMT

The Labour tribe has many prejudices against the privileged but not the one that would help Britain most

Capital's universities hit by below-average increase in grants

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:26:01 GMT

Universities in the capital are getting below-average increases in grants from the taxpayer this year

Olympics jobs 'will go to Londoners'

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:31:58 GMT

Londoners will be first in line for the jobs created by the Olympics and Crossrail project, ministers pledged today