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Harriet Harman

Type: Person

Name: Harriet Harman

Title: Leader of the House of Commons (and Lord Privy Seal); Minister for Women; and Labour Party Chair

Organization: UK Labour Party's Cabinet

Date of Birth: 30/07/1950

Place of Birth: London

Nationality: United Kingdom

Fact Sheet: Biography for Harriet Harman

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 24 Documents

Gordon Brown

PM backs Harman over crash while she was on phone

PM backs Harman over crash while she was on phoneJoe Murphy, Political EditorHarriet Harman was given strong backing by Gordon Brown today after she denied breaking the law by crashing her car while using a mobile.The Prime Minister rang her last night ... [London Evening Standard - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Harriet Harman, Gordon Brown, Joe Murphy, Crown Prosecution Service

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents

Commons leader to be charged with driving offences

The leader of the House of Commons has said she will deny charges that she drove without due care and attention during an incident in July.Harriet Harman is alleged to have hit a parked vehicle in her Peckham constituency and then driven away without ... [ePolitix.com - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Harriet Harman, Crown Prosecution Service, Metropolitan Police Service, Magistrates Court, Summons

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 Documents

Harriet Harman's costly Equality Bill won't do anything for women

The Equality Bill is a pointless piece of dogma that will ony make our businesses less competitive, says Alasdair Palmer. Dogma is the salient characteristic of Labour's Equality Bill, the showpiece of last week's Queen's Speech and the special concern ... [Telegraph - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Harriet Harman, Discriminatory, Sweden, Maternity Leave, Office For National Statistics

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

UK Government: Harman: New EHRC Commissioners appointed

Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, today announced new Commissioners for the Equality and Human Rights Commission.The three-year appointments will further strengthen the Commission's work on gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, ... [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Harriet Harman, UK Government, Human Rights Commission, Disability

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 6 Documents

Peter Mandelson

Mandelson wants more copyright power

Business Secretary Peter Mandelson is looking to take his campaign against file sharers even further by changing copyright law.According to reports, Mandelson wrote a letter to house leader Harriet Harman, asking to change the 1988 Copyright, Designs ... [IT Pro UK - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Peter Mandelson, Presumption of Innocence, Declaration of War, Harriet Harman

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents

Positive thinking on maternity leave

Harriet Harman shouldn't be forced on to the defensive in her pursuit of a more family-friendly employment arenaHarriet Harman's plans to extend maternity leave have sparked the predictable hysteria. There's a website called HarrietHarmansucks.com, and ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Maternity Leave, Harriet Harman, Paternity Leave, Mary Fitzgerald, Richard Reeves

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents

Liam Byrne

Public pay is bloated. But don't forget the virus source

The wild escalation of top salaries goes across both sectors – and so must the solution: a high pay commissionIf ever there were a need for a high pay commission to put some rationality into out-of-control top pay scales, this is it. The Equality and ... [Guardian.co.uk - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Virus, Trevor Phillips, Liam Byrne, Harriet Harman

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 6 Documents

Woman shut out of top jobs as number of male-dominated boardrooms remains the same

The number of company directorships held by women has remained the same over the past year, leaving boardrooms male-dominated, according to a new report today.A study by the Cranfield School of Management showed that just 12% of directors in Ftse 100 ... [Mail Online UK - 11/19/2009]

Entities: FTSE 100, Sarah Williams-Gardener, Cranfield School of Management

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 6 Documents

UK & World News: Cameron attack on expenses 'U-turn'

Tory leader David Cameron has claimed the Government's legislative programme is "unravelling" after ministers were forced to concede they could introduce laws to complete the clean-up of MPs' expenses.The apparent concession came after the architect of ... [Newcastle Evening Chronicle - 11/19/2009]

Entities: David Cameron, Christopher Kelly, United Kingdom, Harriet Harman

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

MPs' expenses row claims Tory scalp as Labour acts to calm Kelly

The expenses scandal claimed its latest victim last night when the Tory MP in charge of the Commons standards and privileges committee stood down pending an inquiry into his second home allowance claims.David Curry quit as chair of the watchdog, after ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Christopher Kelly, David Curry, Harriet Harman, David Cameron, Patrick Wintour

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Brown seeks to clarify his view of X Factor's 'Jedward'

Gordon Brown has admitted he got into trouble for saying twins John and Edward Grimes - contestants on the X Factor show - were "not very good".The prime minister told ITV's This Morning he had "burnt my bridges with 'Jedward'" but hoped the twins would ... [BBC - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Jedward, X Factor, Nigel Evans, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Stephen Timms explains (a bit) why the government wants to change the copyright act

The Digital Britain report, from June 2009, in Worldle form. Is 'cyberlocker' in there?Following on from the story earlier today about , I spoke to Stephen Timms, the financial secretary to the Treasury, who is also involved in the Digital Economy bill, ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Stephen Timms, Infringement, Harriet Harman, Copyright Infringement, Illicit

Quotes

Harman told him: "if there are any other issues you think do need legislation ... if there are any issues where members feel they can't be dealt with by resolution of the house or by the existing powers of the existing ipsa (independent parliamentary standards authority) ... i would be happy to discuss those issues."

Yesterday in parliament [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

"ms harman strongly refutes the allegations and will deny the charges" said a spokeswoman for Ms Harman

Harman is to face charges over 'crash' [Metro.co.uk - 11/20/2009]

More Content

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Harriet Harman's costly Equality Bill won't do ... [Telegraph - 3 hours ago]
My expenses are above board, says MP who quit C... [Observer - 14 hours ago]
My interest is Belle is purely scientific [Daily Express - 14 hours ago]
Harman faces prosecution over car phone crash [First Post - 17 hours ago]
Morning press briefing from 20 November [10 Downing Street - 21 hours ago]
Commons leader to be charged with driving offences [ePolitix.com - 23 hours ago]
Women's battle for boardrooms to continue after... [Gulf News - 23 hours ago]
Public pay is bloated. But don't forget the vir... [Guardian.co.uk - 23 hours ago]
PM backs Harman over crash while she was on phone [London Evening Standard - 11/20/2009]
Digital Economy Bill confirms crackdown on file... [Computerworld UK - 11/20/2009]
Harriet Harman's Equality Bill has nothing to d... [Daily Express - 11/20/2009]
Brown backs Harman over 'mobile phone car smash' [Mail Online UK - 11/20/2009]
Harman to be charged over crash [Glasgow Evening Times - 11/20/2009]
Mandelson wants more copyright power [IT Pro UK - 11/20/2009]
Curry: My expenses are above board [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
Why are cyberlockers suddenly such a problem, L... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
Mandelson's Madness [Computerworld UK - 11/20/2009]
Brown support for Harman over driving charges [Press Association - 11/20/2009]
Yesterday in parliament [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
Harman faces prosecution over car phone crash [The First Post: Latest - 11/20/2009]
Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman on crash ch... [Belfast Telegraph - 11/20/2009]
Harman is to face charges over 'crash' [Metro.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
Harman prosecuted for car offence [Reuters UK - 11/20/2009]
UK Summary: FTSE +0.6% Amid Light ... [Morningstar UK - 11/20/2009]
MPs expenses: Gordon Brown agrees to introduce ... [Telegraph - 11/20/2009]
Harriet Harman faces charges for 'driving with ... [London Evening Standard - 11/20/2009]
Britain: Politician Is Accused of Cellphone Use... [New York Times - 11/20/2009]
MPs' expenses row claims Tory scalp as Labour a... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
Mandelson seeks to amend copyright law [Observer - 11/20/2009]
New welfare package for Service families [Ministry of Defence - 11/20/2009]

Blogs

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The Daley Dozen: Friday [Iain Dale's Diary - 23 hours ago] 1. Mark Pack explains why Conservative candidates are the happiest!2. PJC Journal on the politician who is unelected, illegitimate and unwanted.3. TP Party Lines ...
Public pay is bloated. But don't forget the vir... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009] The wild escalation of top salaries goes across both sectors – and so must the solution: a high pay commissionIf ever there were a need for a high pay commission ...
Where are all the MPs? Watching parliament on TV [Politics: Politics blog \| guardian.co.uk - 11/20/2009] The televising of the Commons, begun 20 years ago, was inevitable – but it has diminished the chamberIs it really 20 years since they fitted new, brighter lights ...
Could Harriett Have to Resign? [Iain Dale's Diary - 11/20/2009] Let's be clear, Harriet Harman has maintained she is innocent of the charges made against her yesterday by the CPS. She is accused of using a mobile phone while ...
Stephen Timms explains (a bit) why the governme... [Technology: Technology blog \| guardian.co.uk - 11/19/2009] Following on from the story earlier today about Lord Mandelson's plans to get an amendment made to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA) of 1988 that would ...

Audio/Video

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Boris Johnson: We can win in any inner city in ... [The Guardian - YouTube - 10/06/2009]
Harriet Harman's speech to Labour Conference [The Labour Party (UK) - YouTube Channel - 10/01/2009]
Sky News Sunday Live with Adam Boulton Episode 338 [Sunday Live with Adam Boulton - 09/27/2009]

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