Jack Straw News

 
The Guardian
Jack Straw presses for repatriation of over £4bn of EU funds to Britain
The Guardian
Jack Straw, the former foreign secretary, will on Monday call on David Cameron to repatriate £4.2bn in EU funds to Britain to ensure that support is better targeted at deprived areas of the country. As European leaders examine proposals on Monday at ...

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Jack Straw raises concerns over Whitebirk retail park's £16m expansion scheme
This Is Lancashire
By Jon Livesey » Reporter BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has raised concerns over a developer's actions in seeking to expand Whitebirk retail park. Speaking in Parliament, the MP told Communities Secretary Eric Pickles that over a number of years, ...

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The Guardian (blog)
Jack Straw: Charles Clarke was wrong to shut down Stephen Lawrence group
The Guardian (blog)
Jack Straw wrote earlier this month that establishing the Macpherson inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence was the "single most important" decision he made as home secretary. In its first recommendation, the inquiry called for the establishment ...
The Stephen Lawrence murderxmediaonline - Exeposé

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Welsh Government rejects Straw's call for European regional aid being ...
WalesOnline
by Martin Shipton, WalesOnline THE Welsh Government has rejected calls from former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw that European regional policy should be “repatriated” to the UK – in order to hand Wales more cash. Mr Straw's argument – made as part of an ...

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Insurance Age
Straw vows to continue pushing on motor insurance premiums
Insurance Age
When Jack Straw first introduced his private members bill on motor insurance regulation, it came in a period of soaring premiums and resulted in a wave of publicity. At the time most of the focus was on referral fees, with the insurance industry coming ...
Lancashire doctor hits back over false whiplash claimsLancashire Telegraph

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Insurance Age
Jack Straw makes regulatory threat to motor insurers
Insurance Age
Jack Straw has called on the industry, particularly insurers, to do much more to reform the private motor market or face further government intervention. At the latest meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services ...
Industry needs to become more “active” or face further regulationPost Online
APPG on Insurance and Financial Services - The Cost of Motor InsuranceDeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Insurance industry must take action to stop customers launching spurious legal ...Out-Law.com
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
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Jack Straw, Former Justice Secretary, Says Department Reform Should Not Be On ...
Huffington Post UK
Jack Straw has said departments should not be reorganised based on the "whim" of prime ministers and advice of "earnest young Turks" in 10 Downing Street. The former justice secretary called for reform after admitting that senior judiciary were ...