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Lack of resources and preparation create perfect storm for snow chaos

Matt Pitt

2 December, 2010

Instead of the Opposition asking questions, Philip Hammond, the transport secretary himself has today ironically demanded answers as to why Britain has been crippled to such an extent by snow and ice, and has consequently announced an official inquiry.

Cable: Drive for Local Enterprise Partnerships “Maoist and chaotic”

Kevin Meagher

15 November, 2010

In what are becoming frequent bursts of candour about the government’s deeply-flawed regional policy, business secretary Vince Cable told the annual dinner of Birmingham’s Lunar Society that his plans to scrap regional development agencies and replace them with local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) have been “a little Maoist and chaotic”.