Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
Alan Arthur Johnsonis a British Labour Party politician who served as Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010. Before that, he filled a wide variety of cabinet positions in both the Blair and Brown governments, including Health Secretary and Education Secretary. Until 20 January 2011 he was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Johnson has been the Member of Parliament for Hull West and Hessle since the 1997 general election...
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We need people like me in the Labour party.
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I would like to thank Adair Turner and his fellow commissioners for their thorough analysis of this important issue. The Commission has had a hard look at the pension system in the UK, and has set out the stark challenges we all face in providing for increasingly long retirements. This report brings home the message the Government first highlighted in the 2002 Green Paper; that people must either save more or work longer.
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Ageism hits younger people too, who can find themselves discriminated against in the jobs market. For business to thrive in an increasingly competitive market, it must not ignore the skills of any worker, whatever their age. The regulations give younger workers new protection too.
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When the tides come in, all boats rise. Thousands make $1 million or more, and then there are lots of people who get $10,000. Everyone gets something, but it is by no means equitable.
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Given the right support most people claiming incapacity benefits can be helped back to work, ... Now we've brought down unemployment to a 30-year low and have half a million vacancies in the economy there's no reason for all this talent and potential to go to waste.
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For people who are able to work again, a job can be itself an important step in the road to recovery and rehabilitation.
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The forthcoming White Paper on public health will recognize the beneficial role some work can have in helping people recover from illnesses or disease. And it will emphasize the damaging effects of being out of work -- urging the NHS to see return to work as the norm.
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We're doing in 90 days what would normally take up to a year or longer. We know there are going to be failures, but we aim to fail early in the process and then fix the problems. We're sticking very clearly to industry standards and testing everything from day one.
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Rumors of coal's demise may have been greatly exaggerated.
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The past is history; The future is a mystery; This moment is a gift; That is why this moment is called the present; Enjoy it.
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The Government's first priority on coming to office was to secure long-term economic stability and put an end to the damaging cycle of boom and bust.
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Looking ahead to 2006, most firms plan to hire strategically as concerns linger over rising interest rates, high energy prices and geo-political events,
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It is difficult today to be a professional athlete. It's difficult when you're charged with this for anyone, but especially difficult if you are a professional athlete,
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Some of the leverage has moved from the employer to the employee.