"Cabinet positions when the coalition was formed, becoming Chief Secretary to the Treasury, tasked with cutting spending and increasing tax take without increasing rates of taxation to eliminate the national deficit. He was appointed as a Privy Counsellor on 13 May 2010. Laws' predecessor Liam Byrne, wrote a note to his successor as Chief Secretary to the Treasury which read ""Dear Chief Secretary, I'm afraid there is no money. Kind regards - and good luck! Liam"". Byrne said the letter was meant as a private joke but Laws published it, slightly misquoting it (from memory) at a press briefing as"
"Liam Byrne Liam Dominic Byrne (born 2 October 1970) is a British Labour Party politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Hodge Hill since 2004. He served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in Gordon Brown's Government, and is known for having, upon his departure, left a note for his Liberal Democrat successor David Laws saying ""I'm afraid there is no money."" Byrne was born in Warrington, and was educated at Burnt Mill School in Harlow. He completed his A levels at The Hertfordshire and Essex High School in Bishop's Stortford. He then went on to study"
"trading firm Pimco, Paul McCulley said the late Minister for Finance had ""very little choice"" when it came to the ECB’s letter to the Irish Government. The secret letter, sent on 19 November 2010, threatened to cut off all funding, unless Ireland immediately applied for a bailout. The letter was sent by then ECB President Jean Claude Trichet to the former Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan. The letter was sent on 19 November 2010, stating that the Governing Council of the Bank could only authorise further liquidity funding assistance (ELA) to Irish banks if it received a commitment in writing"
"Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 prohibited the Air Force from spending any money retiring or planning to retire the A-10. Post recalled that in his answer he said: The use of the word ""treason"" silenced the room. Some listeners took it literally. Post's remarks were reported on the internet. On 13 January, he notified the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Mark Welsh of what he had said in an email. On 16 January 2015, the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense received an anonymous complaint alleging that Post had made remarks"
"the result of budget cuts, although its budget had actually increased from 7 Million in 2007 to 14 million in 2010. Both the Council charmain, Professor Bill Louden, and the Chief executive, Dave Wood, were reprimanded by the then minister of education, Liz Constable after she had expressly asked them to recheck all papers after initial errors were discovered. Further problems occurred in 2011 when complaints about the Chemistry exam made by teachers concerned that a large proportion of the exam had been devoted to an obscure part of the course. Also the exam had asked for an essay to"
"plans. The first budget box was made for William Ewart Gladstone around 1860 and is lined in black satin and covered with scarlet leather. This box has been used by every Chancellor until 2011, with the exceptions of James Callaghan (1964–1967) and Gordon Brown (1997–2007), who had new ones commissioned in 1965 and 1997 respectively. Gladstone's budget box was used by Alistair Darling (2007–2010) and by George Osborne in June 2010. It was subsequently retired due to its fragility, and will be displayed in the Cabinet War Rooms. Since March 2011, a new budget box commissioned by The National Archives"
"saying that he whispered ""A second plane has hit the second tower. America is under attack."" On March 28, 2006, the White House announced that Card would resign as Chief of Staff and be replaced by United States Office of Management and Budget director Joshua B. Bolten. Card's resignation was effective April 14, 2006. Card received an honorary degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst on May 25, 2007. While accepting the degree, Card was booed loudly by students and faculty who disapproved of him receiving the honor. Card considered running in the 2010 special election to fill the United"
"Democratic nomination. In September 2009, DSCC Chairman Bob Menendez, who supported Fisher and had been trying to clear the field for him, stated he would actively work against any underfunded candidate, in which Brunner eventually responded ""I'm not scared of you"" at a fundraiser in Washington D.C. in December of that year. By February 2010, she had significantly less cash on hand than Fisher or likely general election opponent Rob Portman (who would eventually win the seat), but claimed, ""I only need enough money to win,"" adding, ""And frankly, in this economic environment, it's rather obscene when people start crowing"
"nothing. The affair brought Gaitskell close to physical and emotional collapse. Gaitskell won the admiration of Treasury officials for his stance: on the morning of the budget Sir Edward Bridges came to tell him of the respect he had earned in the department and that it was “the best day we have had in the Treasury for ten years”. Gaitskell recorded that Bridges, Plowden, Leslie (Head of Information) and Armstrong were all urging him to stand firm and that he was “overcome with emotion” at Armstrong's words. Gaitskell's budget was praised at the time. His predecessor Stafford Cripps wrote to"
"who are in massive negative equity, I want to know why John Hurley, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, has a job. I want to know who the f--ck John Hurley thinks he is. He and his Central Bank cronies have made a complete balls of this country. I want John Hurley fired..."""". And on 10 January 2010 he wrote an article, “No use cursing day we mounted property ladder” where he lamented the media’s role in the bubble - """"... All those paper millions that made us all feel so rich are gone, and now we curse the"
"to lose her seat in the 2011 general election. In November 2009, the Sunday Independent revealed how Catriona Ceitin exposed the top-up granted to Mr Molloy. The enhanced severance packages offered to Secretary Generals created much controversy and discussions over the following two years and in November 2011, it was announced that such severance deals would no longer be available to future Secretary Generals. 29. * Woman who revealed FAS Golden Handshake – Independent.ie – 1 Nov 2009 30. * No more golden handshakes – Independent.- civil servants wave goodbye to generous severance payments – Independent.ie – 8 Nov 2011"
"call for me. Like someone has chucked a big cold bucket of water over my face."" In December 2010, a confidential cable released by WikiLeaks to Fairfax Media under the heading ""fuzzy math on costs"" described a discussion Gumley and a US naval officer after the release of Australia's May 2009 Defence white paper. The cable expressed doubts about Australia to adequately fund its proposed military expenditure and said that ""Gumley was unable to explain how the costing for the equipment of the white paper came about."" On 7 July 2011 the Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith, announced that Gumley"
"notion of a treasury minister keeping his fiscal plans in a wallet, leather pouch or budget, from Middle French ""bougette"". Gladstone's box has been used by every Chancellor until 2011, with the exceptions of James Callaghan (1964–1967) and Gordon Brown (1997–2007), who had new ones commissioned in 1965 and 1997 respectively. Gladstone's budget box was used by Alistair Darling (2007–2010) and by George Osborne in June 2010. It was subsequently retired due to its fragility, and will be displayed in the Cabinet War Rooms. The red box has become a widely recognised symbol of the UK government and of the"
"The Charity Commission later said that it had received over 160 complaints about the helpline's handling of the situation. The helpline service was voluntarily suspended; it resumed two days later. On 6 April 2010, Brown visited Buckingham Palace to seek the Queen's permission to dissolve Parliament on 12 April, initiating a general election on 6 May. He announced the election shortly afterwards and described it as the ""least well-kept secret of recent years"", since 6 May had been predicted as the most likely date for an election for some time. Brown unveiled Labour's election manifesto on 12 April under the"
"quoting Willie Sutton who, when asked why he robbed banks, replied, ""because that's where the money is."" The New York Times on August 24, 2015 published a letter by Gregg advocating cuts in Social Security benefits. On February 2, 2009, ""Politico"" and CNN reported that Gregg accepted President Obama's offer to be the next United States Secretary of Commerce. If Gregg had been confirmed by the Senate, he would have had to resign his Senate seat and be replaced with an appointment by Democratic Governor John Lynch. Sources from both parties confirmed that Gregg's former chief of staff, Republican Bonnie"
"2010, and for this time, reported to Michael Spencer, the Conservative treasurer from 2007 to 2010. Her role was varied, but she was hired to help raise funds for the 2010 general election, which also meant dealing with the party's then £8.5m deficit. The Daily Mirror reported that they believed The Leader's Group, a secretive group of high-value donors who have regular meetings with David Cameron, was run by Bloomfield. In January 2018 British Investigative magazine Private Eye reported that she had been forced to admit she had overlooked a personal connection when she had praised the ""high standards of"
"Employment and Learning, Sir Reg (now Lord) Empey, amongst others, called for the Treasury to compensate investors. The Treasury subsequently set up a Working Group to consider what action could be taken. Gordon Brown talked with Northern Ireland's political leaders on its future on February 12, 2010. In October 2010 George Osborne announced a £200 million payment to compensate savers as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review. The final bill came to £232 million, and the first cheques for repayment were sent on 2 August 2011. Around 10,000 people were affected by the collapse. All savers who invested less than"
"that very unique responsibility that [Darling] has [as Chancellor], it's simply impossible for him to continue in that role when such very major question marks are being raised about his financial affairs"". A former Chairman and treasurer of the Scottish Labour Party described Darling's position as ""untenable"" and said that ""[Darling] certainly shouldn't be in the Cabinet"". On 1 June 2009, Darling apologised ""unreservedly"" about a mistaken claim for £700, which he had agreed to repay. He was supported by the Prime Minister, who referred to the incident as an inadvertent mistake. In 2010, he resigned from the Faculty of"
"reelection campaign, Karzai replaced Daudzai as chief of staff with Abdul Karim Khurram, a conservative former culture minister with an anti-American reputation."" In 2010, there were rumors that then President Hamid Karzai's office was receiving bags filled with cash from Iranian officials. Karzai acknowledged and accepted the fact that the Government of Iran has been providing millions of dollars directly to his office. Karzai told reporters he had instructed Daudzai to accept the money from Tehran. ""It is official and by my order,"" Karzai said. Iranians also stated that the report was indeed true. Two weeks after the controversy about"
"to the preceding financial crisis and concerns over sovereign debt, which led to a period of uncertainty about the expansion's future. On 17 June 2010 Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander announced the cancellation of 12 projects totalling £2 billion agreed to by the previous Labour government, including the £80 million loan to Sheffield Forgemasters. The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Vince Cable explained the reason was that the project required very large loans and promised extraordinary rates of return with little risk investment by Sheffield Forgemasters, and given the financial situation the government could not"
"May 2016 when Christine Blower stepped down as general secretary. He has been on the board of the Teaching Awards. On 15 July 2016 he became the General Secretary of the NUT, in a vote where he received 70% support. Courtney is critical of funding cuts to education which he feels lead to larger classes and less well qualified people teaching children. Courtney said, ""Whoever caused this economic crisis, it wasn't our five-year-olds in schools now,"" Courtney also fears many teachers could leave the profession. Courtney said, “If the government does not act decisively and soon, the recruitment and retention"
"Darling was ""up to the job"", suggested that it would be a matter of days before a decision was made regarding Darling's future. However Darling remained Chancellor until Labour's defeat in 2010. TNT stated that, as the delivery was not recorded, it would not be possible to even ascertain if it had actually been sent, let alone where it went. On 7 January 2008, Jeremy Clarkson found himself the subject of direct debit fraud after publishing his bank account and sort code details in his column in ""The Sun"" to make the point that public concern over the scandal was"
"$10 million to manage the system in 2012. Subsequent News Corp. contracts were worth millions more. Klein denied a conflict of interest. Finally, in 2014, the Education Department decided to abandon the system, due to its high cost, limited functionality, and little use by parents and staff. On November 9, 2010, Bloomberg announced that Klein would resign as chancellor and would take a position as an executive vice president for News Corporation. Klein's date of departure was not immediately clear but it was later announced that he would be gone at the end of the year. He was replaced by"
"the election. This outpouring of support from the Internet and other givers offset what had been relatively less support from national Republican committees, who had decided not to target the race publicly. In the final fundraising push one of Brown's contributions for $5,000 came from David Koch, a wealthy activist and supporter of conservative causes and campaigns. Koch had also given the National Republican Senatorial Committee $30,400 in November 2009 and the Koch Industries PAC gave $15,000 to NRSC right before the January 2010 special election. Coakley admitted to making an ""honest mistake"" while filing the financial disclosure forms for"
"said that he had not met Ms. Storey for six years at the time of publication of the ""Sunday Mirror"" article, and had exchanged text messages with her between that time and his appointment as captain of the England national football team in February 2010. He claimed that there had been a misuse of private information. Ms. Storey received a payment of £16,000 for her interview with the ""Sunday Mirror"", which had been sold to the newspaper after she had contacted the publicist Max Clifford. Lawyers acting for Mirror Group Newspapers argued that he had been appointed as captain of"
"be nationalised, supporting it with loans and guarantees of £50,000,000,000. The bank had been destabilised by the subprime mortgage crisis the previous year in the United States and a private buyer of the bank could not be found. The 2010 general election ended in a hung parliament, in which Labour won 258 seats, 91 fewer than in 2005. Following failure to achieve a coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats, Brown announced his intention to resign as leader of the party on 10 May and resigned as the Prime Minister the following day. Shortly thereafter, David Cameron and Nick Clegg announced"
"had questioned people regarding Burchett committing income tax evasion. After the story broke, Burchett gave a statement to WBIR that he was correcting errors in his campaign financial disclosures and income tax forms, describing his failure to report all income as an ""oversight"". In 2013 and after his divorce, $900 in cash was left by an unnamed person for Mayor Burchett on April 1, 2013. He was out of town and asked his chief executive assistant, Diana Wilson, to deposit the money in his personal account. The bank was closed, so she placed the money in an envelope and left"
"solutions in global health, agriculture, and financial services for the poor."" Despite some early press predictions, in general Clinton's departmental staff has avoided the kind of leaks and infighting that troubled her 2008 presidential campaign. One possibly lingering line of internal tension was resolved in early 2011 when State Department spokesperson P. J. Crowley resigned after making personal comments about in-captivity leaker Chelsea Manning and her treatment by the Department of Defense. In other changes, Jacob Lew left in late 2010 to join the White House as Office of Management and Budget and was replaced as Deputy Secretary of State"
"repay the money. After Labour were defeated at the 2010 general election, Cooper and her husband Ed Balls were both mentioned in the press as a potential leadership candidates when Gordon Brown resigned as Leader of the Labour Party. Before Balls announced his candidacy, he offered to stand aside if Cooper wanted to stand, but Cooper declined for the sake of their children, stating that it would not be the right time for her. She later topped the 2010 ballot for places in the Shadow Cabinet, and there was speculation that the newly elected Labour Leader Ed Miliband would appoint"
"the abrupt departure of its CEO Mark Davies in January 2010 following the sale of his shares valued at £5.5m. After Connaught issued a positive statement, shareholders were surprised when the business issued a profits warning on 26 June 2010: the company explained that the emergency budget introduced by the new government had damaged the company's profitability. Connaught subsequently warned of a 'material loss' for the year ended 31 August 2010. Mark Tincknell, who had taken over the running of the business again when Davies departed, then resigned as CEO on 8 July 2010 and Ian Carlisle took over the"
"The campaign, which gained the support of 35,000 petitioners, and financial support for a potential legal challenge which Criado-Perez had not ruled out, led Mark Carney, the newly appointed Governor of the Bank of England, to announce a change of plan on 24 July 2013. The Bank announced that the image of Jane Austen would appear on the £10 note, instead of Churchill. The process to make such decisions is to undergo an extensive review. ""People have said this was not such a big thing to tackle, but I didn't especially pick on banknotes"", Criado-Perez commented to ""The Observer""s Vanessa"
"the new box is made of yellow pine, with a brass handle and lock, covered in scarlet leather and embossed with the Royal cypher and crest and the Chancellor's title. In his first Budget, in March 2008, Alistair Darling reverted to using the original budget briefcase and his successor, George Osborne, continued this tradition for his first budget, before announcing that it would be retired due to its fragile condition. The key to the original budget box has been lost. By tradition, the chancellor has been allowed to drink whatever he or she wishes while making the annual Budget Speech"
"after the expiry of the CIFS guarantee. Despite the bank guarantee in September, by December 2008 the American ambassador was reporting to Washington that no clear plan was in place, after an interview with John McCarthy of the Irish Department of Finance and two other officials. McCarthy was quoted as saying that ""forecasting anything in the current uncertain environment is almost impossible"" and that the government could ""only react given the fast pace of the downturn"". The interview was published in 2011 as a part of the WikiLeaks disclosures. On 5 January 2009, Waterford Wedgwood entered receivership. On 30 January,"