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WHAT HAPPENED ON 2nd May 2006?
1st May 2006
Brown praises under-fire Prescott
Chancellor Gordon Brown has defended Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott amid growing pressure about his affair. Campaigning for the elections in west London Mr Brown praised his Cabinet colleague as a huge figure in bringing the Labour movement together. Mr Prescott has voiced regret over his affair with one of his secretaries. Tony Blair says it is a private matter. But some Tory MPs are asking about reports that Mr Prescott took Tracey Temple to his official residence.
2nd May 2006
Clarke to face MPs over prisoners
Charles Clarke is set to update MPs on Wednesday about efforts to track down foreign prisoners who were released & not deported it has emerged. Commons Speaker Michael Martin said the home secretary had made the assurance following Conservative requests for an urgent statement in the House. The move comes as Tony Blair seeks to repair damage done to Labour's local election prospects by recent scandals. Mr Blair has been forced to defend Mr Clarke & his deputy John Prescott.
2nd May 2006
Ps prepare to reopen loans probe
A committee of MPs is preparing to resume its inquiry into the "cash for peerages" allegations. The Public Administration Committee will decide whether to resume its probe once it knows if there is a realistic chance of police bringing charges. The committee is to meet police & prosecutors on 15 May for more talks. Tony Blair's chief fundraiser Lord Levy is among those likely to be called to give evidence later this month. All involved deny wrong-doing.
1st May 2006
Clarke urged to address Commons
The home secretary must update the House of Commons on the hunt for 1 023 foreign criminals released without being deported the Conservatives say. Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said he wanted an "urgent statement" on how many had been arrested & sent home. Charles Clarke has faced calls for his resignation but told a local newspaper he hoped to continue in his job. It emerged he took three weeks to tell the prime minister the criminals including murderers had been freed.
2nd May 2006
Clarke to face MPs over prisoners
Charles Clarke is set to update MPs on Wednesday about efforts to track down foreign prisoners who were released & not deported it has emerged. Commons Speaker Michael Martin said the home secretary had made the assurance following Conservative requests for an urgent statement in the House. The move comes as Tony Blair seeks to repair damage done to Labour's local election prospects by recent scandals. Mr Blair has been forced to defend Mr Clarke & his deputy John Prescott.
2nd May 2006
Ps attack private hospital deal
A private sector consortium contracted to build an NHS hospital has been branded the "unacceptable face of capitalism" by a key Commons committee. MPs on the public accounts committee say Octagon used a refinancing deal on the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital project to boost investors' returns. The hospital trust was left with risks of a liability of up to £257m if it needed to terminate the contract early. Committee chairman Edward Leigh said taxpayers' money had been put at risk.
1st May 2006
Britain 'needs compulsory voting'
Britons should be forced to vote in elections a think-tank has said. Think-tank The Institute for Public Policy Research's report suggests those who do not vote should be fined to combat low turnout at the polls. The research comes just days before local elections in England where turnout is expected to be low. Several Cabinet ministers support the move but the Conservatives have warned that compulsion could be used as a government "cash cow".
2nd May 2006
Clarke to face MPs over prisoners
Charles Clarke is set to update MPs on Wednesday about efforts to track down foreign prisoners who were released & not deported it has emerged. Commons Speaker Michael Martin said the home secretary had made the assurance following Conservative requests for an urgent statement in the House. The move comes as Tony Blair seeks to repair damage done to Labour's local election prospects by recent scandals. Mr Blair has been forced to defend Mr Clarke & his deputy John Prescott.
2nd May 2006
Cameron: Prescott looks a 'fool'
John Prescott "clearly looks a fool" over his admission of an affair with his diary secretary & has a "woeful record" in office David Cameron says. The Conservative leader says an inquiry should be held if it is established that the deputy prime minister has broken the ministerial code. Labour MP Stephen Pound has urged Mr Prescott to "consider his position". Mr Prescott is meeting Tony Blair on Tuesday afternoon but No 10 says the talks are only "routine".
1st May 2006
Brown praises under-fire Prescott
Chancellor Gordon Brown has defended Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott amid growing pressure about his affair. Campaigning for the elections in west London Mr Brown praised his Cabinet colleague as a huge figure in bringing the Labour movement together. Mr Prescott has voiced regret over his affair with one of his secretaries. Tony Blair says it is a private matter. But some Tory MPs are asking about reports that Mr Prescott took Tracey Temple to his official residence.
2nd May 2006
Clarke to face MPs over prisoners
Charles Clarke is set to update MPs on Wednesday about efforts to track down foreign prisoners who were released & not deported it has emerged. Commons Speaker Michael Martin said the home secretary had made the assurance following Conservative requests for an urgent statement in the House. The move comes as Tony Blair seeks to repair damage done to Labour's local election prospects by recent scandals. Mr Blair has been forced to defend Mr Clarke & his deputy John Prescott.
2nd May 2006
Blair gives upbeat poll message
Tony Blair says Labour's record not the latest newspaper headlines should decide the local elections in England. Election experts predict Labour could be badly damaged by the foreign prisoners controversy & news of John Prescott's affair with a secretary. But Mr Blair told a union conference in Blackpool: "It has been difficult but nine days' headlines should not obscure nine years of achievements." He told voters to focus on how schools the NHS & policing had improved.
1st May 2006
Darling predicts 'difficult' week
The government's difficulties will continue next week as it faces "bad" council election results Cabinet minister Alistair Darling has said. Labour has faced severe criticism in the last week over the NHS the foreign prisoner deportation scandal & John Prescott's affair. Mr Darling admitted that his party's already poor local election prospects had diminished further. He said the priority was to fix the problems.
2nd May 2006
Clarke to face MPs over prisoners
Charles Clarke is set to update MPs on Wednesday about efforts to track down foreign prisoners who were released & not deported it has emerged. Commons Speaker Michael Martin said the home secretary had made the assurance following Conservative requests for an urgent statement in the House. The move comes as Tony Blair seeks to repair damage done to Labour's local election prospects by recent scandals. Mr Blair has been forced to defend Mr Clarke & his deputy John Prescott.
2nd May 2006
Blair gives upbeat poll message
Tony Blair says Labour's record not the latest newspaper headlines should decide the local elections in England. Election experts predict Labour could be badly damaged by the foreign prisoners controversy & news of John Prescott's affair with a secretary. But Mr Blair told a union conference in Blackpool: "It has been difficult but nine days' headlines should not obscure nine years of achievements." He told voters to focus on how schools the NHS & policing had improved.
1st May 2006
Clarke urged to address Commons
The home secretary must update the House of Commons on the hunt for 1 023 foreign criminals released without being deported the Conservatives say. Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said he wanted an "urgent statement" on how many had been arrested & sent home. Charles Clarke has faced calls for his resignation but told a local newspaper he hoped to continue in his job. It emerged he took three weeks to tell the prime minister the criminals including murderers had been freed.
2nd May 2006
Clarke to face MPs over prisoners
Charles Clarke is set to update MPs on Wednesday about efforts to track down foreign prisoners who were released & not deported it has emerged. Commons Speaker Michael Martin said the home secretary had made the assurance following Conservative requests for an urgent statement in the House. The move comes as Tony Blair seeks to repair damage done to Labour's local election prospects by recent scandals. Mr Blair has been forced to defend Mr Clarke & his deputy John Prescott.
2nd May 2006
Many foreign criminals still free
Almost half of the 79 serious foreign criminals who were freed without being considered for deportation are still unaccounted for the government says. Home Secretary Charles Clarke told MPs 38 of the 79 who include rapists & murderers had not been tracked down. Mr Clarke added the "clear presumption" should be that immigrants will be deported on release unless "special circumstances" dictate they cannot be. The Conservatives accused ministers of "losing control of their departments".
1st May 2006
Brown praises under-fire Prescott
Chancellor Gordon Brown has defended Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott amid growing pressure about his affair. Campaigning for the elections in west London Mr Brown praised his Cabinet colleague as a huge figure in bringing the Labour movement together. Mr Prescott has voiced regret over his affair with one of his secretaries. Tony Blair says it is a private matter. But some Tory MPs are asking about reports that Mr Prescott took Tracey Temple to his official residence.
2nd May 2006
Clarke to face MPs over prisoners
Charles Clarke is set to update MPs on Wednesday about efforts to track down foreign prisoners who were released & not deported it has emerged. Commons Speaker Michael Martin said the home secretary had made the assurance following Conservative requests for an urgent statement in the House. The move comes as Tony Blair seeks to repair damage done to Labour's local election prospects by recent scandals. Mr Blair has been forced to defend Mr Clarke & his deputy John Prescott.
2nd May 2006
Cameron: Prescott looks a 'fool'
John Prescott "clearly looks a fool" over his admission of an affair with his diary secretary & has a "woeful record" in office David Cameron says. The Conservative leader says an inquiry should be held if it is established that the deputy prime minister has broken the ministerial code. Labour MP Stephen Pound has urged Mr Prescott to "consider his position". Mr Prescott is meeting Tony Blair on Tuesday afternoon but No 10 says the talks are only "routine".
1st May 2006
Darling predicts 'difficult' week
The government's difficulties will continue next week as it faces "bad" council election results Cabinet minister Alistair Darling has said. Labour has faced severe criticism in the last week over the NHS the foreign prisoner deportation scandal & John Prescott's affair. Mr Darling admitted that his party's already poor local election prospects had diminished further. He said the priority was to fix the problems.
2nd May 2006
Clarke to face MPs over prisoners
Charles Clarke is set to update MPs on Wednesday about efforts to track down foreign prisoners who were released & not deported it has emerged. Commons Speaker Michael Martin said the home secretary had made the assurance following Conservative requests for an urgent statement in the House. The move comes as Tony Blair seeks to repair damage done to Labour's local election prospects by recent scandals. Mr Blair has been forced to defend Mr Clarke & his deputy John Prescott.
2nd May 2006
Blair gives upbeat poll message
Tony Blair says Labour's record not the latest newspaper headlines should decide the local elections in England. Election experts predict Labour could be badly damaged by the foreign prisoners controversy & news of John Prescott's affair with a secretary. But Mr Blair told a union conference in Blackpool: "It has been difficult but nine days' headlines should not obscure nine years of achievements." He told voters to focus on how schools the NHS & policing had improved.
1st May 2006
Brown praises under-fire Prescott
Chancellor Gordon Brown has defended Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott amid growing pressure about his affair. Campaigning for the elections in west London Mr Brown praised his Cabinet colleague as a huge figure in bringing the Labour movement together. Mr Prescott has voiced regret over his affair with one of his secretaries. Tony Blair says it is a private matter. But some Tory MPs are asking about reports that Mr Prescott took Tracey Temple to his official residence.
2nd May 2006
Clarke to face MPs over prisoners
Charles Clarke is set to update MPs on Wednesday about efforts to track down foreign prisoners who were released & not deported it has emerged. Commons Speaker Michael Martin said the home secretary had made the assurance following Conservative requests for an urgent statement in the House. The move comes as Tony Blair seeks to repair damage done to Labour's local election prospects by recent scandals. Mr Blair has been forced to defend Mr Clarke & his deputy John Prescott.
2nd May 2006
Blair gives upbeat poll message
Tony Blair says Labour's record not the latest newspaper headlines should decide the local elections in England. Election experts predict Labour could be badly damaged by the foreign prisoners controversy & news of John Prescott's affair with a secretary. But Mr Blair told a union conference in Blackpool: "It has been difficult but nine days' headlines should not obscure nine years of achievements." He told voters to focus on how schools the NHS & policing had improved.
