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The Daily Mail reports that a conservative think-tank, the Conservative think-tank the Centre for Social Justice seems to be about to go insane and lose all credibility, by employing the twice disgraced, technologically incompetent former Labour Cabinet Minister David Blunkett, whose scandalous private life interfered with his public one, again and again.


Labour stalwart David Blunkett set to join Coalition war on dole cheats

By Simon Walters
Last updated at 9:17 AM on 15th August 2010

[...]

Although the CSJ is independent, it was set up by Mr Duncan Smith, who now acts as its patron, and its reports have considerable influence in Whitehall.

A CSJ source said: 'The organisation has been having discussions with Mr Blunkett. We believe he is genuinely interested in helping us to find lasting solutions to deep-seated issues concerning employment and welfare. He is a radical free thinker and can combine it with a wealth of practical experience.

'Iain Duncan Smith has considerable respect for his views. We are keen to work with people from every part of the political spectrum to tackle the fundamental problems facing Britain.'


Politicians like Blunkett are one of "the fundamental problems facing Britain."

Mr Blunkett told The Mail on Sunday: 'I have been talking with the Centre for Social Justice.' He declined to give further details.

How much money is he demanding ?

What are they thinking of ? Blunkett is a failed NuLabour politician, who wasted billions of pounds of public money and vastly increased the burden of bureaucratic form filling which public servants have to struggle with, in all the Departments he was inflicted on.

They in turn, with Blunkett's enthusiastic support, then vastly increased the snooping and privacy intrusions on innocent members of the public, in pursuit of these inept policies.

When Blunkett was in charge of the Department for Work and Pensions, he did absolutely nothing effective against " dole cheats", so why should anyone listen to him now ?

Remember that under the Labour government the inequality between rich and poor actually increased, in spite of all their slogans and sound bites.

Whoever funds the "Centre for Social Justice" should veto any association with Blunkett, as it will destroy any credibility they may have.

The names of the 74 Labour party political commissar apparatchiki who are paid from public funds to corrupt the supposed political impartiality of the Civil Service.

Takecareful note of these names to see how many of them end up in private sector lobbying companies and think tanks, peddling their contacts and influence in Whitehall for money or for ideology.

HC Deb, 16 July 2009, c73WS


Special Advisers

Prime Minister

Written answers and statements, 16 July 2009


Listed below are the names of special advisers in post at 16 July 2009,
, the special advisers' pay ranges for 2009-10, the number of special advisers in each pay band by Department and the total pay bill cost of special advisers for 2008-09.

All special advisers are appointed under terms and conditions set out in the Model Contract and Code of Conduct for Special Advisers to provide assistance on the full range of their appointing Minister's departmental responsibilities.

Table converted to colon and comma delimited list:

Appointing Minister: Special Adviser in post

The Prime Minister: Greg Beales, Theo Bertram, Nicola Burdett, Nick Butler, Konrad Caulkett (p-t), Matt Cavanagh, Brendan Cox, Dan Corry, Colin Currie (p-t), Patrick Diamond, Michael Dugher, Justin Forsyth, Stuart Hudson, Michael Jacobs, Gavin Kelly, Richard Lloyd, Kirsty McNeill, David Muir, Sue Nye (p-t), Nick Pearce, Lisa Perrin, Wilf Stevenson, Anthony Vigor, Stewart Wood, John Woodcock

Minister for Cabinet Office and the Olympics and Paymaster General: Robert Philpot

Chief Whip (Commons) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury: Gary Follis, Luke Sullivan

Chief Whip (Lords): Ben Coffman, Sue Jackson

First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Lord President of the Council: Geoffrey Norris, Patrick Loughran

Minister of State (Business): Matt Cooke

Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families: Francine Bates, Alex Belardinelli

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government: Ann Rossiter, Jake Sumner

Minister of State (Housing): Ian Parker

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: Philip French, Lenny Shallcross

Secretary of State for Defence: Alaina Macdonald, Andrew Bagnall

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change: Polly Billington, Tom Restrick

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Wesley Ball, Beatrice Stern

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Madlin Sadler/Sarah Schaefer (job share)

Secretary of State for Health: Katie Myler

Secretary of State for the Home Department: Clare Montagu, Mario Dunn

Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equality: Ayesha Hazarika, Anna Healy

Leader of the House of Lords, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: Philip Bassett, Jonathan Pearse

Secretary of State for International Development: Richard Darlington, Stephen Doughty

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice: Mark Davies, Declan McHugh

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Oonagh Blackman

Secretary of State for Scotland: John McTeman, Tom Greatrex

Secretary of State for Transport: Claire MacAleese, David Learn

Chancellor of the Exchequer1: Sam White, Catherine McCleod

Chief Secretary: Tony Danker, David Mills, Graham Dale

Secretary of State for Wales: Andrew Bold, Dan Lodge

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Will McDonald, Eleanor Wilcox

(1) In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Torsten Henricson-Bell and Geoffrey Spence to the Council of Economic Advisers.

Pay bands for 2009-10

The pay bands and pay ranges for special advisers for 2009-10 are as follows:
Scheme Ceiling £142,668
Pay Band 4 £88,966-£106,864
Pay Band 3 and Premium £66,512 -£103,263
Pay Band 2 £52,215-£69,266
Pay Band 1 £40,352-£54,121

Advisers by Pay Band

At 16 July 2009, there were 74 Special Advisers in post. The number of special advisers in each pay band by department is as follows:
Pay band (1)
Department 1 2 3 4
No. 10 (2) 4 5 14
Cabinet Office 1
Chief Whips' Offices (Commons and Lords) 2 2
Business, Innovation and Skills 1 1 1
Children, Schools and Families 2
Communities and Local Government 1 1
Culture, Media and Sport 1
Defence 2
Energy and Climate Change 2
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1 1
Foreign and Commonwealth Office(3) 1
Health 1
Home Office 2
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equality 1 1
Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1 1
International Development 1 1
Justice (Lord Chancellor) 1
Northern Ireland Office 1
Scotland Office 1 1
Transport 1 1
HM Treasury(4) 1 3 3
Wales Office 1
Work and Pensions 1 1
Total 12 26 30 1

Paybill costs

The paybill for special advisers in 2008-2009 was £5.9m(5).

(1)Plus three special advisers whose pay bands have yet to be agreed.

(2)Plus two special advisers who are paid beyond Pay Band 4 but within the scheme ceiling.

(3)Job share

(4)Includes the two members of the Council of Economic Advisers who are employed on special adviser terms.

(5)This figure includes salary, severance pay and estimate of pension costs.

A few of these Special Advisors email addresses and telephone numbers are published by Dod's Online:

Gordon Brown has now appointed an astonishing number of Apparatchiki from the unelected, unaccountable House of Lords, to serve as Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and Parliamentary Under Secretaries.

In theory, Ministers are kept in check from misbehaving, somewhat, by the fact that they have to justify their conduct in office to their Constituency electorate as a Member of Parliament.

This is what has led to Ministerial resignations as a result of fiddled expenses, or the appearance of impropriety, even for some expense claims which were technically within the rules e.g. Jacqui Smith, Hazel Blears, Tony McNulty etc.

This democratic safeguard does not apply to unelected Members of the House of Lords, who have been parachuted into Ministerial office and have had their ennoblement rapidly rubber stamped, simply through the patronage of the Prime Minister (Tony Blair or Gordon Brown).

Gordon Brown's shambolic regime now includes 20 such Apparatchik Peers (when Glenys Kinnock is ennobled) . In some Departments, they outnumber the elected MPs serving as Ministers.

Her Majesty's Government - Tuesday 9 June 2009

The Cabinet

[...]

First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Lord President of the Council

1 * The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson

[...]

Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

2 * The Rt Hon Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

[,,,]

This is the only actual Ministerial position which needs to be held by a Member of the House of Lords.

Secretary of State for Transport

3 * Lord Adonis

[...]

Other Ministers

[...]

Law Officers

4 * Attorney General - The Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC***

5 * Advocate General for Scotland - Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC

[...]

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

[...]

6 * Minister of State - The Rt Hon Lord Drayson* & ** (jointly with the Ministry of Defence)

[...]

7 * Minister of State - Lord Davies of Abersoch CBE* (jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

[...]

8 * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Carter of Barnes (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

[...]

9 * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Vadera (jointly with Cabinet Office)

10 * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State* - Lord Young of Norwood Green (and Lord in Waiting - paid)

There are more apparatchik Peers appointed as Ministers in this department , than there are elected MPs serving as Ministers !

HM Treasury

[...]

11 * Financial Services Secretary - Lord Myners CBE‡

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

12 * Minister of State - The Rt Hon Lord Malloch-Brown KCMG**

* Minister of State - Lord Davies of Abersoch CBE* (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)

[...]

13 * Minister of State - Glenys Kinnock

[...]

14 * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Taylor of Bolton (jointly with the Ministry of Defence)

Presumably Glenys Kinnock will be rapidly ennobled after her term as an MEP runs out in mid July - she is forbidden from serving as a national government Minister whilst she is still a Member of the European Parliament.

Ministry of Justice

[...]

15 * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Bach

[...]

Home Office

[...]

16 * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Admiral Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC

[...]

Department for Children, Schools and Families

[...]

17 * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Morgan of Drefelin

[...]

Department of Energy and Climate Change

[...]

18 * Minister of State - Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE; and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

[...]

Department of Health

[...]

19 * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Professor Lord Darzi of Denham KBE

[...]

Cabinet Office

[...]

* Parliamentary Secretary - Baroness Vadera (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)

[...]

Ministry of Defence

[...]

* Minister of State - The Rt Hon Lord Drayson* & ** (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)

* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Baroness Taylor of Bolton (jointly with Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

[...]

Department for Work and Pensions

[...]

20 * Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord McKenzie of Luton

[...]

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

[...]

* Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Lord Carter of Barnes (jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)

[...]

† paid as a Parliamentary Secretary
‡ unpaid Parliamentary Secretary
* unpaid
** attends Cabinet
*** attends Cabinet when Ministerial responsibilities are on the agenda
# Provides Ministerial support to the Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office on the coordination of Government Policy and Strategy

Countries with residential forms of Government, e.g. the United States of America obviously appoint their Cabinet Ministers or equivalents, but these usually require some sort of cross party political consensus, after confirmation hearings in public, in front of a parliamentary committee.

None of that applies to this bunch of apparatchiki, who have been appointed on the whim of the weak and desperate Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown, further showing up his promises to enhance the democratic scrutiny of the Executive by the elected House of Commons, as simply lies.

NuLabour and McKinsey management consultants

The Guardian Reports about the appointment of Yet Another Management Consultant from McKinsey & Company, David Bennett, who started work on 1st June as head of the controversial Downing Street Policy Unit.

"Downing Street yesterday declined to provide any details of Mr Bennett's appointment by not disclosing his six-figure salary, duties, hours or his age. A spokeswoman said: "No press release is being issued, and MPs will have to table questions if they want to ask about his salary or job."

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