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Article: Labour too can answer the call of the quango
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 17, 1995
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LABOUR may soon start drawing up its own list of the Good and
the Great - people it will consider for quango jobs and other
public appointments if it takes power. Tony Blair's office is
considering a plan drafted by Jenny Jeger, a political consultant
with close ties to the party's new establishment. She has proposed
a central data bank with details of thousands of potential Labour
nominees.
Questionnaires would be sent out via Labour party
constituen-cies and the informal networks of Labour-friendly women,
business people and academics built up in recent years.
Labour's list would complement the official list of the Good and
the Great held in the Cabinet Office which the Government has said ...