Article: Labour too can answer the call of the quango

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 ...

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