An excellent article from Chris Game of the University of Birmingham Institute of Local Government Studies on how the Recession may just about save something of Local Government from the rapacious cluelessness of Hazel Blears' abolition package. Speaking at a recent Belfast conference of local authority chief executives, Communities and Local Government Secretary, Hazel Blears, claimed her de...

Communities Secretary Hazel Blears is to resign from the Cabinet, she announced in a statement today on the eve of crunch European and local elections.

Asked whether Hazel Blears would be replaced today, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) told the assembled press that there were no plans to replace Hazel Blears today. Asked if the Cabinet Secretary or anyone at the Cabinet Office had been involved in checking Hazel Blears expenses again, the PMS replied that there was a process underway whereby the Cabinet Office looked through ministerial expe...

No, your eyes have not deceived you. This centre-right Conservative Councillor is pledging to stand chest to shoulder with Labour's Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Hazel Blears. The excellent, albeit left wing blog, Harry's Place is reporting that the Deputy Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, Dr Daud Abdullah, is suing Ms Blears (believed to be for libel

Hazel Blears the Communities Secretary has resigned from the Cabinet deepening the political crisis now engulfing Gordon Brown.

Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, has resigned from the Cabinet in the wake of the scandal over MPs' expenses.

Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, who has been under fire over expenses claims, has resigned from the cabinet.

Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has announced her resignation from the Cabinet in a statement today on the eve of crunch European and local elections.

Communities Secretary Hazel Blears is to resign from the Cabinet, she announced in a statement today on the eve of crunch European and local elections.

The Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) began by commenting on the statement released by Hazel Blears that morning. The PMS told the assembled press that the Prime Minister had spoken to Hazel Blears this morning. In the Prime Minister’s view she had made an outstanding contribution to public life, most recently as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government an...