Topic: Hazel Blears
Quotes
Today I have told the Prime Minister that I am resigning from the government. My politics has always been rooted in the belief that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things, given the right support and encouragement
Blears joins exodus from Brown Cabinet Jun 03, 2009
It is not for government to dictate on matters of faith or religious teaching
Muslim schools to train citizens Jul 18, 2008
Parents cannot be spectators, and have to take responsibility for their children
Britain enacts fines for bad children Dec 27, 2004
We know that one in five crimes happens through something really stupid -- like leaving your doors and windows open, leaving goods on the back seat of your car, flashing around your mobile phone
Britain launches anti-crime campaign Oct 31, 2004
Fireworks are fun, but in the hands of an irresponsible minority, they can also make people's life a misery
Watercooler Stories Oct 11, 2004
Hazel Anne Blears, MP (born 14 May 1956) is a British politician and is the Labour Member of Parliament for Salford. She was Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair between 5 May 2006 and 24 June 2007. From 27 June 2007 she served as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, before resigning from the Cabinet in June 2009. Commenting on the announcement, the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said that Blears had made an "outstanding contribution" to public life. She is currently one of the MPs under investigation by the parliamentary commissioner for standards over inappropriate expense claims.
Hazel Blears was born in Salford in 1956, the daughter of a maintenance fitter. As a young child, Hazel and her brother Stephen both played street urchins in the film A Taste of Honey which was filmed in Salford in 1961, when Blears was aged five.
Blears was educated at the Worsley Wardley Grammar School on Mardale Avenue in Wardley, Greater Manchester then The Eccles (Sixth Form) College on Chatsworth Road in Eccles. She went to Trent Polytechnic, graduating with a BA (Hons) degree in Law, and later, the Chester College of Law, where she completed a law conversion course in 1977.
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