Labour Party Conference Byers
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1152 x 1728 px | 19.5 x 29.3 cm | 7.7 x 11.5 inches | 150dpiDate taken:
28 September 2000Location:
BRIGHTON UKPhotographer:
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Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers making his speech during the final day of the Labour Party Conference in Brighton. 7/12/00: Working parents were expected to be offered new rights to help them balance work and home life. * The Government will propose that working fathers should receive two weeks paternity leave, paid at 60.25 a week, the same as the flat rate for maternity pay. Trade and Industry Secretary Byers will unveil the proposals as part of a Green Paper on work and parents. 19/3/01: Former Paymaster General Geoffrey Robinson, who was at the centre of a new controversy over his links with crooked publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell. A new book by author Tom Bower, serialised in the Daily Mail, claims the millionaire Labour MP repeatedly misled Parliament over a 200, 000 payment from Mr Maxwell. The book, entitled the Paymaster, also alleges that Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers "buried" an official report into the affair - a claim dismissed today as "absolute rubbish" by the Department of Trade and Industry. 02/08/2001 Plans which could see council tenants receiving thousands of pounds towards a new home were being unveiled. Transport, Local Government and Regions Secretary Stephen Byers was unveiling plans to modernise housing in a keynote speech today. Ministers want to help those previously unable to afford a home of their own and give tenants a stake in their council houses. The cash-back deal will see tenants build up a share of their council property's value as they pay rent under plans first proposed in Labour's election manifesto. . * 07/10/2001: The government is expected to make a statement about the future of Railtrack, amid mounting speculation the company is facing financial crisis. Railtrack's financial problems have been building up for some time, said sources. Stephen Byers, the transport secretary, is expected to make an announcement about the company's future tomorrow. According to The Sunday Times, Railtra...