‘Hello Mr Penrose I have the Prime Minister on the line. Will you hold?’ It’s at moments like these that mobile phones matter, because I could see it was genuinely Downing Street, rather than one of my mates winding me up. I hadn’t been expecting the call. But life is…
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Whether it’s films, music or sports, everyone agrees you’re only as good as your last appearance. It doesn’t matter how many awards you’ve won, if your latest film or album was a flop, that’s what everyone remembers. And even though the Winter Gardens isn’t (quite) as big a stage as…
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‘Here’s your radio John but, whatever you do, don’t press the orange button by accident. It’s the emergency alert, and you’d have to buy everybody cakes if you did.’ I was out with one of our local police response teams, looking for crimes to tackle. But, after an initial ‘blue…
Read More£4.6 million of funding announced to support anti-corruption initiatives abroad, helping the public hold their governments to account. The UK Government has announced wide-ranging measures to tackle corruption at home and abroad ahead of the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Copenhagen today. International Development Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, announced today [Monday,…
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