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The Blair–Brown deal (or Granita Pact) was a gentlemen's agreement struck between the British Labour Party politicians Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in 1994, while they were Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer respectively.
The next day The Sun reported that Blair would step down as Leader of the Labour Party on 31 May 2007, and as prime minister when a new leader is elected. That same day, seven of the MPs who signed the letter resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretaries (unpaid and unofficial posts assisting Government ministers).
Blair announced on 7 September 2006 that he would step down within a year. [5] Brown was the clear favourite to succeed Blair; he was the only candidate spoken of seriously in Westminster. Appearances and news coverage leading up to the handover were interpreted as preparing the ground for Brown to become Prime Minister , in part by creating ...
The 1940s. Every state had a federally funded school lunch program in place using crop surpluses, but there were problems: Much of the crops rotted en route, or couldn't be properly stored when ...
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Informal campaigning had been ongoing ever since Blair announced in 2004 that he would not be fighting a fourth general election as leader. Pressure for a timetable eventually led him to announce on 7 September 2006 that he would step down within a year. [3] Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) met on 13 May 2007 to decide a timetable.
At the end of The Facts of Life, Blair (Whelchel) bought the boarding school she once attended.As the new headmaster, she became the Mrs. Garrett-like character, helping students — played by ...
Michelle Obama lends her support to an ambitious school-lunch bill that provides an additional $4.5 billion in spending, but imposes new standards on all food sold in public schools. The legislation also includes the Community Eligibility Program (CEP), which helps low-income schools feed all their students for free.