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	Biography of Alistair Darling
		Alistair Darling MP was appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer on 28 June 2007.
		Earlier, Alistair Darling was Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions from June 2001 to May 2002; Secretary of State for Social Security between July 1998 and June 2001, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from May 1997 to July 1998.
		Alistair Darling was the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury from July 1996 to April 1997, Opposition Spokesman on the City and Financial Services between 1992 and July 1996 and in the Opposition Home Affairs Team from 1988-92.
	www.hm-treasury.gov.uk /about/ministerial_profiles/minprofile_darling.cfm (257 words)

	Alistair Darling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alistair Maclean Darling (born November 28, 1953) is a British politician.
		Alistair Darling was born in London and educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh, East Lothian, before attending the University of Aberdeen where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B).
		At transport, Darling was given a brief to "take the department out of the headlines" and was widely considered to have achieved this, although he was also criticised for achieving too little else whilst he held the transport brief.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alistair_Darling (624 words)

	Alistair Darling accused of data cover-up - Telegraph
		Alistair Darling is embroiled in a cover-up row after Whitehall e-mails revealed that a senior civil servant was involved in the blunders that led to the lost data crisis.
		"Alistair Darling has some very, very serious questions now about the version of events that he gave earlier in the week where he implied it was just some lowly junior official sitting by themselves at a computer," he said.
		Mr Darling told MPs that the lost data was the responsibility of a junior HMRC official in the north-east who had "clearly not followed" strict rules.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/23/ncustoms123.xml (545 words)

	Alistair Darling - an introduction - Citizendium
		Alistair Darling (born 28th November 1953) is the current British finance minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, responsible for administering the UK public revenue.
		Alistair Darling came to government with the election of the Labour Party and Tony Blair in 1997, following his earlier career as a solicitor, service as local councillor, election as MP for Edinburgh South West, and successive roles as Opposition spokesman on various issues.
		Darling was appointed Secretary of State for Social Security in July 1998, a post he held until the election of the second Labour government in June 2001.
	en.citizendium.org /wiki/Alistair_Darling (0 words)

	BBC Online - On The Record - Interviews
		ALISTAIR DARLING MP: No, my starting point is that the Welfare State in its present form, which was essentially designed some fifty years ago for the world of post-war Britain, needs to be changed to take account of modern conditions.
		DARLING: Yes, you will because as I set out in the speech I gave earlier this week, the role of the Welfare State has got to change away from simply passively reacting to problems, paying out benefits without dealing with the underlying causes of these benefits having to be paid out.
		DARLING: Well, it relates to the pilot project, and remember they were fairly limited, but if you were to reflect that those people on the pilots who went into work across the country, that would equivalent to something like a hundred thousand lone parents going into work.
	www.bbc.co.uk /otr/intext/ALISTAIR_DARLING.25.10.98.html (3989 words)

	Alistair Darling
		Alistair Darling, M.P. Alistair Maclean Darling MP, (born November 28, 1953) is a British politician.
		Alistair Darling was born in London, England and educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh, East Lothian, before attending the University of Aberdeen where he was awarded a Bachelor of Laws (LLB).
		Darling was given a brief to "take the department out of the headlines" and was widely considered to have achieved this.
	www.martinfrost.ws /htmlfiles/may2006/alistair_darling.html (0 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK Politics \| Profile: Alistair Darling
		Alistair Darling's strong links with Chancellor Gordon Brown may serve him well as he tries to inject much needed cash in the UK's beleaguered transport network.
		Ahead of the 1997 election, Mr Darling was one of the senior Labour figures to tour the boardrooms of the big City firms in a bid to reassure them over Labour's intentions.
		Appointed chief secretary to the Treasury in the wake of the election win, Mr Darling was said to have impressed officials for his ability to grasp even the most complicated brief.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/1179283.stm (628 words)

	Alistair Darling's delay is questioned by banks - Telegraph
		The big banks were on a collision course with the Government last night after they disputed Alistair Darling's explanation of the delay in announcing details of the data protection crisis.
		One banking source said that "when he (Mr Darling) said he delayed telling the public at the request of the banks there were a few raised eyebrows in our office".
		George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, said: "Alistair Darling said in the Commons that the banks were adamant that they wanted as much time as possible to prepare for the announcement.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/22/ncustoms222.xml (469 words)

	Alistair Darling is truckers' darling [The Rockall Times]
		The massive road building programme announced by transport secretary Alistair Darling last week will be wonderful in every way and allow for a new generation of supertrucks, we can reveal.
		With a large number of roads facing expansion to eight lanes either side, the trucks will be able to pass one another at half-a-mile-an-hour while leaving two lanes for weaving Cavalier drivers and modern-day missionaries intent on making everyone drive at exactly 70 miles-per-hour.
		Mr Darling also welcomed suggestions that a tax on road driving rather than expensive road building would be the best way forward to tackle Britain's congestion.
	www.therockalltimes.co.uk /2003/07/14/darling-roads.html (506 words)

	Alistair Darling - Nuclear Spin
		Acccording to a BBC profile, Darling “is regarded as one of Tony Blair's most trusted colleagues, despite keeping a foot firmly in the Gordon Brown camp”.
		On July 11, 2006, Alistair Darling, the Trade and Industry Secretary, gave the green light to a new generation of nuclear power plants, saying that nuclear power would make a "significant contribution" to cutting carbon emissions and Britain's energy needs.
		Darling's insistence on keeping the nuclear option "on the table", whilst ruling out reliance on renewable sources as "populist and simplistic", is a far cry from his views when he was transport chair of Lothian regional council back in June 1986.
	www.nuclearspin.org /index.php/Alistair_Darling (0 words)

	The Witanagemot Club - Articles - Scotch Horror (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One of the most bizarre aspects of transport under “new” Labour is that the Scottish secretary (Alistair Darling) controls railways in England (where he’s also the transport secretary) but not in Scotland where rail comes under the control of the Scottish Executive.
		Darling also stopped the long-standing grants for switching freight from road to rail, but only in England, meanwhile Scotland has spent millions on new facilities and is restoring a disused railway to relieve the Forth bridge.
		Interesting fact: Since Edinburgh Central MP Alistair Darling became England transport secretary, three rail stations have opened in Edinburgh (population 450,000), one in England (pop 49.1m) and none in Wales (pop 2.9m).
	www.toque.co.uk /witan/modules/articles/article.php?id=3 (384 words)

	HACAN ClearSkies: Alistair Darling ‘pied’ at Future Heathrow launch (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alistair Darling, the Secretary of State, made a surprise appearance on the platform.
		She shouted that ‘Future Heathrow stinks’ and that ‘Alistair Darling’s presence at the launch of this pressure group stinks’.
		John Stewart, chair of HACAN ClearSkies, one of the groups organising the demonstration outside, said, “This was one in the eye for Alistair Darling.
	www.hacan.org.uk /news/press_releases.php?id=117 (265 words)

	NuLabour: Alistair Darling Archives (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alistair Darling - mass surveillance road toll hype
		Alistair Darling's spin machine seems to have flooded most of the Sunday broadsheets and the TV news with his dubious satellite tracking road toll / mass surveillance plan, which surfaced last year.
		Since this project is likely to span several Parliaments, we will certainly be keeping a watch out to see if Alistair Darling or any other Ministers or civil servants or NuLabour political commissars and advisors, end up lobbying the Ministry of Transport for a slice of the multi-billion pound contracts that this plan would involve.
	www.spy.org.uk /nulabour/alistair_darling (140 words)

	Alistair Darling MP, Edinburgh South West (TheyWorkForYou.com)
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		Alistair Darling MP Labour MP for Edinburgh South West
		This MP's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /mp/alistair_darling/edinburgh_south_west (710 words)

	The Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling MP - BERR
		Alistair Darling MP was formerly the Secretary of State for the Department of Trade and Industry between 5 May 2006 and 28 June 2007.
		Alistair Darling was Secretary of State for Transport and Secretary of State for Scotland from 29 May 2002 to 5 May 2006.
		Earlier, he was Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions from June 2001 to May 2002; Secretary of State for Social Security between July 1998 and June 2001, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury from May 1997 to July 1998.
	www.dti.gov.uk /about/dti-ministerial-team/page28168.html (438 words)

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		A national scheme to charge motorists for each mile they drive could be the only way to avoid gridlock on Britain’s roads, transport secretary Alistair Darling told the House of Commons today.
		Darling has backed a report published today which estimates that a UK-wide road user charging system could raise £9bn a year and halve traffic congestion.
		Darling told the House of Commons: ‘We can’t try to build our way out of the problem – but nor can we accept eventual gridlock.’ He conceded that gaining public support for a road user charging scheme would be crucial for its success.
	www.whatcar.com /news-article.aspx?NA=209397 (318 words)

	Caring mother rounds on Alistair Darling's 'insult' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		THE mother of a 12-year-old boy profoundly disabled by the DPT (diphtheria, pertussis/whooping cough and tetanus) vaccine described Social Security Secretary Alistair Darling's announcement yesterday as an insult.
		She would meet Mr Darling "anywhere in the country during the recess and invite him to look after my son for 24 hours, but I doubt he would take up the offer".
		There are at least two carers in their early 80s in Scotland who are looking after children in their 40s who were affected by the dpt vaccine but who will not be entitled to any compensation under the new scheme.
	www.whale.to /vaccine/dpt5.html (398 words)

	Alistair Darling hypes up his mass surveillance road toll plans, again (Spy Blog) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alistair Darling hypes up his mass surveillance road toll plans, again
		Several Sunday newspapers have picked up on The Independent on Sunday's interview with Alistair Darling, the Secretary of State for Transport, who is again hyping up his plan revealed last July for "satellite tracking road tolls" over the whole country.
		Alistair Darling, the Secretary of State for Transport seems to be re-launching his controversial satellite tracking based national road toll scheme.
	www.spy.org.uk /spyblog/2005/06/alistair_darling_hypes_up_his.html (2565 words)

	bymnews.com
		The Government has concluded its Energy Review with the publication of a far-reaching range of proposals designed to reinforce the UK's long-term energy policy in the face of the mounting global threats posed by climate change and to energy security.
		Signalling the need to take the necessary decisions for the long term, Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling outlined proposals designed to reduce the demand for energy, to secure a mix of clean, low carbon energy sources and to streamline the planning process for energy projects.
		Alistair Darling said: "We face two big challenges, climate change and the need to provide secure cleaner energy at affordable prices.
	www.bymnews.com /new/content/view/32222/82 (1265 words)

	LowCVP - News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To a packed house comprising over 250 delegates and 40 members of the media, Alistair Darling welcomed the Partnership's work in agreeing the new label and the motor industry's role in introducing it on a comprehensive, voluntary basis.
		A delegate from a parallel event for children of school age also addressed the conference at the end of the morning session and was later introduced to the Secretary of State.
		In addition to Alistair Darling's keynote speech, the afternoon included a series of workshops enabling delegates to feedback into the Government's current consultation on the Climate Change Programme.
	www.lowcvp.org.uk /newsandevents/news.cfm?news_id=171 (263 words)

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	GNN - Government News Network
		In a consultation starting today the Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling will propose options including fixed penalty fines linked to the number of workers underpaid.
		It is also proposed that for the first time businesses would have to pay interest or other cash to workers they have underpaid on top of repaying arrears, so the workforce are no longer giving "interest free loans" to their employers.
		In March 2007 Alistair Darling agreed to "actively consider" this recommendation.
	www.gnn.gov.uk /environment/fullDetail.asp?ReleaseID=284792&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromDepartment=False (698 words)

	Alistair Darling visits Lloyd's office in China
		Left to right: Executive Vice Mayor of Shanghai Feng Guoqin, Lloyd's Chairman Lord Levene, and UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Alistair Darling at Lloyd's office in Shanghai.
		UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Alistair Darling joined Lloyd's Chairman Lord Levene and Executive Vice Mayor of Shanghai Feng Guoqin on a visit to Lloyd's preparatoryÂ office in Shanghai this week.
		Mr Darling was given a tour of the premises in the the Azia Centre in Shanghai's Pudong New District, which is also home to Deutsche Bank, the Bank of Tokyo, Reuters and the Bank of America.
	www.lloyds.com /News_Centre/Features_from_Lloyds/Alistair_Darling_visits_Lloyds_office_in_China.htm (529 words)

	NuLabour: Alistair Darling Archives
		Alistair Darling - mass surveillance road toll hype
		Alistair Darling's spin machine seems to have flooded most of the Sunday broadsheets and the TV news with his dubious satellite tracking road toll / mass surveillance plan, which surfaced last year.
		Since this project is likely to span several Parliaments, we will certainly be keeping a watch out to see if Alistair Darling or any other Ministers or civil servants or NuLabour political commissars and advisors, end up lobbying the Ministry of Transport for a slice of the multi-billion pound contracts that this plan would involve.
	p10.hostingprod.com /@spyblog.org.uk/nulabour/alistair_darling (0 words)

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