Can Jack Straw prove himself an exceptional Home Secretary?

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Many of the measures contained in the Crime and Disorder Bill drawn up by UK Home Secretary Jack Straw following extensive consultation with people from many different parts of the community have never been enacted before. Straw is taking an innovative approach, seeking to tackle crime in the most deprived areas, where it is most prevalent. However, the Bill has encountered opposition in the House of Lords because of an amendment to reduce the gay age of consent to 16. Straw must now decide whether to delay the Bill as a whole or drop the age of consent measure, to which he is strongly committed.

Police Protection, Crimes NEC, Gays, Laws, regulations and rules, Political activity, Crime, Straw, Jack, Age of consent

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New Labour needs to ally itself with middlebrow culture

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UK Culture Secretary Chris Smith frequently faces challenges about the government's approach to arts funding. Many people wish to portray the Labour party as being unwilling to give adequate funding to the arts, and further problems have arisen because the Millennium Dome is perceived as taking lottery funding away from the arts. Smith must seek ways of ensuring that the arts budget benefits from the government's commitment to increasing spending on education. It will also be necessary for the arts lobby to adopt a new approach if educational spending is to benefit the arts.

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Betrayed: the luvvies Labour's lost

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The UK government has attempted to present itself as a strong supporter of the arts. However, some observers have doubts about whether the government is really committed to the arts. Some have expressed concern about the government's lack of real progress in this area, while others are prepared to give the government more time. The main concern of those involved in the arts is that the government is still unwilling to make additional funding available.

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