Peter Kilfoyle

...they know about anything? I mean really..." Kilfoyle has spent some time inside the ministerial tent (he was a junior minister in Blair's first term), but appears most at home as a "friendly critic" of the leadership. In response, however, to...

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...social security minister, and backed by a number of Labour members including Kim Howells, the former Foreign Office minister, Peter Kilfoyle, the former armed forces minister, and Kate Hoey, the former sports minister. Mr Howells, who had...

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...in each case for return flights to Shanghai, hotels, meals and coach travel. The MPs - all Labour - were Ben Chapman, Brian Jenkins, Peter Kilfoyle and John McFall. Mr Chapman, the chairman of the all-party group, took a previous trip to...

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...where 28.9 per cent of adults claim benefits. Mr Kilfoyle has been vocal on reform ideas, recently criticising plans to hire multinational companies to run back-to-work schemes. He said: 'Payment by results means that these firms...

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...former prime minister. Last night Peter Kilfoyle, who was a Labour minister under Tony Blair, tabled a Commons motion saying the former prime minister is "wholly unsuitable to be President of the European Union." The motion also rebukes...

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...the Foreign Secretary as leadership material. But former Labour minister Peter Kilfoyle said Mr Miliband was 'wrong and unwise' to publicly campaign for Mr Blair's bid to become EU President. In a Commons motion Mr Kilfoyle, who resigned...

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...of the recent presidential elections in Afghanistan also troubles Mr Joyce. Last night Peter Kilfoyle, the former Labour minister, backed Mr Joyce's move. He told the BBC: "This reflects the growing concern both here and in the US about...

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