Regional Ministers 'Should Be Scrapped' ; Regional Ministers Are 'Pointless Gimmicks' Which Should Be Scrapped with Their Funding Ploughed Into 'Something Useful', Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg Will Say Today.

Western Morning News, The › July 04, 2008

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Regional ministers are "pointless gimmicks" which should be scrapped with their funding ploughed into "something useful", Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg will say today.

Figures released by the Lib-Dems to coincide with a speech on giving power to local people show Gordon Brown's flagship regional ministers could cost the taxpayer pounds2 million before the next election.

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Regional Ministers 'Should Be Scrapped' ; Regional Ministers Are 'Pointless Gimmicks' Which Should Be Scrapped with Their Funding Ploughed Into 'Something Useful', Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg Will Say Today.

Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw, the South West minister, has a "dedicated senior office" earning between pounds28,723 and pounds41,991 while all minister...

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