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− | Hutton was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys, in Essex, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a law lecturer at Northumbria University, before being elected the MP for Barrow and Furness in 1992. He is a friend and former flatmate of key Blair ally Alan Milburn. He was appointed Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in June 2007.<ref>BBC News [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4402834.stm "Profile: John Hutton"], November 3, 2005.</ref> | + | Hutton was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys, in Essex, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a law lecturer at Northumbria University, before being elected the MP for Barrow and Furness in 1992. He is a friend and former flatmate of key Blair ally [[Alan Milburn]]. He was appointed Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in June 2007.<ref>BBC News [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4402834.stm "Profile: John Hutton"], November 3, 2005.</ref> |
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Background
John Hutton has been Labour MP for Barrow and Furness since 1992
Hutton was educated at Westcliff High School for Boys, in Essex, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He became a law lecturer at Northumbria University, before being elected the MP for Barrow and Furness in 1992. He is a friend and former flatmate of key Blair ally Alan Milburn. He was appointed Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform in June 2007.[1]
Pro-Nuclear Defender
Seen as a keen defender of local industries including Britain's nuclear Trident programme.[2] Described by The Times as a "Champion of the nuclear industry" within the Cabinet.[3]
References
- ↑ BBC News "Profile: John Hutton", November 3, 2005.
- ↑ BBC News "John Hutton", February 10, 2005
- ↑ "The Nuclear Cabinet", The Times, November 23, 2005; not accessable online