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John Howarth (British Politician)
John Howarth (born 31 October 1958) is a British Labour Party politician who served as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2017 to 2020. Early life and education John Howarth grew up in Gateshead and attended local schools, including Highfield Comprehensive (later Thomas Hepburn Community School). He studied Economics at the University of Essex and completed a master’s degree in the History of Art, focusing on Werner Herzog's work. His father, also John Howarth, worked in the coal industry, and his mother, Freda Howarth (née Robinson), was an industrial conscript during World War II. Freda's father, Joe Robinson, a pit deputy and World War I veteran, significantly influenced Howarth’s early political thinking. Political life John Howarth joined the Labour Party during the February 1974 General Election and later became National Secretary of Labour Students. After university, he worked as a Labour organiser and settled in Reading in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party, often referred to as Labour, is a List of political parties in the United Kingdom, political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the Centre-left politics, centre-left of the political spectrum. The party has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. It is one of the Two-party system, two dominant political parties in the United Kingdom; the other being the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Labour has been led by Keir Starmer since 2020 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 2020, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 general election. To date, there have been 12 Labour governments and seven different Labour Prime Ministers – Ramsay MacDonald, MacDonald, Clement Attlee, Attlee, Harold Wilson, Wilson, James Callaghan, Callaghan, Tony Blair, Blair, Gordon Brown, Brown and Starmer. The Labour Party was founded in 1900, having e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reading Railway Station
Reading railway station is a major transport hub in the town of Reading, Berkshire, Reading in Berkshire, England, it is west of . It is sited on the northern edge of the town centre, near to the main retail and commercial areas and the River Thames. It is the busiest station in Berkshire, and the third busiest in South East England. Reading is the ninth busiest railway station in the UK outside London and the second busiest interchange station outside London. The station is managed by Network Rail and is served by four train operating company, train operating companies: Great Western Railway (train operating company), Great Western Railway, CrossCountry, South Western Railway (train operating company), South Western Railway and the Elizabeth line. History Original station The first Reading station was opened on 30 March 1840 as the temporary western terminus of the original line of the Great Western Railway (GWR). The time taken to travel from London to Reading was reduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle ( , Received Pronunciation, RP: ), is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is England's northernmost metropolitan borough, located on the River Tyne's northern bank opposite Gateshead to the south. It is the most populous settlement in the Tyneside conurbation and North East England. Newcastle developed around a Roman Empire, Roman settlement called Pons Aelius. The settlement became known as ''Monkchester'' before taking on the name of The Castle, Newcastle, a castle built in 1080 by William the Conqueror's eldest son, Robert Curthose. It was one of the world's largest ship building and repair centres during the Industrial Revolution. Newcastle was historically part of the county of Northumberland, but governed as a county corporate after 1400. In 1974, Newcastle became part of the newly-created metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. The local authority is Newcastle Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seb Dance
Seb Dance, (born 1 December 1981), is a British Labour Party politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the London region from 2014 to 2020 and since January 2022 serves as Deputy Mayor of London for transport. He was Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party when Richard Corbett was leader, and Vice-Chair of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety from 2019 to 2020. He was also the interim chair of thLabour Movement for Europe the pro-EU society affiliated to the Labour Party, after the organisation's previous chair, Anna Turley, stepped down. Early and personal life Dance was born in the London Borough of Wandsworth and raised in the Home County of Surrey. Following his studies at University of Manchester, he was a sabbatical officer at the Manchester Student Union, leading campaigns and overseeing student participation in the merger between the Victoria University of Manchester and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signum Global Advisors
Signum is Latin for "sign" and may refer to: Brands and companies * Integra Signum, a (defunct) Swiss railroad signaling company ** Integra-Signum, a train protection system * Opel Signum, an Opel car model * Signum Biosciences, a company based in New Jersey * Signum (typeface), a 1955 typeface designed by Georg Trump for the Weber Typefoundry Media * ''Signum'' (magazine), a German literary magazine * Signum (musical group), a trance music group * Signum (''Nanoha''), a character from the ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha'' series * Signum Quartet, a string quartet based in Cologne, Germany * Signum Records, a classical music record label in the UK Other uses * Signum, part of Roman naming conventions * Signum, an alternative name for some Roman Republic army units * Signum (anatomy), a part of the female Lepidoptera genitalia * Signum function or sign function in mathematics * Signum manus, type of signature * Signum (blockchain) * Signum University Signum University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erasmus+
Erasmus+ is the European Commission's programme for education, training, youth, and sport for the 2021–2027 period, succeeding the previous programme (2014–2020). As an integrated programme, Erasmus+ offers more opportunities for the mobility of learners and staff and cooperation across the education, training, and youth sectors and is easier to access than its predecessors, with simplified funding rules and a structure that aims to streamline the administration of the programme. EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme can fully take part in all the Actions of Erasmus+. The third countries associated to the Programme are North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey. The new Erasmus+ Program, running from 2021 to 2027, is more digital, inclusive and innovative, as well as greener. Introduction The new, larger programme for the period 2021–2027 focuses on inclusion. The Programme is open to students, apprentices, teachers, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creative Europe
Creative Europe is a European Union programme for the cultural and creative sectors. In its first phase, going from 2014 to 2020, it had a budget of € 1.47 billion, which were expanded to € 2.44 billion in its second phase (2021-2027). History The programme was approved by the European Parliament on 19 November 2013 and adopted by the European Council on 3 December 2013. It came into force on 1 January 2014.REGULATION (EU) No 1295/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 December 2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2014 to 2020) and repealing Decisions No 1718/2006/EC, No 1855/2006/EC and No 1041/2009/EC. Official Journal of the European Union. 11 December 2013. Web. 4 February 2014 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:347:0221:0237:EN:PDF A total of 650 of the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted in favour of the programme, with 32 against and 10 abstaining."Creative Europe Approved by European Parliament" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe is a seven-year European Union scientific research initiative to help develop a sustainable and livable society in Europe. It is the ninth of the Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development (FP9), and the successor of the Horizon 2020 programme (FP8). The European Commission drafted and approved a plan for Horizon Europe to raise EU science spending levels by 50% over the years 2021–2027. Objectives Horizon Europe adopts five missions: #Adaptation to Climate Change: support at least 150 European regions and communities to become climate resilient by 2030 #Cancer: working with Europe's Beating Cancer Plan to improve the lives of more than 3 million people by 2030 through disease prevention, cure and solutions to live longer and better #Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030 #100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030 #A Soil Deal for Europe: 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition towards healthy soils by 2030 Budget In May 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multiannual Financial Framework
The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) of the European Union (EU), also called the financial perspective, is a seven-year framework regulating its European Union, EU Budget of the European Union, annual budget. Proposed by the European Commission, it is laid down in a unanimously adopted Council of the European Union, Council Regulation (European Union), Regulation with the consent of the European Parliament. The financial framework sets the maximum amount of spendings in the EU budget each year for broad policy areas ("headings") and fixes an overall annual ceiling on payment and commitment appropriations. 2007–2013 Financial perspective The common budget of the 2007 to 2013 perspective was fixed to 1.045% of the European Gross Domestic Product, GDP. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair accepted to review the UK rebate, British rebate, negotiated by Margaret Thatcher in 1984. French President Jacques Chirac declared that this increase in budget will permit Europe to "finance common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CARIFORUM
The Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) is a subgroup of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States and serves as a base for economic dialogue with the European Union. It was established in 1992. Its membership comprises the 15 Caribbean Community states, along with the Dominican Republic. In 2008, they signed the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. Guyana and Haiti expressed reservations and did not attend the signing ceremony. See also * Association of Caribbean States * Community of Latin American and Caribbean States * Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement * EU- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ** ACP-EU Development Cooperation ** EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are a scheme to create a free trade area (FTA) between the European Union and other countries. They are a response to continuing criticism that the non-reciprocal and discriminating Prefere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 European Parliament Election In The United Kingdom
The 2019 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2019 European Parliament election. It was held on Thursday 23 May 2019 and the results announced on Sunday 26 and Monday 27 May 2019, after all the other EU countries had voted. This was the United Kingdom's final participation in a European Parliament election before Brexit, leaving the European Union on 31 January 2020; it was also the last election to be held under the provisions of the European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002 before its repeal under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and was the first European election in the United Kingdom since 1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom, 1999 to be held on a day that did not coincide with any local elections. This was the first of two national elections held in the United Kingdom in 2019; the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election occurred six-and-a-half months later in December 2019. At first no Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
