38-679: England Squash is recognised by Sport England as the English national governing body of the racket sports of squash and squash 57. Based at the National Squash Centre in Manchester, it aims to increase participation in both sports. The Squash Rackets Association was founded in 1928, to take over the administration of the game from the Tennis and Rackets Association . In 1934, the separate Women’s Squash Rackets Association
76-677: A Cabinet minister in the Brown Government from 2007 to 2009. In October 2016, he became the BBC 's Director of Radio, in addition to his other role as the BBC's Director of Strategy and Digital, a job he had held since March 2013. In 2020, he left the BBC to become vice-chancellor of University of the Arts London . Purnell was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stalybridge and Hyde from
114-442: A Conservative victory more, not less likely. That would be disastrous for our country. This moment calls for stronger regulation, an active state, better public services, an open democracy. It calls for a government that measures itself by how it treats the poorest in society. Those are our values, not David Cameron 's. We therefore owe it to our country to give it a real choice. We need to show that we are prepared to fight to be
152-455: A National Salary Insurance, a job guarantee and free universal childcare, but also said that "freebies" such as Winter Fuel Allowance and free bus passes should not become sacred. He did not rule out returning to Parliament in 2015, but declared his support for Ed Miliband and his leadership. In February 2013 Purnell left the IPPR in order to rejoin the BBC as its Director of Strategy, on
190-500: A clear line on [John Linwood] on whether he is resigning or being fired and why". The tribunal's response to this was: "It was notable that there was no third option in Purnell's mind, such as a different disciplinary outcome." The tribunal found the BBC's processes to have given an "apparently cavalier disregard for any of the accepted norms of a fair disciplinary process", and that there was a "deeply ingrained cultural expectation within
228-451: A credible government and have the courage to offer an alternative future. I am therefore calling on you to stand aside to give our party a fighting chance of winning. As such I am resigning from government. The party was here long before us, and we want it to be here long after we have gone. We must do the right thing by it. I am not seeking the leadership, nor acting with anyone else. My actions are my own considered view, nothing more. If
266-541: A huge privilege, I've realised I don't want to have spent all my life in frontline politics." He pointed to his work with Demos as occupying him in the immediate future. After leaving parliament, Purnell became the chair of the Institute for Public Policy Research . It was touted that he would stand for the Labour candidacy to become Mayor of London , but he decided against this option. He supported David Miliband in
304-459: A month rent for the flat although he was responsible for paying half of the £1,820 a month rent and his fiancée was paying the rest. A spokesman for Purnell said "Despite being entitled to claim in full for the whole rental cost incurred by him and his partner, James claimed less than the amount he himself spent. The rules of the House of Commons make it clear that an MP is entitled to be reimbursed for
342-472: A photograph, as part of a press release for a Private finance initiative (PFI) deal. Tameside Trust claimed that he agreed to the insertion being late for the original photo call, Purnell denied this. Tom Levitt , a Labour MP who was present for the photoshoot, stated that he and other MPs left a gap for Purnell when the photograph was taken, knowing that Purnell's image would be added. In December 2008, Purnell proposed charging interest on crisis loans to
380-554: A salary of £295,000; he assumed this position on 20 March. As a senior BBC employee he had to resign his membership of the Labour Party. An Employment Tribunal for unfair dismissal was brought by the BBC's former Chief Technology Officer, John Linwood, when he lost his job in 2013 after the Corporation's £100m Digital Media Initiative failed. During the case an email from Purnell was cited in evidence, which read: "We need
418-626: A special adviser at 10 Downing Street , remaining in the post until 2001. He has also served as a consultant at Hydra Associates and as a board member of the Young Vic theatre as well as of the Royal National Theatre and the British Film Institute , and as a senior advisor to Boston Consulting Group . Purnell was selected as the Labour candidate for the constituency of Stalybridge and Hyde in 2001, and won
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#1732776378908456-688: A statutory consultee on planning applications that affect playing fields, under SI No. 1817 (1996). The funding it distributes comes from both HM Treasury and the National Lottery . Since 1997, it has invested over £2 billion of Lottery funds and £300 million from the Exchequer into sports in England. Sport England is organised into nine regions. Following restructuring in 2009, its former regional sports boards have been disbanded and regional staffing considerably reduced. Closer working with
494-510: A student, he worked during summer vacations as a researcher for Tony Blair between 1989 and 1992. After graduating from Oxford with a first class degree , he worked as a research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research before moving to the BBC to become its Head of Corporate Planning. Between May 1994 and October 1995, he was a Labour councillor in Islington, representing Canonbury East ward. In 1997, Purnell returned to work as
532-594: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sport England Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport . Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded partners, to grow the number of people doing sport; sustain participation levels; and help more talented people from all diverse backgrounds excel by identifying them early, nurturing them, and helping them move up to
570-787: The 2010 Labour leadership election and worked for his campaign, although he was subsequently offered the job of chief of staff to the new leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband , a job he turned down. Purnell became linked with the Blue Labour movement within the Labour Party and in April 2011 he was appointed by the Boston Consulting Group as a Special Advisor to their Public Sector Group. In July 2011, he appeared on Newsnight with proposals for welfare reforms, as part of his involvement in Blue Labour. He called for
608-600: The Cabinet Office , and in December 2004 he joined the Government as a Whip in the government reshuffle following the resignation of David Blunkett . After Labour was returned to power in the 2005 general election , he was appointed to the position of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Creative Industries and Tourism in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport , where he was in charge of preparing
646-501: The general election of 2001 until the that of 2010 . He served as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2007 to 2008 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2008 to 2009. He resigned from the Government on 4 June 2009, criticising the leadership of Gordon Brown . He became the director of the Open Left project for Demos in 2009. Purnell chaired the Institute for Public Policy Research until 2010, and
684-554: The British Racketball Association merged with the SRA. In 2001, the SRA was re-launched as England Squash, becoming England Squash & Racketball in 2009. Long-term chief executive, Nick Rider, left in 2014 and in 2015, the racketball name was dropped from its title. This article about the game of squash is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sport in England
722-565: The British government in 1965. Archives of The Sports Council are held at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. The archives include administrative papers, reports, financial records, correspondence, and collected printed material from the 1940s to 2001. James Purnell James Mark Dakin Purnell (born 2 March 1970) is a British former broadcasting executive and Labour Party politician who served as
760-485: The consensus is that you should continue, then I will support the government loyally from the backbenches. But I do believe that this question now needs to be put. Thank you for giving me the privilege of serving. Yours, Rt Hon James Purnell MP On 19 February 2010, Purnell announced he would be standing down as an MP later that year, saying "I have decided that I no longer wish to be an MP. I have spent all my working life in or about Westminster. And while this has been
798-540: The criteria based approach to the Ten Principles of Active Design. The revised Active Design was published in 2015, and was supported by Public Health England . Derek Mapp resigned as Chair of Sport England on 29 November 2007 after 13 months in the post, claiming he had been forced to leave his position by James Purnell , the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport , in a dispute over funding. Mapp
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#1732776378908836-542: The development of the national pensions saving scheme", particularly for listening to stakeholders and for his contributions to the personal accounts for low and middle earners. In June 2007, Purnell entered the Cabinet as the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport ; he was its youngest member. He was promoted to Work and Pensions Secretary after the resignation of Peter Hain on 24 January 2008. In September 2007 Tameside General Hospital inserted Purnell into
874-615: The elite level. Chris Boardman is the Chairman of Sport England and Natalie Ceeney is Vice Chair. Sport England was established as the English Sports Council in September 1996 as an executive non-departmental public body by royal charter . It began operating in 1997 as Sport England. It has two statutory, functions: (1) a lottery distributor for sport; and (2) the protection of playing fields, through its role as
912-443: The end of the lease, the landlord kept the £2,520 deposit, claiming the flat to have been in a poor state. A spokesman for Purnell stated: "James felt frustrated that the landlord refused to return the deposit. He initially pursued the matter through legal channels but let it rest as the costs of fighting it further would far outweigh recouping the deposit". Allegation were made by a Sunday newspaper that Purnell claimed more than £1,500
950-465: The legislation that liberalised the alcohol licensing laws of England and Wales and created tax breaks for the film industry. In May 2006, he was promoted to be Minister of State for Pensions in the Department for Work and Pensions , replacing Stephen Timms . In 2007, he was named Consumer Champion of the Year by Which? magazine for his work on pensions. Which? cited his "commitment to consumers in
988-532: The nation's sports club infrastructure is safer, stronger and more successful". As of April 2015 over 12,000 clubs had the Clubmark accreditation. The Sport England logo is based on the 'sport for all' logo which was used from the 1970s onwards. In 1997, the English Sports Council replaced the previous administrative body known as The Sports Council. The Sports Council was first appointed by
1026-452: The organisation of sacrificial accountability". Linwood was awarded £80,000 in damages, and it was later revealed that the BBC had spent £498,000 defending the claim. In late September 2016, Purnell was appointed as the BBC's Director of Radio and Education, in succession to Helen Boaden . He took up his new position in late October 2016. The Daily Telegraph described a key facet of his role as attracting younger listeners and viewers to
1064-443: The public find sports facilities anywhere in England. Searching can be through an interactive map, within a given locality or to discover more information about a known facility location. In 2007 Sport England produced Active Design, which provided a set of design guidelines to help promote opportunities for sport and physical activity in the design and layout of new development. The guide was revised, retaining 'The 3 A's' and refining
1102-573: The rent or mortgage paid by the MP and their partner. Nevertheless, James went out of his way to ensure overall he claimed less for accommodation than he himself paid". Purnell also claimed £247 for 3,000 fridge magnets. On 4 June 2009, Purnell announced his resignation from the Cabinet , and called upon Gordon Brown to resign as Prime Minister. His resignation came only days after the resignations of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith , whose expenses had been
1140-600: The seat in that year's general election with a majority of 8,859. While a Labour MP, he was a member of the Work and Pensions Select Committee in the House of Commons from 2001 to 2003, the Chair of the All-Party Group on Private Equity and Venture Capital between 2002 and 2003, and the Chair of Labour Friends of Israel from 2002 to 2004. In 2003, Purnell became Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Ruth Kelly in
1178-418: The sports national governing bodies (NGBs) is key to its new strategy to achieve its target of one million people doing more sport by 2012–13. It is encourages sports venues to enhance their development potential by registering under Sport England's SASP (significant areas for sport) programme as either a national or regional centre for their particular sport. Its 'Active Places' website is designed to help
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1216-700: The subject of negative comments, and Communities Secretary Hazel Blears , who had also avoided paying capital gains tax on her property. The news came just minutes after polls closed in the local and European elections , in which Labour performed badly. His letter to the Prime Minister, which was also sent to The Sun and The Times , read: Dear Gordon, We both love the Labour Party. I have worked for it for 20 years and you for far longer. We know we owe it everything and it owes us nothing. I owe it to our party to say what I believe no matter how hard that may be. I now believe your continued leadership makes
1254-431: The unemployed and pensioners made by the Department for Work and Pensions , which were interest-free, at a rate of up to 26.8% per annum. This was met with great hostility and was blocked by the intervention of the prime minister , Gordon Brown . Purnell was one of many MPs involved in political difficulties following the revelations of the 2009 expenses scandal . He told the parliamentary authorities that his main home
1292-772: Was a senior advisor in the Public Sector practice of the Boston Consulting Group . He is also a film producer, and a former Senior Producer at Rare Day, who produced the film One Mile Away . Purnell was born in the City of London ; he received most of his education in France before returning to study for his A-Levels at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford , and then studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Balliol College, Oxford . While
1330-654: Was formed. These associations looked after squash in Great Britain until 1980, when responsibility for Scotland and Wales passed to autonomous national associations. The English SRA and Women's SRA amalgamated in 1989. The SRA was the recognised world authority for squash until the formation, in 1967, of the International Squash Rackets Federation (which became the World Squash Federation in 1992). In 1988,
1368-466: Was in Manchester and claimed the "second home" allowance for his flat in London. In October 2004, he sold his London flat but told HM Revenue and Customs it was his "principal home", not his "second home". A spokesman on behalf of Purnell said that "Any allegation that James avoided capital gains tax is completely untrue. When he bought his constituency home, the sale of his London flat fell through, but it
1406-495: Was sold within the period that HMRC continue to treat it as not being liable for CGT ... This would have been true for any taxpayer – there was no special treatment". Also in 2004, Purnell claimed £395 for an accountant's bill which included "tax advice provided in October 2004 regarding sale of flat". Whilst renting a flat between 2004 and 2006, Purnell claimed £100 a month for cleaning expenses and £586 for repairs. At
1444-678: Was succeeded by Michael Farrar as interim chair from December 2007 to March 2009. Purnell appointed Richard Lewis (former Chief Executive of the Rugby Football League ) to review Sport England's funding priorities, and he was appointed chair on 1 April 2009. On 22 April 2013, Nick Bitel was appointed as new chairman, succeeding Richard Lewis. Clubmark is an accreditation which Sport England makes available to community sports clubs which fulfil certain criteria. Its declared aims are: "Higher standards of welfare, equity, coaching and management in community sports club" and "Making sure
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