10 May 2005 - David Blunkett announces his new team
David Blunkett, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, today welcomed his new Ministerial Team.
Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE and Stephen Timms have been appointed Ministers of State.
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary (Lords).
James Plaskitt and Liz Blackman (please see updated press release for Anne McGuire) have been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretaries (Commons).
David Blunkett said:
“I am very pleased to welcome my new team to the Department.
“Our policies and programmes affect virtually every family in the country whether through front-line services, our programme of reforms or fighting poverty.
“We have an enormous amount to do: continuing to work towards an unprecedented 80% employment rate; modernising and improving our service to customers; building a legislative programme to reform the old Incapacity Benefit and delivering a long-term solution to the pensions challenge.
“These are major issues which profoundly affect all of us. I want us to work together, with the Department, to engage the citizens of this country to help us find the solutions.”
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