James Purnell
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"James Mark Dakin Purnell" is the Director of Strategy and Digital at the BBC being appointed to the post in February 2013. He was a British people/British Labour Party (UK)/Labour Party politician, as the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde (UK Parliament constituency)/Stalybridge and Hyde (MP) from United Kingdom general election, 2001/2001 to United Kingdom general election, 2010/2010 general elections, previously serving as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2007 to 2009, resigning from the Government on 4 June 2009, criticising the leadership of Gordon Brown.

Purnell became the director of the Open Left project for Demos (UK think tank)/Demos in 2009, and was the chair of the Institute for Public Policy Research until 2010 and a Senior Advisor in the Public Sector practice of the Boston Consulting Group. He is also a film producer, the Senior Producer at Rare Day, who produced the film One Mile Away.

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Maybe if they had had this system in place before Katrina, things might have turned out better. After what just happened there, I think it's a good idea everyone learn this.

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There is a possibility that the number of offences will increase. That in itself could be a sign of success because more people are using the powers of the act.

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Northern Film & Media has successfully built on the creative strengths of the region, with its rich history of writing talent, whilst working actively to improve access to and engagement with film culture.

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It seems absolutely wrong that people should be able to profit in this cynical way from an event that is designed to highlight the need for action on poverty in Africa, and for which so many artists and others are donating their valuable time for nothing [on people selling Live8 concert tickets on eBay].

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I didn't understand how that worked before, but I do now. I now know who to report to and how to get my stuff done.

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This shows that lottery money is continuing to make an absolutely essential contribution to our film industry.

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The LGA has been central in helping us to implement the act and has been extremely constructive all the way through. We want to continue to be constructive and that's why we are happy to have an early review of the guidance once 200,000 pubs, clubs and restaurants have been re-licensed.

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