Tessa Jowell
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"Dame (title)/Dame Tessa Jane Jowell" Order of the British Empire/DBE (born 17 September 1947) is a United Kingdom/British Labour Party (UK)/Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dulwich and West Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)/Dulwich and West Norwood since United Kingdom general election, 1992/1992. Formerly a member of both the Blair Ministry/Blair and Brown Ministry/Brown Cabinets, she was Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)/Shadow Minister for the Olympics and Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet (United Kingdom)/Shadow Minister for London until 11 September 2012, resigning two days after the end of the London 2012 Olympic Games. In November 2013, she announced that she intended to stand down as a constituency MP "after the Next United Kingdom general election/next (2015) election".

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I am giving local authorities the power to run licensing regimes in their own areas. They have the local knowledge, the know-how and are accountable to the local electorate.

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We will have some of the most inspiring and visionary facilities in the world and making sure they are delivered successfully is an absolutely key task.

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Just as the following day (after London's win) more than 50 families were robbed of the people that they loved in the terrorist attacks on London, so too was London robbed of its continuing celebration.

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The Lottery needs to raise altogether £1.5 billion.

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The Lottery needs to raise altogether £1.5 billion of which we estimate that £750 million over the seven years between now and the Games will come from the new Olympic lottery game.

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Wouldn't it be wonderful if William joined the contingent for Singapore speaking up for London?

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The policy is not wrong and... time will prove it right.

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Just as forever those who lost their lives will be remembered as part of the Olympics and the Olympic dream that will take us through to 2012, so too will the fortitude, solidarity, strength and resilience of London and Londoners see us through the next seven years until the games begin in 2012.

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What the new law does is allow people to drink alcohol in public at a different range of times, with the threat of instant sanction if they misbehave.

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