Philip Ian Hope (born 19 April1955) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and Labour and Co-operative member of Parliament for Corby. He was first elected in 1997. April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... This article is about the British political party. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Corby is an industrial town and a local government district located in Northamptonshire, England. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...
Phil Hope served as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister until the 2005 general election, when he moved to the Department for Education and Skills to serve as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills and Vocational Education. A Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, in the United Kingdom government structure, is a minister who is junior to a Minister of State who is then junior to a Secretary of State. ... The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is a department of the British government. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ...
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Phil Hope MP (http://www.philhope.org.uk/) official site
Guardian Unlimited Politics - Ask Aristotle: Phil Hope MP (http://politics.guardian.co.uk/person/0,9290,-2505,00.html)
TheyWorkForYou.com - Phil Hope MP (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/phil_hope/corby)
PhilHope, parliamentary under-secretary of state for skills, is more convincing than many in claiming the task he has been landed with is crucial to the national interest.
Hope talks eloquently about the "architecture" of skills now being in place, putting much emphasis on the sector skills councils (SSCs), which will give employers an unprecedented opportunity, he says, to prescribe the types and quality of skills they need.
Hope's enthusiasm bubbles over as he talks of these new bodies, which will be "at the apex of various centres of vocational excellence that exist around the country".
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