When it comes to Sunak's plans to deregulate the City – Big Bang 2.0 – Hezza urges caution. The financial crisis in 2008 wreaked havoc and much of the regulation put in place after the event is viewed by many as essential. Inspired by the Bundesgartenschauen which had helped to regenerate German cities after the war, Heseltine arranged for the first of five biennial National garden festivals to be held in Liverpool in 1984 (Jones arranged for the council to delegate the bid to the Merseyside Development Corporation, of which he was a director). More than 3 million people eventually attended. [144] [145]

Heseltine had a two-hour meeting with Major on the morning of the leadership vote. [233] He was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State. He was given a swipe card to enter 10 Downing Street whenever he liked and the right to attend any committee he wished. He chaired four Cabinet Committees, including Environment and Local Government, and two new committees: Competitiveness Committee (effectively, industrial strategy) and the Coordination and Presentation of Government Policy (EDCP) which met every weekday at 8.30am. [234]Heseltine, who showed his ballot paper to the returning officers to prove that he had voted for Major, [231] commented that " John Major deserves a great deal better than that from his colleagues". Major was re-elected leader. [232] Deputy Prime Minister: 1995-1997 [ edit ]

Odone, Cristina (5 April 2013). "Michael Heseltine at 80 on Boris, Ukip and why he won't visit Lady Thatcher". The Daily Telegraph. London. SHARE OF THE WEEK: Pets at Home has swerved gloom felt by peers over past few years, but will resilience waver at its second quarter trading statement Heseltine spent nine weeks in the ranks as a Guardsman [e] before being sent for three months of officer training at Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot, alongside men from other regiments. He was a capable cadet, reaching the rank of Junior Under-Officer and graduating with an A-Grade, but he was not awarded the Sword of Honour or promoted to the rank of Senior Under-Officer, as it was felt his age had given him an unfair advantage over younger cadets. [39] Throughout his training he had been troubled by an old ankle sprain, but he declined the offer of a medical discharge. [40] He was commissioned as a Second lieutenant on 11 June 1959. [39] Heseltine favoured privatisation of state owned industries, a novel idea in 1979 as the Conservatives were initially only proposing to denationalise the industries nationalised by Labour in the 1970s. [127]

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You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here. Lord Heseltine: Brexit Britain relinquishes power". BBC News. 30 March 2017 . Retrieved 30 March 2017. Heseltine took a hard line on civil liberties issues. He supported Thatcher's attempt to ban trade unions from GCHQ. He supported the prosecution of Sarah Tisdall for leaking his public relations plans for the arrival of cruise missiles in 1983. [158]

Heseltine stood down from his Henley constituency at the 2001 election, being succeeded by Spectator editor and future prime minister Boris Johnson, but he remained outspoken on British politics. He was created a life peer on 12 July 2001 taking the title Baron Heseltine, of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire. [244] Heseltine was MP for Henley from February 1974 until his retirement from the House of Commons in 2001. [99] Career under Heath: 1966–74 [ edit ] Opposition front bencher: 1967–70 [ edit ]Housing Bill – Provisions and Enactment" in Keesing's Contemporary Archives v. 27, January 1981 p. 30644.

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