Curse of the DWP

Thursday, 24th January 2008

It used to be the DTI which was, under the Conservatives, the cursed department. It seems the curse has now moved to the DWP. The last three secretaries of state have been David Blunkett, John Hutton and Peter Hain. Two out of three departures in scandal-driven resignation is pretty good going.

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