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Kenneth Clarke

Secretary of State for Justice, Lord Chancellor

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Biography

Conservative MP for Rushcliffe. Kenneth Clarke was first appointed a minister in 1972 during the government of Ted Heath.

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Also known as

Ken Clarke
Ken Clarke

Kenneth Clarke's connections

15 connections

7 personal connections
David CameronDavid Cameron

Prime Minister

Sir Alan BuddSir Alan Budd

Economist, former chairman of Office for Budget Responsibility

Nicholas CleggNicholas Clegg

Chairman, United Trust Bank

Sir Andrew LikiermanSir Andrew Likierman

Chairman of the National Audit Office, Dean of London Business School

8 group connections
 
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Interestingly enough...

Kenneth Clarke works in the cabinet for David Cameron - source: Wikipedia   

Sir Alan Budd was adviser to Kenneth Clarke - source: bbc.co.uk   

Nicholas Clegg has worked with Kenneth Clarke - source: Wikipedia   

Sir Andrew Likierman formerly worked with Kenneth Clarke - source: group.barclays.com/   

Kenneth Clarke was Chief Whip in the government of Edward Heath - source: guardian.co.uk/politics   

Kenneth Clarke invited the following to make a speech Sir Oswald Mosley - source: timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics   

Kenneth Clarke was chairman of Cambridge University Conservative Association - source: news.bbc.co.uk   

Kenneth Clarke is former president of Cambridge Union - source: cus.org   

Kenneth Clarke was Cambridge Union president, as was Arianna Huffington - source: cus.org   

Kenneth Clarke has attended meetings of Bilderberg Group - source: news.bbc.co.uk   

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Conservative MP for Rushcliffe - source: TheyWorkForYou   

Education

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Who Knows Who: the coalition cabinet

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The "new politics" or Oxford reunion?

They are not all Oxford chums, millionaires and the Notting Hill set, but quite a large slice are. Who Knows Who examines the old rivals and new faces in the Con-Lib cabinet.

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Ken Clarke: big beast from the Cambridge mafia

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Ken Clarke: birdwatcher, jazz man and Tory radical?

Ken Clarke has set out radical plans to cut prisoner numbers - the reverse of Michael Howard's "prison works" approach of the 1990s. As Who Knows Who explains it is not the first time the pair have been opposed.

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Lord Young: one solution too many

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Lord Young, who resigned today, may not realise the Conservatives no longer want to be the "nasty" party

Mrs Thatcher said Lord Young brought her solutions, not problems. But a look at his political and business contacts suggests he may be stuck in the 1980s.

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