Smith Institute

Smith Institute

The Smith Institute is a registered charity and think tank in the United Kingdom. It was founded in memory of the late John Smith QC MP, former Leader of the Labour Party.

A large number of the think tank's events and meetings are held at Number 11 Downing Street, the Chancellor's official residence, and the organisation enjoys extremely close ties with Gordon Brown. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/30/ncharity30.xml] The director of the Institute is Wilf Stevenson, one of Gordon Brown's closest confidants (Brown was best man at his wedding). [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20060917/ai_n16733678] Following a complaint [http://base.google.com/base_media?q=hand785483036952505303&size=8] from political blogger, Guido Fawkes, the Smith Institute is currently the subject of a second investigation by the Charity Commission, which is examining whether its political ties with Gordon Brown breach the rules governing charitable organisations. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/30/ncharity30.xml] The Shadow Chief Secretary,Theresa Villiers, has also recently written to the Information Commissioner to request an inquiry into the Treasury's refusal to clearly state the full extent of the links between Gordon Brown and the Smith Institute. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/25/nlabour25.xml]

Ed Balls, now Labour MP for Normanton and former Chief Economic Advisor to Gordon Brown, was given a (paid) Senior Research Fellowship at a salary of 100,000 pounds at the Institute after he left HM Treasury to stand as a Parliamentary candidate in 2004. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/30/ncharity30.xml]

Trustees

* Lord Haskel of Higher Broughton (Chairman)
* Lord Joffe
* John Milligan
* Paul Myners
* Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale
* Baroness Rendell of Babergh
* The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. Dr John Sentamu, The Archbishop of York

ee also

*List of UK think tanks

External links

* [http://www.smith-institute.org.uk/default.htm smith-institute.org.uk]


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