Beckett to chair intelligence committee
News Article 29 January 2008
Former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett has been appointed as chairman of the government's intelligence and security committee.
Beckett 'incorrect' on Iraq
Press Review 20 December 2006
The Guardian subjects the foreign secretary's Radio 4 Today programme interview on Iraq yesterday to a line-by-line analysis, saying her responses raised more questions than answers.
Trips by Beckett's husband queried
Press Review 8 November 2006
The Times reveals that questions have been raised over the foreign secretary's husband making eight foreign trips with his wife at the taxpayer's expense.
Hoon hits back with EU speech
Press Review 3 November 2006
The Europe minister Geoff Hoon has hit back in his battle with foreign secretary Margaret Beckett.
Beckett rift with Hoon
Press Review 1 November 2006
Relations between the foreign secretary and her deputy, the Europe minister, have hit the buffers, according to the Times.
Beckett voted most powerful woman
Press Review 1 September 2006
Foreign secretary Margaret Beckett has been voted the most powerful woman in Britain by American magazine Forbes.
Beckett under fire in Foreign Office
Press Review 1 August 2006
Margaret Beckett's performance as foreign secretary is reported to be triggering grumbles of discontent within the Foreign Office.
Profile: Margaret Beckett
News Article 5 May 2006
The new foreign secretary is known as one of Westminster's safest pair of hands.
Beckett under rural payments fire
Press Review 17 March 2006
Environment secretary Margaret Beckett is facing calls to resign after admitting that "the bulk" of farm subsidies will not be paid by the end of March, as promised.
Blair's Egyptian holiday costs taxpayer £30,000
Press Review 22 July 2005
Tony Blair's family winter holiday to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh cost the taxpayer nearly £30,000, Number 10 disclosed yesterday.
MEPs walkout on Beckett
Press Review 13 July 2005
MEPs staged an angry walkout from a parliamentary hearing yesterday, accusing the British minister responsible for agriculture, Margaret Beckett, of being evasive over the future of
