When Mr Chhabra began to chafe at Global Green's small scale, he was given that option.

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He found that at the time Mr Green had the meeting with the firm's representative no formal invitation to tender was in place, and he said Mr Green later declared an interest in line with the council's Code of Conduct.

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Mr Green's departure will leave a gap at HSBC.

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Carwyn Jones said he and Mr Cameron discussed "at length" the UK government's Green Paper on changes to Assembly boundaries.

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Dizzy Page, activities coordinator at the home, said little is known about Mr McConnell's background - although he still owned a green beret which he said was from his time as a Royal Marine.

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At Mr Blair's insistence, an elected mayor for London will be included in the government's consultative green paper, to be published later this month.

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