Elsewhere, there's more civil service reform, this time at the Public Administration Committee (at 9.30am) where the star witness is Tony Blair's former Downing Street majordomo Jonathan Powell.

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Ospreys weathered the storm, a Jonathan Thomas interception try from David Blair securing the bonus point.

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Tony Blair's former chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, has said that the government and the Stormont executive need to do more to help loyalist communities in Northern Ireland.

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He was particularly unhappy about the powers given to Mr Blair's two closest aides, Alastair Campbell and Jonathan Powell.

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Jonathan Powell, a former aide to Mr Blair, says that the cabinet has been thought too unwieldy a forum for decision-making since the 1970s.

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When Tony Blair took power in 1997, he brought in new appointments, such as his chief of staff Jonathan Powell.

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They included Margaret McDonagh, who is now the Labour Party's general secretary, and Jonathan Powell, who worked then for the British embassy in Washington and is now Tony Blair's chief of staff.

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