Ruth Smeeth
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 44 |
| Date of birth | June 29,1979 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Edinburgh |
| United Kingdom | |
| Spouse | Michael Smeeth |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Job | Politician |
| Official site | ruthsmeeth.org.uk |
| Previous position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (2015–2019) |
| Education | University of Birmingham |
| Position | Member of the House of Lords of the United Kingdom since 2022 |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 404166 |
Ruth Smeeth Life story
Ruth Lauren Smeeth, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North from 2015 until 2019. Since 2022 she has been a member of the House of Lords.
BT took three hours to report 999 fault, says minister
... " Labour peer Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, who previously sat in the Commons as Ruth Smeeth, called it " an incredibly disconcerting event"...
Keir Starmer denies targeting Labour left-wingers after Abbott suspended
... " Icon The national vice chair of Jewish Labour, Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, formerly Ruth Smeeth, called the fallout from Ms Abbott s comments " depressing"...
Tom Watson and Arlene Foster nominated for peerages
... Frances O Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), will be made a peer after being nominated by Labour, alongside Ruth Smeeth, a former Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North...
Arrests of anti-monarchists prompt free-speech concerns
... Ruth Smeeth, chief executive of Index on Censorship, said the arrests were " deeply concerning" adding: " We must guard against this event being used, by accident or design, to erode in any way the freedom of expression that citizens of this country enjoy...
Online Safety Bill put on hold until new prime minister in place
... " Ruth Smeeth, CEO of campaign group Index on Censorship and former Labour MP, welcomed the bill s passage through Parliament being paused...
Can Online Safety Bill tackle social media abuse of MPs?
... Former Labour MP Ruth Smeeth - who now runs the Index on Censorship organisation - says online trolling and abuse " was a grim but far too normal part of public life"...
General election 2019: Does Labour need a new direction after Corbyn?
... Defeated parliamentary candidates, such as Phil Wilson in Sedgefield, Tony Blair s old seat, and Ruth Smeeth, in Stoke, have pointed out that Mr Corbyn s leadership came up on the doorstep more than Brexit...
Election results: McDonnell blames Brexit for predicted Labour defeat
... Elsewhere in the city, Ruth Smeeth, who lost her Stoke-on-Trent North seat to the Conservatives, described the election result as devastating ...
BT took three hours to report 999 fault, says minister
By Jasmine AnderssonBBC News
BT took nearly Three Hours to alert the government about problems with the 999 emergency phone service, a minister has said.
A full investigation will be launched into The Delay after the failure meant many calls were not connected, Viscount Camrose told The House of Lords.
Concerns about the resilience of the 999 service were raised in The House of Lords in an urgent question.
BT, which manages The Phone system, apologised " sincerely" for the issues.
The issues began on Sunday Morning and continued well into the evening, even after BT switched to a " back-up system" parliament heard.
Pressed over when the government was made aware of The Problem , technology minister Lord Camrose said: " The Event that caused caused The Platform to go down occurred at 06:30 on Sunday. The government was advised of The Event at 09:20, so just under Three Hours later.
" I understand that they informed the government as quickly as it was practically possible for them to do so. One of the areas they will look into as part of The Inquiry is whether that should have been, could have been, faster. "
He Said the issue has now been fully resolved, and The Service is running as normal.
He added: " A full investigation is under way to understand what caused this problem. "
Labour peer Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, who previously sat in The Commons as Ruth Smeeth , called it " an incredibly disconcerting event".
" Any failure in The System will undermine faith in our emergency provision. We Are seemingly very fortunate that there was no major incident. "
The technical fault with The Network has led to calls from a former Metropolitan Police chief to introduce joint call-handling for the three emergency services and " remove the cost that BT imposes on the whole system".
Lord Hogan-Howe, who headed the UK's largest police force from 2011 to 2017, said: " Isn't it time we started having joint call-handling? "
" The only reason BT need to take The Call is because The Ambulance , The Fire and police have to take them independently, and you have to make a call to BT to declare which service you require, often at a time you don't actually know which one you need.
" Why don't we answer them together? Why don't we remove the cost that BT imposes on the whole system that appears has not worked very well on this particular occasion? "
At The Time of The Glitch , BT said its priority was getting the lines " up and running as soon as possible" and experts were trying to Work Out The Cause .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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