Sentences with phrase «business secretary lord»

And his call comes amid speculation that Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, viewed by many as deputy prime minister in all but name, may have become disenchanted with Mr Brown's apparent efforts to shore up Labour's core vote with «class war» rhetoric.

A national postal strike would be «totally self - defeating», according to the Business Secretary Lord Mandelson.

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson had originally planned to part - privatise the Royal Mail.

Speculation that Gordon Brown may be ready to become the first incumbent of 10 Downing Street to agree to a debate was sparked when Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said this week he did not think the Prime Minister «would have a problem» with the idea.

Business secretary Lord Mandelson launched a blistering attack on the BBC this morning over its handling of an interview with Gordon Brown on the weekend.

Business secretary Lord Mandelson, standing in for Gordon Brown while he goes on holiday in the Lake District, mocked the speech.

He will be accompanied on his visit by business secretary Lord Mandelson, climate change secretary Ed Miliband and a delegation of senior UK businessmen.

Mr Cable also won the «political impact» award for his analysis of the downturn, beating off competition from London mayor Boris Johnson, prime minister Gordon brown, and business secretary Lord Mandelson.

Ms Harman, the deputy Labour leader, is believed to have argued for more time to consider the position of the Royal Mail before the business secretary Lord Mandelson, published the proposed legislation.

Announcing the decision to the Lords today, business secretary Lord Mandelson said the main threat to the institution lay in internet technology.

The Labour party will be led down a blind alley if trade unions succeed in banning Progress, a pressure group associated with Tony Blair, the former business secretary Lord Mandelson warned on Sunday.

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has accused the 37 business leaders of being «deceived» by the Conservative pledge.

The FSB expressed concern after Business Secretary Lord Mandelson rebuffed calls to extend the trade credit insurance scheme beyond 31 December, as reported in the Financial Times.

Speaking to the Associated Press about the issue, business secretary Lord Mandelson said: «They want to generate a good return, they are the first to steer clear of politics.

Not exact matches

But Mr Clegg insisted the Business Secretary, once seen as an ally of Lord Oakeshott, was unaware of a survey in the Lib Dem leader's Sheffield Hallam seat.

Rt Hon Lord Henley was appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

In the Lords debate Lord Mandelson, the Labour former business secretary and former European commissioner, says services are not the same as goods.

He shared platforms during the campaign with former Liberal Democrat Leaders Lord Ashdown and Charles Kennedy, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Simon Hughes, the Green Party Leader Caroline Lucas and Business Secretary Vince Cable, among others.

Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, and Ed Balls, the Children's Secretary, have claimed that the Conservatives are planning a Vat increase.

Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, has made clear that Lord Rennard will play no role during the Liberal Democrat general election campaign after Vince Cable, the business secretary, suggested the party would want to use the peer's «expertise».

Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, accused Mr Cameron of talking the British economy down by speaking about «an age of austerity» and warned that this could jeopardise the recovery.

On top of that, Clegg has had to fend off an attempt to get him sacked by Lord Oakeshott, a senior Lib Dem peer and close ally of Vince Cable, the business secretary.

Woodward's attempt to present the concern as an issue troubling only a minority of MPs was followed by Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, seen as Brown's deputy prime minister in all but name, who issued a statement through a spokesman in which he stressed that the prime minister «continues to have the support of his colleagues».

Lord Oakeshott has often been seen as an unofficial spokesman for the Business Secretary - although that relationship has cooled in recent months.

David Harding, pictured here on the left with architect Zaha Hadid and Eurosceptic business secretary Sajid Javid at the Science Museum, has broken ranks with his fellow lords of the financial universe to join the «In» campaign with both money and mouth.

He stood down as an MP in 2004 to become EU Trade Commissioner, before returning to the government under Gordon Brown as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, First Secretary of State, and Lord President of the Council.

Prime minister: David Cameron Deputy prime minister: Nick Clegg (LD) First secretary of state and foreign secretary: William Hague Chancellor of the exchequer: George Osborne Home secretary: Theresa May Defence secretary: Philip Hammond Business secretary: Vince Cable (LD) Work and pensions secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Energy and climate change secretary: Ed Davey (LD) Education secretary: Michael Gove Communities and local government secretary: Eric Pickles Scotland secretary: Michael Moore (LD) Chief secretary to the Treasury: Danny Alexander (LD) Leader of the House of Lords: Lord Strathclyde Attorney general: Dominic Grieve

Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Angela Eagle MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Seema Malhotra MP Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn MP Opposition Chief Whip Rosie Winterton MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health Heidi Alexander MP Shadow Secretary of State for Education Lucy Powell MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Owen Smith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Maria Eagle MP Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer of Thoroton Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention Jon Trickett MP Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Lisa Nandy MP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Chris Bryant MP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Lilian Greenwood MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Vernon Coaker MP Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Diane Abbott MP Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Nia Griffith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Kerry McCarthy MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Kate Green MP Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Michael Dugher MP Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration Gloria De Piero MP Shadow Minister for Mental Health Luciana Berger MP Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon Lords Chief Whip Lord Bassam of Brighton Shadow Attorney General Catherine McKinnell MP Shadow Minister without Portfolio Jonathan Ashworth MP Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning John Healey MP

Universities had been expecting the cap to rise to # 7,000, as business secretary Vince Cable had initially suggested following the publication of Lord Browne's review on the issue.

Lord Mandelson The business secretary reacted to reports in the Daily Telegraph which disclosed he ran up bills of almost # 3,000 on work to his constituency home in Hartlepool, less than a week after announcing his decision to stand down as an MP.

Business secretary breached rules by failing to declare donation - in - kind from former Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott

Earlier, the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, cast doubt on the ability of the plotters to put up a credible candidate against Brown.

The plan in outline has the support of Lord Mandelson, the former business secretary, who sees the bulk of the policy similar to the industrial activism he championed in the last years of the Brown government.

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer of Thoroton Opposition Chief Whip Rosie Winterton MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham MP Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Chuka Umunna MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rachel Reeves MP Shadow Secretary of State for Education Tristram Hunt MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Vernon Coaker MP Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Emma Reynolds MP

Prime Minister: David Cameron Deputy PM & First Secretary of State: William Hague Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne Leader of the Commons: Ken Clarke Home Secretary: David Davis Foreign Secretary: Sir Malcolm Rifkind Business & Employment Secretary: John Redwood Communities & Social Justice Secretary: Iain Duncan Smith Cabinet Office Minister: Francis Maude Defence Secretary: Dr Liam Fox Environment and Energy Secretary: Oliver Letwin Leader of the Lords: Lord Strathclyde Nations Secretary: Lord Trimble Education Secretary: Michael Gove Health Secretary: Chris Grayling Women & Equalities Secretary: Theresa May Pensions & Welfare Reform Secretary: David Willetts Trade & International Development Secretary: Alan Duncan Justice Secretary & Lord Chancellor: Dominic Greive Transport Secretary: Damian Green Farming, Food & Rural Affairs Secretary: Nick Herbert Housing & Local Government Secretary: Philip Hammond Culture Secretary: Julie Kirkbride

In other changes, another former NEC chair and former general secretary of the Fabian Society, Baroness Hayter, joins the Cabinet Office team and, with Lord Tunnicliffe, the team covering business, innovation and skills, where Labour said it would focus work on its concerns about jobs and growth in the economy.

Gordon Brown (prime minister) Jack Straw (justice secretary) Alistair Darling (chancellor) Hilary Benn (environment secretary) Harriet Harman (leader of the Commons) David Miliband (foreign secretary) Douglas Alexander (transport secretary) Lord Mandelson (business secretary and first secretary of state) Alan Johnson (home secretary) John Denham (communities secretary) Shaun Woodward (Northern Ireland secretary) Baroness Royall (leader of the Lords) Jim Murphy (Scotland secretary) Peter Hain (Wales secretary) Michael Wills (justice minister) Nick Brown (Commons chief whip) Lord Bassam (Lords chief whip)

Mr Brown is visiting China with business secretary John Hutton and trade minister Lord Digby Jones.

The investigation is the latest embarrassment for the business secretary, after his close ally Lord Oakeshott was revealed as being behind an apparent plot to oust Nick Clegg.

The plans are also likely to address some of the concerns of Lord Mandelson, a former Labour business secretary, who accused Miliband earlier this month of giving out a confused message on business and called for more of «an explanation of how we're going to bring about economic growth».

Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, said at a Labour press conference: «The IFS figures relate to 2016 - 17, beyond the life of the next parliament for which the general election is being held now.

However, Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, hinted at the possibility of talks with the Lib Dems when he said Brown would have the constitutional right to form a government if no party wins a majority.

Lord Mandelson, the former business secretary and champion of New Labour's pro-marketism, is the latest person to intervene.

Lord Mandelson, the former business secretary and European commissioner, shares some of Kerr's concerns.

Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, offered his first subsidies to protect British industry from the ravages of the recession when yesterday he unlocked # 2.3 bn in loan guarantees for the ailing car industry, including # 1.3 bn in loans from the European Investment Bank.

Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, indicated today that the government would not set out new public spending plans before the next general election, arguing it was currently impossible to forecast the economy two years ahead.

The development came as Lord Rennard, the former chief executive of the Liberal Democrats, was cleared of wrongdoing in relation to his expenses, and the Commons auditors offered Kenneth Clarke an «unreserved apology» after reducing the amount of expenses the shadow business secretary was being asked to repay by more than # 3,000.

I've never been convinced by this argument about Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary.

The business secretary, Lord Mandelson, said the remarks were regrettable.

In the first indication of a backlash against the former business secretary over his forthcoming memoirs, Charlie Whelan said Lord Mandelson had run the worst election campaign «in Labour's history».