Sentences with phrase «business secretary said»

Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns restated the UK government's view on its potential cost: «As the business secretary said last week, the Swansea proposal is more than twice as expensive as Hinkley nuclear power station, so we will continue discussions with the Welsh Government to look at the affordability of the case and do everything possible to make it a reality.

Speaking in China, where he is on a trade visit, the business secretary said he hoped that, in time, Oakeshott would reconsider his views on the Lib Dems.

Higher graduate contributions are the «only possible way forward» to make the higher education system fairer and sustainable for the future, the Business Secretary said.

The shadow business secretary said that it was a vote against the political establishment and austerity, and that coming second in the poll was «really good» for Labour.

The Business Secretary said the Daily Telegraph's tactics had «completely undermined» the work of local MPs and he would need to be «more guarded» in the future.

The former business secretary said: «My party is in exactly the right position, representing a very, very large swathe of public opinion that is becoming very alarmed at the way in which this hard Brexit option is being pursued, not just by the Conservatives but by Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party.

Rules overhaul The Business Secretary said he was considering an overhaul of the rules on corporate governance, which could make it harder for hostile takeovers to take place in the wake of the Kraft buyout of Cadbury.

Last week, the business secretary said Mr Murdoch's media company and the Tories had «effectively formed a contract».

In a letter to the Times, the business secretary said he met with Oleg Deripaska for the first time in 2004 and not between 2006 and 2007 as the European Commission had said.

The Business Secretary said the figure, if accepted by the Government, would be the first real - terms increase since 2008.

In a keynote speech to Progress, the Blairite thinktank, the business secretary said the government recognised the need to «prioritise and economise» once Britain emerges from recession, but would do so while protecting frontline services.

The Business Secretary said this morning:

After days of speculation as to whether a challenge will be launched, the former Shadow Business Secretary said she would «resolve this impasse» if Mr Corbyn did not act soon.

The Business Secretary said he sometimes had to tell Mr Brown to stop deliberating over an issue.

The shadow business secretary said he would not engage in political point scoring about Liberal Democrat U-turns.

Asked about the former prime minister's chances of securing the post, the business secretary said it should go to «somebody very effective and respected».

Asked about the messages on Sky News, the shadow business secretary said: «Of course there are racists in Ukip - that is unfortunate and that is something they need to address.

The business secretary said when you're on the campaign trail, you have encounters of this kind where individuals express their point of view very strongly.

The business secretary said there was no specific promise to compensate Nissan if it did face tariffs, because that would not be allowed under competition laws, but the letter of comfort had been sufficient to persuade the carmaker to continue investing in north - east England.

But the shadow business secretary said how long to sustain the measure should be a purely economic decision and not a moral one.

The former business secretary said the chancellor had been severely restricted by the downgrading of the growth figures and the unexpected rise in borrowing, which he estimated would cost every person # 700 per year compared to pre-election forecast.

The Business Secretary said the share offer was «done in a professional and successful way» which achieved ministers» objectives.

The Business Secretary said: «We sold at a price that was regarded as the best that could be achieved in the context in which we sold it.»

The Business Secretary said he would «really worry» if the spending plans in the next parliament were realised.

The Business Secretary says he has no intention of apologising over Royal Mail shares which rose sharply in value on the day they were sold.

Once he wanted it scrapped — now the business secretary says he has big plans for his new department

Business secretary says personalities as well as politics will have key role in giving union «meaningful» status on world stage

In the latest instalment of his memoirs, the former business secretary says that three senior members of the cabinet joked last October that Labour should fight a campaign based on three Fs: Futile, Finished, and Fucked.

When the business secretary says the prime minister is «inflating extremism», you know something very odd is going on.

Business secretary says the party's methods of communication have to change because the world has changed since 1997

The Business Secretary says that the Prime Minister's remarks on immigration «risk inflaming extremism».

Shadow business secretary says current economic climate is worse than that faced by Margaret Thatcher in 1979

Shadow business secretary says the International Monetary Fund will have to step in if markets react badly to hung parliament

Former business secretary says he fears a price freeze would be a step in the wrong direction for Labour

Lib Dem business secretary says coalition can continue, but warns of «major issue» arising over NHS reforms

Former shadow business secretary says she is not a Blairite, Brownite or Corbynista but a «strong Labour woman»

In keynote speech at Lib Dem conference, business secretary says reduction in inequality is needed to turn economy around as UK faces «economic equivalent of war»

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Army Col. John Hope was the director of operations for the Pentagon's $ 800 million Afghanistan Task Force for Stability and Business Operations — which was designed to focus on economic redevelopment in US war zones — when he complained about a lack of financial accountability, and now says he has been «singled out for retaliation and retribution,» Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley (R - Iowa) said last week in a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross are working on requests for exemptions and exclusions from foreign countries and U.S. businesses, Navarro said.

In December of 2016, secretary - general Wilson Sossion and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) published a negative report of Bridge, saying the company was operating an illegal for - profit business.

«I think this was less about the family business than an attack on his daughter,» the White House press secretary said.

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

«What I'd come to see in him — which I admired greatly — was he ate, slept, drank the business and the markets,» the former treasury secretary said.

«There will be a lot, I mean a lot, of business contracts that will be signed,» Philippine Foreign Secretary Charles Jose has said.

US and Chinese officials will hold highly anticipated trade talks in China on Thursday and Friday, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Fox Business Network, saying he was «cautiously optimistic» about the meeting.

A U.S. delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrives here on Thursday with a list of asks for President Xi Jinping: reduce China's trade surplus with the U.S., better protect intellectual property, and end policies Washington says favor large Chinese companies and discriminate against American businesses.

«It is more important than ever to re-energize the national dialogue surrounding the nation's armed forces to inspire and influence business, government, nonprofit leaders and the general public to get involved,» said former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

«Just as the president promised, making our businesses more competitive internationally is translating directly into benefits for the American worker, through increased wages, better benefits, and new jobs,» Lindsay Walters, a deputy White House press secretary, said in a statement.

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