Sentences with phrase «cabinet office briefing»

[30] The next day David Cameron approved the use of water cannon after chairing a session of the Cabinet Office Briefing Room, Cobra.

Home Secretary Theresa May chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Office Briefing Room committee (COBRA)[77] attended by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan - Howe, the Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick and other unnamed members of the intelligence agencies.

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But the Prime Minister's Office bore the brunt of State Comptroller Yosef Shapira's criticism, for its failure to sufficiently brief members of the security cabinet about the subterranean threat.

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Corbyn's office has also made it clear to the shadow cabinet that they «know who has been briefing» against the leader.

A briefing paper prepared by the Cabinet Office asserts that the bill would not change the powers and functions of the Lords, but many MPs believe that any newly elected second chamber would inevitably increase in authority, so setting up a clash with the Commons.

His office briefed the Guardian on the plan before today's shadow cabinet meeting.

Other appointments Miliband's leadership rival, Ed Balls, moves in to replace Johnson in the Home Office brief, while his wife Yvette Cooper — who was widely tipped to take over the Shadow Chancellor role after getting the most votes in the Shadow Cabinet election — takes over from David Miliband as Shadow Foreign Secretary.

So the move of Diane Abbott up to the home secretary brief and promotion of Emily Thornberry to shadow foreign (incidentally, the first time a Labour shadow cabinet has seen an even gender split in the «great offices of state» as well as the elevation of a black woman to such a position) ensures that at the very top there's a unanimity of opinion.

Last week it was revealed that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office created an «enemy list» to include in briefing books for newly appointed Cabinet members.