Sentences with phrase «cabinet office minister from»

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Long suggested his own frustration is a symptom of a much wider problem — an unhealthy gap between Liberal backbenchers» political instincts and the sort of policy thinking that emanates from the well - staffed offices of the Prime Minister and top cabinet ministers.

He was the Prime Minister's Security Adviser at No10 from 2007 - 10, with a particular focus on Islamist terrorism, and was responsible in the Cabinet Office for the coordination and funding of the UK agencies, MI5, GCHQ and SIS.

He should have taken a lesson from London, Ont., mayor, Joe Fontana, who did declare a conflict of interest when his council voted to ask him to leave office in light of fraud charges stemming from his time as a federal cabinet minister.

Add to these bureaucratic inefficiencies the curious case of Judy Sgro, the former immigration minister who resigned from cabinet in January following a pair of scandals involving the alleged preferential treatment of immigrants who were associated with her campaign office.

The Prime Minister has also announced a number of high profile changes to his cabinet including the departure of William Hague from the Foreign Office.

Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith suggested an exodus of civil servants away from Whitehall could be necessary as the coalition presses on with its deficit reduction agenda.

Nine - tenths of the M.P.'s who first won seats in the House of Commons in 1918 or thereafter, and who held some ministerial office in the years from 1918 to 1955, began their progress towards posts in a ministry or a Cabinet by serving as parliamentary secretaries or as junior ministers... Recruitment to the front bench clearly begins with these two offices.

Recent admissions that he had dinner with James Murdoch, Rebekah Brooks and their partners just two days after taking away responsibility for the BSkyB deal from Vince Cable have prompted the Lib Dems» deputy leader Simon Hughes and party president Tim Farron to report the prime minister to the Cabinet Office secretary.

In response to Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude's admission that the implementation of the Universal Credit system has been «pretty lamentable», the Department for Work and Pensions has told ITV News Iain Duncan Smith has «not shied away from any tough decisions» over the policy:

Throughout its one hundred year history the Cabinet Office has, at times, had to fight for its survival — as much from the predatory activities of senior departmental civil servants as from ministers.

A Conservative cabinet minister intervened on behalf of one of the world's richest cocoa dealers to get a ban on trading lifted after receiving # 40,000 in donations from the millionaire's company to his parliamentary office.

Matt Hancock moves from the Business Department to become minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, with responsibility for efficiency and civil service reform.

Ministers heard presentations from Davis and Cabinet Office minister David Lidington on the work completed so far by two ministerial working groups set up last week.

«Increasingly, secretive groups, which don't have to declare where all their cash comes from, are channelling cash to key seats,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Ashworth said.

The committee concludes that the independent adviser lacks independence in practice, as he is appointed personally by the prime minister, is supported from within the Cabinet Office, and can not instigate his own investigations.

Shadow minister covering the Cabinet Office, Scotland and Justice Wayne David has just resigned from Labour's frontbench.

She signalled a pattern of strong central control from Downing Street by keeping only three out of 24 Cabinet ministers in the same roles as before, promoting Johnson to the Foreign Office, and exiling Gove (for a year) and Osborne (for good).

Shadow Home Office Minister Sarah Champion had resigned from her Cabinet position following a party vote of no confidence in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude is refusing to reopen pension talks after last autumn's «final offer» from ministers.

When Duncan Smith resisted this, insisting that he be allowed to remain due to a fear that his Universal Credit scheme would be watered down by George Osborne's Treasury in his absence, Cameron decided instead to promote Grayling and leave Duncan Smith in place, [12] leading to accusations of weakness from Labour's Shadow Cabinet Office Minister, Michael Dugher.

Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has written to the shadow Cabinet Office minister to say «there has been no contact from officials» with former No 10 policy adviser Patrick Rock since his arrest over allegations linked to child abuse images.

[78] From the Conservatives, George Osborne became Chancellor of the Exchequer, William Hague was named as Foreign Secretary and Oliver Letwin was appointed as Minister of State for the Cabinet Office.

That Cabinet Office report, which is protected from freedom of information requestions for two years, should be released to the public, according to David Lidington, the Europe Minister (and the MP for the HS2 target of Aylesbury), who wrote a letter to Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office Minister, saying: «My constituents have expressed their concern that this does not allow those with an interest in the proposals to review the MPA's findings and contradicts the Government's commitment to be transparent».

A Labour government would bring in tough new laws to stop the rich «pinching» money from the less well - off, Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Jon Trickett said.

There will also be a presentation from the shadow cabinet office minister Michael Dugher on the «character and conduct» of Cameron's government.

In a sometimes ideologically divided party, co-operatives have growing support from different wings including the Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell and the schools secretary, Ed Balls.

Shadow Ministers, not shadow cabinet members (I think from press reports shadow policing minister Lyn Brown, shadow foreign office minister Catherine West, shadow transport minister Daniel Zeichner, shadow housing minister Andy Slaughter and I am not sure Dr Rupa Huq, the shadow home office minister, resigned just before)

Ms Haigh, who has moved from being a shadow Cabinet Office minister to a post in Tom Watson's shadow culture, media and sport team, had even been sent a letter from Mr Corbyn thanking her for staying on the front bench after the wave of resignations which saw scores of senior MPs depart in June.

The Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude will announce plans on Thursday to publish millions of new data items, from prescription rates at specific GP surgeries to how well individual schools are teaching low and high - attaining pupils.

Whilst I have been able to use the experience and the clout which came from having been a cabinet minister for the benefit of the constituency in getting a hearing, contributing to policy and providing a voice for local people and for Sheffield at national level, it is clear that the leadership of the party wish to see new faces in ministerial office and a clear break with the past.

Cabinet Office Minister Matt Hancock was named as trying to switch votes from Ms May to Mr Gove — a claim he dismissed as «total rubbish».

«The government needs to co-ordinate the social justice agenda from the centre and should give a Minister in the Cabinet Office specific responsibility to lead on this work and to ensure that the policies deliver in improving opportunities for all.»

Giving a strong hint that a major rift appears to have opened up between Met Office chief executive, John Hirst and Climate Minister, Huhne, Harrabin further revealed, «The Beeb now has an FoI [freedom of information request] to Cabinet Office requesting verbatim info from [the] Met Office.»

In the case of the Commonwealth Government, however, though meetings were held with officers of the Department of Health and Family Services (and with a member of the office of the Minister for Health and Family Services) and with officers of ATSIC, there were no meetings held with officers from the Office of Indigenous Affairs in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet or the Office of the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Afoffice of the Minister for Health and Family Services) and with officers of ATSIC, there were no meetings held with officers from the Office of Indigenous Affairs in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet or the Office of the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander AfOffice of Indigenous Affairs in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet or the Office of the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander AfOffice of the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.

The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) has announced that Aboriginal organisations receiving over $ 500,000 per year from the Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS) will be required to incorporate under the Office of the Registrar for Indigenous Corporations (ORIC), the federal body administering the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act (CATSI Act).

up to three meetings a year of senior officials (including representatives from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Northern Territory Department of the Chief Minister and Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination) to review and jointly report on progress of this agreement and bilateral agreements through their respective departmental heads to the NT Chief Executives» Taskforce on Indigenous Affairs and the Secretaries» Group on Indigenous Affairs;