Sentences with phrase «cabinet office minister says»

Watch: Cabinet Office minister says it was «very regrettable» so much had been wasted on Universal Credit

The Cabinet Office minister said the omission was due to an «oversight», adding that she had reported the letting of her Wembley flat in the Register of Ministers» Interests.

Liam Byrne, the cabinet office minister said Purnell was profoundly mistaken.

Not exact matches

«This is the first 3 - D - printed building in the world, and it's not just a building, it has fully functional offices and staff,» the United Arab Emirates Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Mohamed Al Gergawi, said.

The government's priority is to ensure that public services are not disrupted, said David Lidington, the minister in charge of the Cabinet Office, which oversees the running of government.

Veteran cabinet stalwart Gerry Ritz, currently Agriculture Minister, cancelled a Monday event in Saskatoon and would instead be in Ottawa for «meetings,» his office said.

As the meeting broke up, minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude and chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, said: «While the talks are ongoing it is obviously disappointing that some unions have decided on industrial action.

«Clearly Cameron is standing up for the wrong people,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said.

Unveiling the revised special advisers» code alongside a refreshed model contract for Spads, Cabinet Office minister Lord Bridges said the change «takes into account» the recommendations of Pacac.

Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock today said George Osborne is «in listening mode», suggesting that changes may be introduced to help those affected.

«In throwing out a Tory who has repeatedly failed to stand up for his constituency, South Suffolk are have not only shown the way for the rest of the country but they have delivered a blow to David Cameron's own credibility after he personally intervened to support Tim Yeo's in his deselection battle,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Ashworth said.

«Today's figures show that our ambitious targets to cut waste and save money have paid off,» Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said.

He said: «It is unbelievable that some of the Cabinet ministers who decided that 2,500 post offices must close are campaigning to save the ones in their own constituencies.»

No - one said Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office.

He was said to have handed them over in a «Ghana - must - go» bag to the officers of the Cabinet Office at the Council Chamber to distribute to the ministers in attendance.

However Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington today said 63 was the «maximum» number of those who may have been wrongly deported.

Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude said fewer than 20 % of civil servants were on strike today compared with a third in the last big walkout in 2011.

Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude, who is responsible for the Civil Service, said: «Our official estimates are that fewer than half a million took part in this strike action — well short of the inflated claims of union leaders.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said that the shadow chancellor Ed Balls» pledge to axe winter fuel payments for wealthier pensioners shows he is «making it up as he goes along»:

Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude said it was «good news for taxpayers» that Serco has agreed to repay # 68.5 million for overcharging on criminal tagging contracts.

In an interview with The Independent, the Cabinet Office minister Ed Miliband said: «People must think very hard about the dangers of disunity.

Some of the information released on Thursday came under the heading of «transparency» and Matthew Hancock, the Cabinet Office minister, said in a statement that «enhancing transparency and accountability continues to be at the heart of our approach to government».

In a statement, Baroness Warsi said: «My shareholdings and, before becoming a minister, directorships have at all material times been disclosed as required on the Register of Lords» Interests and to the Cabinet Office and on the register of ministerial interests.»

But Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Ashworth said: «This is open warfare in the Conservative Party.

Oliver Letwin, the Cabinet Office minister, became the latest senior minister to say Britain should be prepared to leave if the negotiations fail following the claim by Sajid Javid, the culture secretary, that Britain has nothing to fear outside the EU.

«This is a flagrant attempt to breach the rules of parliament,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said.

The Conservative party has changed so much its members are now universally «mad», a Cabinet Office minister has reportedly said.

«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.

Jon Ashworth, Labour's shadow Cabinet Office minister, said: «Ukip would have us believe they stand for working people but the truth is very different — they're even more right wing than the Tories.

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Michael Dugher said the prime minister appeared to be showing an increasing «bunker mentality», however - repeating the language Mr Cameron used to describe Gordon Brown before the 2010 general election.

The Cabinet Office minister and Tory policy architect had also dismissed proposals to foster a new class of black entrepreneurs, saying they would simply set up in the «disco and drug trade».

However, a Cabinet Office spokesman said: «Paragraph 1.3 of the ministerial code sets out very clearly that it's not the role of the secretary of the cabinet or other officials to enforce or to investigate ministers, although they might provide ministers with private advice on matters which the code covers.Cabinet Office spokesman said: «Paragraph 1.3 of the ministerial code sets out very clearly that it's not the role of the secretary of the cabinet or other officials to enforce or to investigate ministers, although they might provide ministers with private advice on matters which the code covers.cabinet or other officials to enforce or to investigate ministers, although they might provide ministers with private advice on matters which the code covers.»

He said he'd considered the issue again when he was appointed minister in the Cabinet Office in May 2010 and immigration minister in 2012.

Amid a massive revolt by Tory Eurosceptics, Cabinet Office minister David Lidington said they had to recognise the «challenges» of forging a «deep and special relationship» with the bloc.

The Cabinet Office minister, David Lidington, said Rudd was dealing with «one of the biggest challenges in government», and that she had the «resourcefulness and determination» to get the job done.

Francis Maude, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, warned that the «years of plenty» in the public sector were over and said that the Tories would bring in outsiders to oversee the work of government departments and ensure they were delivering on their business plans.

«It is very disappointing that a handful of unions insist on carrying on with futile strike action which will benefit no one,» Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said.

Union leaders said they were convinced some ministers, including Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude and health secretary Andrew Lansley, remain committed to a negotiated settlement before the new regime is introduced next April, but they questioned whether Treasury ministers were only interested in cash savings.

Some critics have said that Warsi's resignation last week as Foreign Office minister and the first Muslim to sit around the Cabinet table was calculated.

Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, said the Census, which takes place every 10 years, was an expensive and inaccurate way of measuring the number of people in Britain.

The move comes as Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister, stands ready to overturn part of the Civil Service Act so that ministers can have more say over Whitehall appointments.

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.

Andrew Tyrie said today's confirmation by Cabinet Office minister Ken Clarke that the investigation would instead be handed over to Parliament's controversial Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) was «a mistake».

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».

Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington said there were fears a customs partnership might «inhibit» the scope to do trade deals and the task was how this could be «mitigated».

Instead, in a statement that revealed the tensions between the two Cabinet ministers, a Northern Ireland Office spokesman said: «The Defence Secretary and the Northern Ireland Secretary are completely in agreement that the government must offer any and all support and protection for UK forces allowed under the law.

As for what has become of the outgoing co-chairman, Mehdi says that she has been offered a role as «a junior Foreign Office minister with a seat at the Cabinet table, a position she has not yet accepted.»

The aide rung the office of one of the rebels to say that unless they produced an unusual name, not associated previously with moves against the prime minster, the cabinet minister (who is not enthusiastic about supporting Brown) would be forced to go on air to back the PM.

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.

Secondly, sources close to Francis Maude say that Maude knew a Cabinet - level role was on the cards but made it clear he wanted to stay as Cabinet Office Minister to drive forward the cross-Whitehall efficiency and civil service reform agendas to which there is still significant system resistance.