Sentences with phrase «cabinet secretary sir»

He told the Commons he had tried to hold a judicial inquiry into phone hacking shortly before the general election last year but was opposed by Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell, the Home Office and the police.

Today he has written to Harriet Harman demanding an apology for an incident for which Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell found Labour to be in breach of the rules relating to civil service impartiality.

Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, who is also head of the Civil Service, has said that he has «no doubt» that it is «well - equipped» to deliver Brexit.

Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell is in charge of drawing up the proposals, which it is hoped can lead to a coalition government being agreed quickly.

Mr Robbins, who is defended by the likes of Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood and Conservative Chief Whip Julian Smith, is often described as a clever man.

Nor was it just Cameron and Clegg who pulled the wool over Mr Brown's eyes: the Palace and Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell were involved too.

He asked the Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood for information surrounding Number 10's decision to report Mr Rock to police, including when David Cameron was first made aware of the claims.

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.

He persuaded Cabinet Secretary Sir Robin Butler that government communications had to be modernized, and the government set up the Mountfield Review.

Claims have also been made against Mrs May's de facto deputy prime minister Damian Green, which Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood is looking into.

The role of head of the home civil service will be handed to Downing Street's top official, Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, and the new chief executive will report to him once appointed.

Earlier this month Cameron and Nick Clegg signed a specially drawn up memorandum giving up the Cabinet convention of collective responsibility, witnessed and minuted by the Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, for the boundary changes issue.

In 2013, Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood intervened with David Cameron to try to bring an end to the «concerted political briefing campaign» against Devereux over problems with the Government's Universal Credit programme.

Mr Fox is already under investigation by Cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell and Labour is demanding a separate investigation into Mr Letwin's episode.

Reports over the weekend suggested that Lord Justice Leveson called Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood to complain about Mr Gove's February quote, although it is unclear whether he demanded the education secretary be gagged.

He said: «In the meantime he has agreed to a request from Cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell to undertake a short piece of work on cross-government matters until Christmas.»

However, it emerged last night he has been offered a short - term position advising Cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell on a salary of more than # 200,000.

Following Mr Blair's dismissal, the shadow home secretary David Davis has asked the cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell to launch a formal inquiry.

«Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has helped persuade David Cameron to back the plans to join BAE Systems with EADS.

Cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell found Mr Fox «clearly» breached the ministerial code yesterday, in a report whose production was surrounded in mystery and rumour.

Separately, employment minister Priti Patel, another prominent advocate for Brexit, ramped up the criticism of cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood's decision to limit the support civil servants can provide to pro-Brexit ministers, describing it as «unconstitutional».

Cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell has written to the head of every government department ordering them to phase out bottled water.

The Crosby furore has died down since Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood published a letter stating that the civil service's processes had not been broken.

In splendid «Yes Minister» fashion, under the heading «Official: Sensitive», the Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood wrote to civil servants declaring: «Leaking is corrosive and undermines trust and good government.»

Not exact matches

The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation was registered in January 2006, and is run by a body of trustees chaired by Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, who, as Sir Robert Armstrong, was Heath's principal private secretary during his premiership (and was later Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet secretary for many years).

Fuel was added to the fire by Sir Vince Cable, the former business secretary, who revealed over the weekend that Theresa May had a «general prejudice» against the Chinese which she raised in cabinet meetings, citing «national security concerns».

The Tory backbench rumour mill suggests that Sir Gus O'Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, is dusting down the rules about how a «confidence and supply» arrangement would work.

[16] The newspaper was subsequently contacted by the British government's Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, under instruction from Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who ordered that the hard drives containing the information be destroyed.

Sir Hugh had an interest in oil and the Middle East and served a number of positions in the War and Colonial Offices, before entering Cabinet as the Secretary of State for Air in 1962.

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.

PMQs was followed by an official statement from leader of the House Sir George Young on the Cabinet secretary report.

Sir Richard Clive Mottram, GCB (born 23 April 1946) is a former British civil servant, who retired in 2007 from his most recent senior post as Permanent Secretary, Intelligence, Security and Resilience in the Cabinet Office.

Paul Gray has taken up a position under Sir Gus O'Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, after just 13 days out of work.»

1980 Joins Treasury after studying at Oxford University and the College of Europe in Bruges 1989 Joins the cabinet of Sir Leon Brittan, European commissioner 1993 Returns to Treasury as an assistant secretary to the Defence Team 1995 Sojourn at French Finance Ministry as chargé de mission direction de trésor 1997 After a year back in the Treasury, moves to Cabinet Office as deputy head of European Affairs Secretariat 2003 Becomes deputy director - general, immigration and nationality, at the Home Office 2004 Joins Foreign Office as director - general, globalisation 2010 Appointed permanent secretarycabinet of Sir Leon Brittan, European commissioner 1993 Returns to Treasury as an assistant secretary to the Defence Team 1995 Sojourn at French Finance Ministry as chargé de mission direction de trésor 1997 After a year back in the Treasury, moves to Cabinet Office as deputy head of European Affairs Secretariat 2003 Becomes deputy director - general, immigration and nationality, at the Home Office 2004 Joins Foreign Office as director - general, globalisation 2010 Appointed permanent secretaryCabinet Office as deputy head of European Affairs Secretariat 2003 Becomes deputy director - general, immigration and nationality, at the Home Office 2004 Joins Foreign Office as director - general, globalisation 2010 Appointed permanent secretary at BIS

Mr Brown has also ordered the cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, to carry out security checks on all government departments.

Though Number 10 is formally part of the Cabinet Office, it reports directly to the Cabinet Secretary, who is currently [update] Sir Jeremy Heywood.

The latest revelation is that Sir Gus O'Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, took it upon himself to tell Gordon Brown in autumn 2009 that it would be «inappropriate» to hold a judicial inquiry not long before an election into -LSB-...]

A row at the heart of the cabinet over the treatment of «Brexit» ministers has escalated after the employment minister, Priti Patel, accused the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, of acting in an unconstitutional manner.

The move tears up reforms introduced by Mr Cameron in 2011, when he split the roles of Cabinet Secretary, head of the Home Civil Service and permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office on the retirement of Sir Gus O'Donnell - now Lord O'Donnell - but Downing Street rejected suggestions that it was a mark that the previous changes haSecretary, head of the Home Civil Service and permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office on the retirement of Sir Gus O'Donnell - now Lord O'Donnell - but Downing Street rejected suggestions that it was a mark that the previous changes hasecretary at the Cabinet Office on the retirement of Sir Gus O'Donnell - now Lord O'Donnell - but Downing Street rejected suggestions that it was a mark that the previous changes had failed.

It is understood that Werritty's appearance before Sir Gus O'Donnell — the man performing the inquiry to establish the propriety of his work — did not impress the cabinet secretary.

The potentially explosive mix of big business interests and politicians that triggered Fox's demise is the subject of an investigation by the cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell.

«For me what was important was obviously the cabinet secretary's report, which was endorsed by Sir Alex Allan, was clear that there had been breaches of the ministerial code.

Former business secretary Sir Vince Cable said the new PM had clashed with Cabinet colleagues before over the # 18 billion project.

The Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, recently reaffirmed that this remains the position.

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

[1][2] His post was then split into three positions: he was succeeded as Cabinet Secretary by Sir Jeremy Heywood, as Head of the Home Civil Service by Sir Bob Kerslake (in a part - time role), and as Permanent Secretary in the Cabinet Office by Ian Watmore.

In 2002, O'Donnell took over from Sir Andrew Turnbull as Permanent Secretary of the Treasury when Sir Andrew became Cabinet Secretary.

O'Donnell has played for the Mandarins Cricket Club for many years, the third Cabinet Secretary to do so (the others being Sir Robin Butler and Sir Andrew Turnbull).

9.30 Sir Jeremy Heywood gives evidence to the public administration commitee on the work of the cabinet secretary

The Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, said: «I will be sorry to see Jonathan leaving the Cabinet Office so soon.