Sentences with phrase «cabinet position on»

Thornberry resigned her Shadow Cabinet position on 20 November 2014, shortly after the polls closed in the Rochester and Strood by - election.

He is also concerned that critics would fill the three shadow cabinet positions on the NEC.

Not exact matches

Speaking on the BBC's World At One, Crabb said: «If they want to take a position that is different from that of the official government line, then they should not be in the cabinet.

Rousseff has not been implicated in any of the scandals, although she may have made one all on her own when she created a cabinet position for Lula da Silva in an effort to shield him from prosecution.

Following Trump's election, Icahn reiterated to CNBC that he would not accept a cabinet position in the Trump administration, preferring instead to focus on running his own business.

On balance, Lighthizer looks like one of the Trump cabinet members who will seek to moderate the new president's more extreme rhetorical positions and channel them through the much - despised mechanisms of the Washington and global establishment.

The Catholic position had become so clear, indeed, that there had been calls from anti-Catholic quarters for Ms. Kelly to resign, on the basis of rumours that she had been trying to weaken or delay the regulations: as Toby Helm, the Telegraph's chief political correspondent had reported the previous October, under the headline «Kelly «must resign over delay to gay rights law»», «A fierce Cabinet battle has broken out over gay rights after Ruth Kelly, the Communities Secretary, delayed plans that would penalise organisations — such as hotels — for denying their services tohomosexuals.

While the cabinet has adopted a collective position on the issue, Mr Varadkar said ministers will be free to oppose the Government and take different positions on the contentious matter.

They will only allow drawers, cabinets and cupboards to be opened slightly when in position and, to unlock, parents simply press down on the lock to disengage.

As I shared on social media last week, President Donald Trump has filled his Secretary of Agriculture post, the last of his open cabinet positions.

Only Boris Johnson is really banging the drum for a very different sort of Britain, but his position is largely based on rhetoric and tone — hamstrung as he is by his position in the Cabinet.

Plus it is quite hard to whip MPs into a position when the Cabinet can not agree on one.

@Stuart White: The Cabinet Office rule - book (draft of chapter 6, approved by the House of Commons Select Committee on Justice and drawn up in consultation, I understand, with the party leaders and with constitutional experts) lays it down that after an election the incumbent prime minister has a duty, as well as a right, to remain in office until there's clear and incontrovertible evidence that someone else is definitely in a position to command majority support in the house of commons.

She has served in various Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet positions and, in her role as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, she has served as the Acting Leader of the Labour Party twice and Leader of the Opposition: from May to September 2010 and from May to September 2015; and remains the only politician to have held this position on two separate occasions.

In Gordon Brown's first cabinet, announced on 28 June 2007, Burnham was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury, a position he held until 2008.

The letter was also clear that a final position on all aspects of the project would only be arrived at after discussions with all stakeholders, subject also to Cabinet and Parliamentary approvals.

Put simply, if the proportion of women in the Cabinet, on major company boards etc is increased, this will entail the appointment of women who are less well - qualified than the best male candidates for such positions.

«There is an understanding that both parties come from different positions on the issues of Europe, but members of the Cabinet understand different people have different views.»

It has also stopped launching «immigrant bashing» campaigns and established a clear anti-war position on military intervention in Syria with a majority amongst party members, the PLP and Shadow Cabinet.

He occupies a tricky Cabinet Office position as the Conservative deputy to Nick Clegg who is, to put it mildly, not the most popular figure on the Tory benches at the moment.

A very pratical ambivalence has been the on / off combination of the position of Cabinet Secretary with the leadership of the Home Civil Service.

The feeling among political commentators on Twitter is that Marr's grill only really warmed up in the final third, with the PM's warning to Boris Johnson not to «link arms» with Nigel Farage and George Galloway being interpreted as a veiled reference to the chances of a future cabinet position for the London mayor.

On 5 May 2016 James was re-elected as the Assembly Member for Swansea West by a higher majority than her previous term [3] and was tipped at the time to be a likely candidate for a cabinet position.

He goes on to suggest the Conservatives might postpone spending cuts planned for this financial year, and hints that Vince Cable might be awarded a Cabinet position - possibly chief secretary to the Treasury.

Meanwhile has anyone found out the name of the Labour MP who as a Shadow Cabinet Minister (according to the Observer) after resigning apparently went to their ex-office and wiped the computer clean of Labour's considered position on the Finance Bill?

This «democratic revolution» could entail democratic elections for shadow cabinet positions and digital consultations for members on policy.

In Britain, a Labour government had Michael Foot and Tony Benn in senior cabinet positions; raised the top rate on earned income to 83 per cent and that on investment income to 98 per cent; tried to control prices and incomes across the economy; nationalised British Leyland and established a National Enterprise Board.

Despite not declaring whether they are In or Out, here we show where we believe Cabinet members are positioned on the referendum.

(And while I understand your position on anonymous sources — it furthers your own poltical agend... sorry, I mean it's the ethical thing to do — could you at least number them so we know if the shadow cabinet member who told you things is the same one as last time, or a different one.

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.

This would have begun back in the autumn, with the shadow cabinet and PLP coalescing around a clear position, spoken of publicly only as one of a number of options under consideration: continued membership of the single market with immediate application of an emergency brake on immigration, and a drive for serious reform to free movement.

While the Presidency and several stakeholders insisted on indicted judges stepping down from their positions until their innocence or otherwise was determined, a different standard was applied to members of the president's own cabinet.

«On Monday, I met with my cabinet colleagues to discuss the options and would like to confirm the position of the cabinet on integratioOn Monday, I met with my cabinet colleagues to discuss the options and would like to confirm the position of the cabinet on integratioon integration.

Labour Party members, even those on the right of the party, will be wondering how two Labour Shadow Cabinet members can justify attending such a party and whether they can now keep their positions.

I usually refrain from making negative comments about senior party figures on here but I have to agree that if it is not sufficient for an MP to be in the Shadow Cabinet, they should decline the offer of the position.

Yet, given the chance to write a warts - and - all - memoir of her time in cabinet, she has instead produced a densely argued book on British Muslims and how they are positioned as the latest «enemy within».

On 12 January 2018, Rodda was promoted to a frontbench position in a Shadow Cabinet mini-shuffle, becoming the Shadow Minister for Local Transport.

According to colleagues, Michael Gove used to take a decidedly emollient position on immigration in cabinet discussions against Theresa May's harder line.

The only other challenger who has come forward so far is Angela Eagle - who served on the government front benches under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as well as holding shadow cabinet positions under Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn.

Although the Labour leader has replaced most shadow cabinet positions, it will struggle to fill many of the vacancies, while he will have to face a parliamentary committee on Wednesday to discuss the confidence vote.

Patrick Wintour has clearly been briefed that Byrne's shadow cabinet position is possibly up for grabs in a future reshuffle, and it's well - known that Miliband is keen to get a grip on the policy review process, potentially with the aim of speeding it up.

Although my cabinet colleague Jack Straw has agreed to appear with Griffin on 22 October, my argument is not with him, but with the BBC for putting ministers in the impossible position of empty - chairing the Labour party.

If one of the clones that currently occupy Shadow Cabinet positions could clearly state where Labour stands on Tax Defence, Welfare, the NHS and a whole raft of important issues I for one would be profoundly thankful.

Some have been given cabinet positions, others pop up as advisers on issues in their field.

For Ed Miliband, tentative early attempts to shift Labour's position on spending were argued against by Ballsites in shadow cabinet.

Senior Tories - including Chris Grayling, Dominic Grieve and Theresa Villiers — lost out on full cabinet positions.

The Home Secretary later appeared on LBC, repeating her message about Cabinet unity, saying: «Good cabinet government is about having disagreements, challenging each other, and then agreeing on our position - not sharing it with the gentlemen and ladies with the press.Cabinet unity, saying: «Good cabinet government is about having disagreements, challenging each other, and then agreeing on our position - not sharing it with the gentlemen and ladies with the press.cabinet government is about having disagreements, challenging each other, and then agreeing on our position - not sharing it with the gentlemen and ladies with the press.»

Most immediately, there's Corbyn's amazing letter outlining his personal position on British involvement in bombing Isil, pre-empting Monday's shadow cabinet discussion, astounding shadow ministers and MPs alike.

Schacht's dramatic proposals to carve three divisions from the CSIRO on the one hand, and lumber it with ANSTO, the nuclear research organisation, on the other, put Cabinet in a difficult position.

The researchers note that countries scoring high in United Nations rankings of economic development tend to have smaller executive cabinets — Iceland, number one in development, has a cabinet of 12; the U.S., in 12th position, boasts a cabinet of 17 — although there are glaring exceptions: Australia, Canada and New Zealand score high on development and cabinet size, according to Science News.