Sentences with phrase «cabinet position there»

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In Canada, the report notes, unlike in the U.S., there have been strong efforts to emphasize diversity at the highest levels of government and society, most notably that of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who appointed 15 men and 15 women to cabinet positions.

With a new U.S. president around the corner, there is talk that her next step could be into a cabinet position — Secretary of Commerce?

John, I «m going to start with you because there «s late word from the U.K. that the prime minister there may call an emergency cabinet meeting and that she has moved some submarines into position in case there is an airstrike.

Why is there no Cabinet level position devoted to this?

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.

@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.

«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.»

He has long coveted the position of Foreign Secretary, and there are rumours he could be sent there in a job swap with Phillip Hammond - the favourite to become Chancellor in Mrs May's Cabinet.

There are also demands for Iain Duncan Smith to be given a prominent Cabinet position and other right - wingers to be given key ministerial briefs, in a bid to level the playing field with the Lib Dems.

Ten months later he repeated this position in spades in a shadow cabinet meeting: «the shadow chancellor bluntly warned colleagues that even under a Labour government there would have to be serious cuts», perhaps referring to the Coalition's # 30 billion «hit list» being drawn up in the treasury.

- Say he doesn't worry about his cabinet position: «There's no point worrying.

Theresa Villiers» position is strongly supported by London Mayor Boris Johnson but it is said that there is strong opposition within the shadow cabinet and from backbenchers including Graham Brady, John Redwood, David Wilshire and Ian Taylor.

Jeremy Corbyn tells me there will be new Shadow Cabinet positions announced «imminently» #LabourLeadership

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.

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.

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.

«By making this a regular cabinet position just like all the other departments, we're going to add some accountability there, and then if we don't like the results we're getting with our schools, we're able to make some changes a little easier,» Sanfelippo said.