Sentences with phrase «cabinet secretary john»

«The SSTA is requesting that the new cabinet secretary John Swinney, together with local authorities as the employers of teachers, take control of the situation and impose limits on teacher time being spent on such activities that are taking teachers away from teaching and learning.»

The group, which includes the former Labour Cabinet secretary John Denham, MPs Jon Cruddas, Liam Byrne, Shabana Mahmood and Sam Tarry — who was a co-director of Corbyn's re-election campaign, said the challenge was «to give Labour a distinct English voice».

Not exact matches

President Donald Trump might fire any one of seven different Cabinet - level officials — Chief of Staff John Kelly, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, Environmental Protection Agency Director Scott Pruitt, or Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — in the coming days.

Interestingly, there's been far less turnover in Trump's Cabinet so far, with the only change being John Kelly's move from secretary of homeland security to White House chief of staff.

An April 5 Associated Press story followed by a similar April 7 Washington Post story both asserted that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly was suffering from diminished clout in the White House, as a more confident President Trump feels comfortable taking matters directly to new hires like John Bolton and Larry Kudlow, chatting on the phone with outside advisers, and firing Cabinet secretaries over Kelly's objections.

Premier John Horgan set the tone for gender equality in B.C. by appointing 11 women to his 22 - member cabinet, and on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, appointed Esquimalt - Metchosin MLA Mitzi Dean as Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity.

As expected, an official has confirmed that President Barack Obama will nominate John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, making Kerry the first pick of his second - term cabinet.

Speaking in the House of Lords Lord Patten, who held a number of junior ministerial roles before joining John Major's cabinet as education secretary in 1992, claimed there was a role for «grown - up SpAds» but said there are too many and they often have too high opinion of themselves.

John Hutton is standing down as Defence Secretary and is leaving the cabinet, but is making it clear that he is backing Gordon Brown's continued leadership.

Tim Collins A former press secretary to John Major and member of the Downing Street Policy Unit, he was elected MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 1997 and held a number of frontbench posts, including a series of roles in the shadow cabinet under three party leaders.

Eric Pickles MP has written to the Cabinet Secretary suggesting that John Prescott repay the money if he hadn't adequately maintained the property:

The justice secretary joins Chris Grayling, Theresa Villiers, Priti Patel, John Whittingdale and Iain Duncan Smith as Cabinet ministers expected to back Brexit.

And the move to national living wage was also criticised today from within the cabinet, with culture secretary John Whittingdale warning the move would lead to increased immigration unless the UK left the EU.

The Conservatives have accused the cabinet secretary of undermining the ministerial code in failing to investigate John Prescott over the casino row.

Rees Mogg makes the point that Obama's two key appointments — Joe Biden as his Vice President and Secretary of State John Kerry - blocked the extradition of IRA terrorists from the States to the UK after the Brighton bomb which almost killed Margaret Thatcher and her Cabinet in 1984.

And the stretched twig of collective Cabinet responsibility is literally at melting point this morning (one for The Day Today fans, there), with culture secretary John Whittingdale all - but confirming to The House that he will campaign for Brexit.

Alan Johnson, the home secretary, John Denham, the communities secretary, Peter Hain, the Welsh secretary, Tessa Jowell, the Cabinet Office minister, and Ben Bradshaw, the culture secretary, all back the measure.

The former Labour cabinet minister has been widely expected to take over from Boaden and his political background has led Tories including John Whittingdale, the former culture secretary, and Damian Collins, a member of the culture select committee, to argue that his appointment could jeopardise the BBC's impartiality.

You are right about all those ministers, although I would just note that Gavin Strang was at the same level in the first Blair administration as Michael Meacher, they were both Ministers of State who sometimes attended cabinet meetings - John Prescott was the Secretary of State for the Department they were both ministers in.

They point out that, aged 27, he was appointed secretary of John Smith's Commission on Social Justice, and that he acted as a «conscience» of the Blair premiership on a range of subjects, including foreign policy - where he objected, inside cabinet, to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 2006.

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

The Labour leader will be joined by three of his most fiercely loyal shadow cabinet supporters — shadow chancellor John McDonnel, shadow health secretary Diane Abbott, Jo and shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis.

John Swinney, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth, said: «I have great hopes for What Works Scotland in deepening and scaling up the Scottish approach to public service delivery and reform.

The development potentially leaves just four Cabinet ministers firmly backing Brexit — Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, Commons Leader Chris Grayling, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers, and Culture Secretary John Whittingdale.

The youngest candidate at 36, Mr Hague became a cabinet minister in 1995 at the age of 34 - replacing John Redwood, as Welsh Secretary after Mr Redwood resigned in order to challenge John Major for the Tory leadership.

Cabinet veterans Among the other Cabinet veterans, Douglas Alexander takes over the Work and Pensions portfolio, John Denham takes over as Shadow Business Secretary, David Miliband's campaign coordinator Jim Murphy take Defence, and Hilary Benn takes over as Shadow Leader of the Commons.

The former Tory leader could even be sacked from the Cabinet altogether, as could Eurosceptic Culture Secretary John Whittingdale.

* Alistair Darling, Chancellor; Alan Johnson; Home Secretary; David Miliband, Foreign Secretary; Lord Mandelson, Business Secretary; Bob Ainsworth, Defence Secretary; Yvette Cooper, Department of Work and Pensions; Ed Balls, Children's Secretary; John Denham, Communities Secretary; Andy Burnham, Culture Secretary; Peter Hain, Welsh Secretary; Douglas Alexander, International Development Secretary; Hilary Benn, Environment Secretary; Lord Adonis, Transport Secretary; Ben Bradshaw, Culture Secretary; Harriet Harman, Leader of the House of Commons; Jack Straw, Justice Secretary; Ed Miliband, Energy Secretary; Shaun Woodward, Northern Ireland Secretary; Baroness Royall, Leader of the House of Lords; Tessa Jowell, Cabinet Office Minister; Jim Murphy, Scottish Secretary; Liam Byrne, Chief Secretary to the Treasury;

Miliband was supported in his position at Tuesday's cabinet by the leader of the House of Lords, Lady Royall; the skills secretary, John Denham; the leader of the Commons, Harriet Harman; and Benn.

Whether Lincoln is instructing Secretary of State William Seward (David Strathairn) in the soliciting of votes (via a trio of paid Republican goons played by James Spader, John Hawkes, and Tim Blake Nelson) or assuring his skeptical Cabinet that he is, after all, the president, «clothed in immense power!

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John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education, has said that the review will also explore «all options» to ensure there is the correct balance between autonomy and accountability in Scotland's education system.

Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education John Swinney said: «I have set out the actions we will take to substantially close the attainment gap and deliver a world - class education system in Scotland.

And the unions themselves didn't want to provoke a public split with a president their rank - and - file members adored, so they concentrated all their anger on Obama's Education secretaries, focusing their ire first on Arne Duncan, and then his successor John King, as though Obama himself were unaware of the reforms his Cabinet officials were carrying out on his behalf.

One year ago, because I believe presidents should have their cabinet in place in order to govern, I worked to confirm promptly President Obama's nomination of John King to be Education Secretary, even though I disagreed with him.

In June 2017 Scottish the Scottish Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, John Swinney, announced plans to reform the General Teaching Council for Scotland, bringing it together with other professional development bodies in a new Education Workforce Council for Scotland, similar to the Education Workforce Council in Wales.

The British journalist, TV presenter, former Deputy Conservative Party leader and Cabinet Minister first rose to public attention during the Thatcher years before then becoming Secretary of State for Defence (and later Employment) during the John Major government.

Ken Skates AM, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, announced John Akomfrah as the winner of the biennial award, with a prize sum of # 40,000, at a ceremony held at National Museum Cardiff.

Ken Skates AM, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, announced John Akomfrah as the winner of the biennial award, with a prize of # 40,000, at a ceremony held at National Museum Cardiff.

Keynote speakers at the event today (Tuesday) will include Professor Ian Anderson, Deputy Secretary for Indigenous Affairs in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Donna Ah Chee and John Paterson from the Central Australian Academic Health Science Centre.