Sentences with phrase «change secretary who»

Our opposition leader Ed Miliband has promised to «freeze» energy bills for two years if he gets into power — a threat that probably caused companies to push them up now — even though it was he as Energy and Climate Change secretary who did most to load green levies on to consumers.

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Analysts are watching for any changes to come with Bolton as national security advisor and a new secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, who is awaiting Senate confirmation.

Also an energy secretary, Rick Perry, who wrote a book in which he referred to climate - change science as a «contrived phony mess.»

Secretary Perry, for instance, who presided over the greatest expansion of wind capacity in the country during his 14 years as governor of Texas, acknowledged in his confirmation hearing that climate change is real, and that «man - made activity» is at least partly to blame.

When I saw who had written that, my hopes for an intelligent, or at least receptive, government response to the campaign against gay «marriage» then getting under way died within me: those words were written by Theresa May, the Home Secretary, and they appeared on the very morning she launched a «consultation» on the government's proposals to enforce a change in the legal definition of this ancient institution.

Rick Perry, the U.S. Secretary of Energy who infamously once said he would do away with the Department of Energy, told CNBC that he didn't believe that carbon dioxide emissions from humans are the main cause for climate change.

But APC deputy secretary general, Rahmat Ajiguna, said that «Syngenta, who owns the Golden Rice patents, can change the agreement regarding royalty any time they want adding that we can not trust any scientist or government officials with alleged financial ties to IRRI, Syngenta, Monsanto or to any agrochemical TNCs, whom we assumed to be lacking any credibility whatsoever.»

Television footage of the health secretary being heckled and jostled by angry protesters outside Downing Street yesterday could have attracted support from the 57 % of Lib Dems and 31 % of Conservatives who said they were opposed to the changes.

The economic secretary to the Treasury, who is also Gordon Brown's closest aide, attacked the Conservatives for promising to be the greenest party but rejecting the international cooperation that tackling climate change needed.

«For me this has been a phenomenal experience, I made history as the first Latino (in serving as Secretary of State) and we have reaped many successes because I've had a phenomenal employees but things change, the governor decided not to stand for election and me that was very important,» said Cortes - Vazquez, who also noted that his new job is but a continuation of their work to community service.

The Liberal Democrat most under threat from the shadow of scandal this year was energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, who faces a police investigation over newspaper allegations that he tried to dodge speeding points on his licence.

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He clashed with the shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg, who reminded the education minister about his comments in 2008, criticising ministers that had an ««it weren't me miss» attitude», and said that it was time to change this.

After reports from District Leaders Keen Berger and Arthur Schwartz (who announced that he was leaving the Village Reform Democratic Club), County Committeeman and County Committee Secretary, Ben Yee reported on the status of several rules changes that had been introduced at the County Committee meeting in September.

In March 2009, while Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Miliband attended the UK premiere of climate change film The Age of Stupid, where he was ambushed by actor Pete Postlethwaite, who threatened to return his OBE and vote for any party other than Labour if the Kingsnorth coal - fired power station were to be given the go - ahead by the goverChange, Miliband attended the UK premiere of climate change film The Age of Stupid, where he was ambushed by actor Pete Postlethwaite, who threatened to return his OBE and vote for any party other than Labour if the Kingsnorth coal - fired power station were to be given the go - ahead by the goverchange film The Age of Stupid, where he was ambushed by actor Pete Postlethwaite, who threatened to return his OBE and vote for any party other than Labour if the Kingsnorth coal - fired power station were to be given the go - ahead by the government.

Many of the transfers overall involve no change in pay, including the $ 150,000 annual salary of senior policy adviser Matt Coleman to serve as a research assistant with the waterways department, and Santino's secretary, Roseanne Scandiffio, who will continue to be paid $ 119,000 as secretary to the town attorney.

In this, Mandelson has allies in James Purnell and Ed Miliband, the Climate Change Secretary, and an enemy in Ed Balls, who argues for precisely such a divide.

«On his watch we have an environment secretary who doesn't believe in climate change, our carbon emissions are rising rather than falling and the government has failed to set a target a clean up our power system by 2030.»

Among the rebels» ranks is the energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband, who is thought to have been the reason why a decision on the third runway was delayed.

«The question is, if academy status is so good for the school, why does the Secretary of State need to withhold the names of those who have been successful, effectively encouraging them to skulk in the shadows keeping vital information from those who will be directly affected by the change?

He faces a more real threat from energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, who has been at the forefront of dissent against the Conservatives» approach to the rejected alternative vote referendum.

He made clear that he was sorry to see the departure of a Defence Secretary who had implemented fundamental changes that will help to ensure our Armed Forces are fully equipped to meet the challenges of the modern era.

The former Labour MP Katy Clark, an ally of Corbyn who is now the Labour leader's political secretary, will lead a «party democracy review» to make the case for major changes to how the party elects leaders, selects MPs and forms policy.

The shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, who represents Paisley and Renfrewshire South, told an audience at Glasgow University on Saturday that the time had arrived to make clear to the Scottish people that real change would follow a no vote.

Tory MP John Baron, who asked Hammond the urgent question, interrogated foreign secretary William Hague about the changes during a committee hearing earlier today.

Overnight a row broke out about the non-participation of the Lib Dems» energy secretary Chris Huhne, who is attending climate change talks in Cancun.

Her about - turn will bring to mind the actions of education secretary Nicky Morgan, who also voted against equal marriage and then indicated she had changed her mind after being given the equalities portfolio last year.

Even Jack Straw, the foreign secretary who presided over the Iraq war, is lobbying MPs for change.

The Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne, who is now the climate change secretary, has described control orders as Kafkaesque.

But of the changes, the most notable are Michael Gove as justice secretary (as previously announced), Sajid Javid — who many have billed to be Cameron's successor - as business secretary, John Whittingdale as culture secretary, Tina Stowell as leader of the House of Lords, Anna Soubry as minister for small business, Amber Rudd as energy secretary, and Priti Patel as minister for employment.

Rep. Chris Collins, a Clarence Republican who wrote to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to express his concerns about the original biometric plan, said he was happy with the changes in the second version of the executive order.

Caroline Lucas, parliament's only Green MP, said the flooding showed Britain urgently needed an environment secretary who was prepared to tackle the effects of climate change.

The changes in the Town Clerk's office were precipitated by Kathy Rounds, former 1st Deputy Town Clerk, being promoted to the post of Town Supervisor's Confidential Secretary upon the retirement of Sherryl Burdett, who served in the post for many years.

The intervention by Laing was a direct challenge to Michael Gove, the education secretary, who insisted earlier that the prime minister would not change tack.

Writing to Culture Secretary Maria Miller, who unveiled the planned legislation on Tuesday, Lady Warsi raises a series of questions about the change in the law.

Fancy footwork and evasion won't change the reality that even a «reform - minded» Governor like Andy Cuomo campaigning on promises of a «New New York» is keeping the shadow government of Commissions, Authorities and off - budget quasi-public corporations in place and running a patronage mill busily dispensing 6 - figure jobs to connected people who clearly have cabbage to burn while being incredibly penurious with civil service schlubs, secretaries and clerks.

The claims made by Mrs Pryce, a respected economist, who accused the Energy and Climate Change Secretary of persuading «someone close to him» to accept penalty points for a speeding offence on his behalf are potentially far more damaging.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- The leader of the Wisconsin state Senate says he doesn't think there's enough votes in the Legislature to override an expected veto of a bill changing who names the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources.

Davey, who was energy and climate change secretary in the coalition government of 2010 - 15, said there was frustration that the party had failed to make progress in the polls since last year's general election under its new leader, Vince Cable, another former coalition minister.

Labour says the cut will affect more working families than those who are out of work but the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan - Smith argues the changes are about fairness to taxpayers.

Ministers say the change will bring those claiming benefits in line with public sector workers but the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne said the cut will affect more working families than those who are out of work.

Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, and for Climate Change, Barry Gardiner recently told the BBC's Daily Politics «we have to make sure that those people who are in this country illegally are removed from this country... I'm very happy to see a target of the number of those people that we want to remove».

... But a rule change introduced by Education Secretary Michael Gove now means schools can offer poor children places ahead of better - off youngsters who live nearer — with heads picking up hundreds of pounds in extra funding.»

As defence secretary in 2013 he attracted criticism by talking about «a real sense of anger among many people who are married» who felt the gay marriage law would change the institution.

However Andrew Lansley, who was the health secretary behind the changes, said patient care had been improved, and patients «will continue to see the results» of the reforms.

As a committed Labour supporter who has been immersed in the political and economic arguments over Britain's place in the European integration project for some forty years — from my role in overseeing JML expand its business beyond Britain to acting as Secretary of Labour Euro - Safeguards Campaign since 1975 — my views have evolved as the European Union has radically changed form.

So now, just four months on, if he embarks on dramatic changes, sacks those who have publicly disagreed with him, like the shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, there's a danger it looks like when his own authority is challenged he just can't take it.

Andrew Neil presses Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, who wrote the party's election manifesto, on when he changed his mind over the need for government cuts.

Trump has already nominated a handful of people to fill these slots, including former Governor of Texas Rick Perry, who has questioned the science underlying climate change, as energy secretary.

«We now have better information sharing between federal agencies and systems to track whether students and researchers have changed their fields of study,» says C. Stewart Verdery, outgoing assistant secretary for Border / Transportation Security Policy at the Department of Homeland Security and one of the officials who worked on the extension.