Sentences with phrase «conservative shadow secretary»

Nick Herbert, the Conservative shadow secretary of state for justice, questioned how accountability would be preserved in the event of the removal of the requirement of the consent of the attorney general in respect of a wide range of prosecutions.

Not exact matches

A Conservative government will stand firm against a resurgent Russia, unlike the «invisible response» of the government, the shadow defence secretary has said.

The Conservatives will end aid to Moscow if they attain power, the shadow development secretary announced today.

Commenting on the figures, Dominic Grieve, the Conservative shadow justice secretary, said: «The surge in female violence - fuelled by binge - drinking - is a damning indictment of this government's track record in addressing both crime and social breakdown.»

However, the speech came just hours after shadow home secretary Andrew Lansley told The Times that a Conservative government would only guarantee «small increases» to the NHS budget in comparison to Labour.

In TP November, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth, his Conservative shadow Liam Fox, and Lib Dem defence spokesman Nick Harvey, all responded to eight of the Legion's questions regarding the welfare of armed forces personnel and their families.

At the same conference, the Conservative shadow chief secretary, Philip Hammond, floated ideas about matching benefit rates to the needs of local labour markets.

In a reversal of scenes from last year, when the Conservatives attacked Labour for being unprepared for the extreme weather conditions, shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle attacked her government counterpart, Philip Hammond for not organising a better government response to the snow.

The shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, has conceded that the Conservative party faces a new test after disappointing by - election results last week.

The recent unhappy arrest of a Conservative shadow minister, the searching of his parliamentary office by anti-terrorist police and the seizure of his IT equipment and files, compounds a number of recent episodes of unhappiness about collusion between the police and the Home Secretary, and about the role of the Speaker and the Serjeant at Arms.

She quoted Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, accusing the Conservatives of «a tendency to empty - chair those meetings that seem to be on the periphery of our interest».

And now we have a more explicit outlining of an emerging new Tory constitutional doctrine in an extraordinary Guardian report on Tuesday — based on anonymous briefings from «senior shadow Cabinet members» — that the Conservatives intend to mount a partisan attack on existing constitutional conventions, and the Cabinet Secretary's protocols for handling a hung Parliament, even though a primary motivation for these has been to protect the Monarchy from being dragged into party political controversy.

The Conservative party under Mr Cameron's stewardship has faced criticism for a lack of genuine policies, and the appointment of shadow home secretary David Davis to lead a new social mobility taskforce will initially do little to change this perception.

The shadow education secretary said that any decision on whether Lord Archer joined his local Conservative association was up to the local board, saying it would be «crazy» for the party leader to intervene in the proper process of membership.

They laughed heartily whenever the chancellor mocked his shadow Ed Balls, and - astonishingly - the Conservative communities secretary.

Commenting on the report, Angela Rayner, Labour's shadow education secretary, blamed the Conservatives for presiding over the crisis.

The Tory shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, went on the Today programme this morning to deny that the Conservatives have been using misleading statistics on violent crime.

Andy McDonald, shadow transport secretary, criticises Conservatives after analysis finds only three out of 29 rail franchises will be running services

«It's a damning indictment of this government that, half way through this parliament, a former Conservative Cabinet minister is still calling for a plan for growth,» shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves said.

Mr Herbert, previously the shadow secretary for justice, fills the void left by Mr Ainsworth's departure with expectation on him to start debate and put forward the Conservative plans.

However, the Conservatives are sceptical and shadow transport secretary Chris Grayling told the BBC that although he would back Sir Rod's plans in principle, tolls on all roads were neither desirable «or realistically achievable in the near future».

The coalition was «fundamentally a Conservative government» and Tories should not be let «off the hook», the shadow education secretary said.

In his interview with Dermot Murnaghan on Sky, Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary, also said that he would not be sharing a platform with any Conservatives during the referendum campaign.

Hilary Benn, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, said it was a «shameful and cowardly poster», while Nicky Morgan, the Conservative education secretary, said: «Using the tragic deaths of innocent people to make a political point is simply shameful.»

New Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has been welcomed to his post as «the third Secretary of State for Wales in the last 22 months» by his Labour shadow, Owen Smith, who says it time for the Conservatives to end what Labour call the Tories» «war on Wales».

She then debated her film in the Daily Politics studio with former Conservative leader Lord Howard and shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.

Outbursts by prominent Tories — for instance, by his shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling — have fuelled scepticism that the Conservative party is anything like as modernised as the leader protests.

As opinion polls continue to signal no overall election winner, the shadow business secretary told The Daily Telegraph that the Conservative starting point would be to refuse a compromise on economic plans.

Tories drop immediate cuts, offer Cable Cabinet Treasury position, suggest three - year programme The shadow business secretary, Ken Clarke, today dropped clear hints as to the shape of a Conservative - Liberal Democrat deal to lead the government.

After a fortnight spent trying to help Rwandan teachers speak English with a group of enthusiastic Conservative volunteers, Andrew Mitchell, the then shadow international development secretary, was on the phone.

Galley had been introduced to Green by his then boss, the shadow home secretary, David Davis, whom he had approached saying he was a committed Conservative and was willing to leak material.

Labour's narrow lead in the Heywood and Middleton byelection was the result of a «collapse» of the Conservative and Lib Dem vote into support for Ukip, the shadow foreign secretary said.

While the Conservatives have put more focus on budget cuts, shadow business secretary Ken Clarke said earlier this month that a Conservative government would not rule out raising taxes.

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The architect of the Conservative strategy on crime is the shadow home secretary Chris Grayling, so I asked him about the use of comparative data.

Following revelations on my blog last week, shadow home secretary Chris Grayling has defended the Conservative Party's use of figures suggesting «significant» rises in violent crime - even though the official source statistics warn they should not be used in that way.

His comments provoked outrage from the Conservatives, and shadow home secretary David Davis said it looked like «deliberate negligence on the part of the Home Office».

Listen to shadow schools secretary Michael Gove offer his thoughts on David Cameron's speech to the Conservative party conference in Manchester:

The Conservatives also pounced on the shadow home secretary's Tuesday morning interview round, calling it Abbott's «morning of chaos» in an email sent to lobby journalists.

Peter Griffiths stood as the Conservative candidate against the shadow foreign secretary Patrick Gordon - Walker.

«Last May Conservatives called for the minimum age for foreign spouses to be raised to 21,» said Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary.

Conservative shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said that «in more honourable times» Mr Browne's resignation would have been «inevitable».

A Conservative government would end the «something for nothing culture» of the welfare state, shadow work and pensions secretary, Chris Grayling has said.

Few people listening to Angela Rayner would mistake her for a Conservative, but the shadow education secretary has revealed that at least one Tory MP thinks she is on the wrong side.

Earlier this month shadow education secretary David Willetts affirmed the Conservatives» support for city academies and refusal to build any more grammar schools.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson was among those to take issue with Thornberry, suggesting that the shadow defence secretary was guilty of undermining the fight against sexism.

Conservative shadow welsh secretary Cheryl Gillian insisted the results show a «fundamental shift» towards the Tories.

«We can not have it that both the vice chairman of the Conservative party is right and the shadow foreign secretary is right,» she said.

Responding to the statement, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said many of the proposals had been put forward by the Conservatives in the past year.

In a sign the Conservative party may be moving away from the civil liberties ideals of former shadow home secretary David Davis, the Tories have announced a push to make it easier for police to launch surveillance operations against non-terrorists.