Sentences with phrase «dem cabinet sources»

«The big issue is the unions,» says one shadow cabinet source.

One Blairite shadow cabinet source mocked comparisons with a «Clause 4 Moment» but recognised, «The reforms themselves are good.

A senior Liberal Democrat cabinet source said: «There had been a perception that... Clegg realised that this was dribbling into the sand, and he would abandon it.

Senior Lib Dem cabinet sources said Clegg had made a series of painstaking compromises in the bill to win over middle - ground Tory MPs and create maximum consensus.

Cabinet source on Sir John Major: «It is extraordinary hypocrisy from a useless PM whose predictions in the referendum have already been proved wrong and who now wants to overturn the referendum just like Tony Blair»

Some shadow cabinet sources said they would have preferred an absolute Labour commitment to an in / out referendum, but that would have left Miliband open to the accusation — made against the Tories — that he was leaving a question mark over Britain's continued membership of the EU, and so blighting future inward business investment in the UK.

One Cabinet source said: «The PM is very angry at the way some ministers have abused the freedom to campaign for Brexit by attacking other parts of Government policy.

«Divergence has won,» said one Cabinet source in a sign that the Brexiteers believed they had come out on top.

«He was the only one auditioning,» said a cabinet source.

Cabinet sources said when Sajid Javid spoke he was «robust» in his opposition to the idea of a new customs partnership, arguing that it would limit the possibility of the UK striking new trade deals.

His comments provoked fury from Brexiteers, with one Cabinet source telling the Press Association: «Greg appears to be re-fighting the referendum, this is Project Fear 3.0.

Appearing on Peston on Sunday, Morgan revealed that she had been contacted by an exasperated senior cabinet source who was mounting a concerted effort keep Philip Hammond in 11 Downing Street.

Israeli Cabinet sources had discussed «improving» national security and the limited scale of the air raids taking place suggested Jerusalem is not prepared to press ahead with a full invasion.

A senior Cabinet source said: «For quite different reasons, Boris and Michael are going to campaign for Remain.

The shadow cabinet sources were very clear what was going on.

Shadow cabinet sources told The Sunday Times that a peerage would allow the Labour leader to «parachute his hard - left ally into his top team».

Shadow cabinet sources indicate it was only the combined pressure of the leader's office, the shadow cabinet and Labour's disastrous polling on economic trust that forced Ed Balls into making the June statement committing to Tory spending plans for 2015/16.

Cabinet sources have revealed that one idea being developed is to paint Cameron as a leader opposed to a wide - ranging reform of the political system that voters are demanding following the scandal over MPs» expenses.

«There is a case for shelving Trident Two, but the number of jobs that go with it is just too great,» said the Cabinet source.

We'd like to do our den in the same fashion — how are the built - in cabinets sourced?

Not exact matches

NEW DELHI, May 2 - India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to help sugar mills by paying the cane farmers that supply them a subsidy for their produce, a government source said, as part of efforts to help a sector struggling with a glut.

Trump has called a meeting with senators and Cabinet officials to discuss potential changes to biofuels policy, according to four sources.

President - elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Goldman Sachs partner and Hollywood financier Steven Mnuchin as his nominee for Treasury secretary, a source said on Tuesday, putting a Wall Street veteran in the top U.S. economic Cabinet post for the first time in eight years.

The new cabinet, scheduled to be unveiled at 11 a.m. Monday at Rideau Hall, will also include «new faces and younger members, along with experienced hands,» one senior Conservative source said, with more female cabinet ministers in particular.

Whitehall source says defence secretary will be asked to name his price to break deadlock

Pro-Brexit ministers fear Downing Street will try to pick off the defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, in the coming days — to break the cabinet deadlock and secure a majority for Theresa May's favoured customs...

Its 13 members, several sources said, constitute «the real cabinet.»

He is confronted with a worsening economic and fiscal situation, not just for this year, but also for the foreseeable future, and he has a Cabinet that wants to spend more, while he has little in the way of any new sources of funds.

(The source is former British Cabinet Minister Shirley Williams, the Baroness Williams of Crosby, who may have been being mischievous.)

Source) On average, male cabinet appointees outnumber women cabinet appointees in our states by a ratio of 2 to 1.

When I moved into a house last year, the abundant cabinet space that had been such a selling point after a decade of shoebox apartments quickly became a source of anxiety.

Labour sources said that Winterton was sacked at the start of a meeting to discuss a deal that would allow the party's MPs to elect some shadow cabinet posts.

A Paterson administration source insists LG Richard Ravitch has been invited to public leaders meetings and cabinet meetings and called him a «crybaby.»

Indeed, my source claimed that the Home Secretary wasn't even at the Cabinet meeting in question, since she was abroad.

A commission that would determine pay raises for state lawmakers and cabinet - level commissioners is out of the final budget framework, a source familiar with the negotiations said.

Jon Lansman, the leader of Momentum, spoke out as party sources said that up to ten shadow cabinet members are set to quit today.

The fact that the Conservative Party looks united owes much to the loyal shadow cabinet service of David Davis and Liam Fox but there are sources of trouble ahead...

No 10 sources later pointed out that the prime minister had the same number of female cabinet ministers as Gordon Brown, the last Labour prime minister.

But several sources say that Moore is the only cabinet figure to be affected which suggests that David Jones» position is safe.

Asked where the female Conservative cabinet members were during the session, the source said: «I'm not sure — presumably hard at work doing their jobs.»

Senior ministers summoned to this afternoon's emergency cabinet will be asked to «consider the next steps», according to a Downing Street source.

Up to half a dozen members of the cabinet believe Britain should leave the EU if David Cameron fails to deliver a major reform of Britain's membership terms, according to senior Tory sources.

Putting a Labour MP in the cabinet would be the ultimate proof of Cameroon claims to reject yah - boo politics in favour of supporting sensible policies whatever their source.

(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.

Unlike Twigg or Byrne, Murphy remains in the shadow cabinet and is — according to Labour sources — taking on one of the most important roles on offer.

This was done purposely to render him powerless because there has not been any government in the Fourth Republic that Information Ministers were not part of Cabinet,» the source added.

Senior party sources suggested that, although Cable backed the policy first proposed under Farron of a second referendum on Brexit, he wanted to lean heavily on his credibility as a former cabinet minister to give the party more gravitas.

A Treasury source confirmed to Newsnight tonight that the Star Chamber, the Cabinet committee which adjudicates on public spending disputes, has now met at least once.

One source said Coffey had several advocates within the governor's cabinet, but that Cuomo himself was not yet convinced.

A senior source told The Sunday Telegraph that Mr Purnell, who claimed he had acted alone, had in fact been expecting Cabinet colleagues to follow his lead and that Mr Hutton, who said he resigned for family reasons, had been «shamed» into resigning by Mr Purnell.

It was the case of the missing cabinet member in the Hamptons last week when — well - heeled sources tell us — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross seemed to lose his security detail leading to an awkward search at a tony takeout joint.