Sentences with phrase «hain failed»

Although prime minister Gordon Brown and environment secretary Hilary Benn had turned down donations from Ms Kidd, knowing they were coming from a third party, Ms Harman survived the scandal where Mr Hain failed to do so.

Peter Hain failed to declare thousands of pounds worth of donations towards his unsuccessful bid to become deputy leader of the Labour party last summer, it has emerged.

Not exact matches

«It is vital Labour's leaders now get on the high ground and offer a much bolder, more radical alternative to what is an old right - wing Tory agenda that failed in the recessions of the 1930s and 1980s,» says Peter Hain, who served in both Blair's and Brown's cabinets.

Indeed, despite linking Jeremy to these supposedly «hard - left» organisations, the report fails to note the wide range of individuals who were founding members of UAF alone, including Luciana Berger, David Cameron, Keith Vaz and Peter Hain.

In a statement issued last night Mr Hain said: «As I said in December, as a result of administrative failings within my campaign there were donations to my deputy leadership bid which were not registered within the normal time to the Electoral Commission.

Mr Hain, who is also secretary of state for Wales, confirmed last week that he had failed to declare # 103,000 in donations to his deputy leadership campaign.

The funding row has continued to rumble on, with Peter Hain admitting he failed to declare further donations to his failed deputy leadership campaign.

Mr Hain has been attacked by the Conservatives for failing to fully explain why around # 50,000 was channelled into his campaign through the PPF, which was set up in December 2006, three months after he launched his deputy leadership bid.

The future of thousands of disabled workers» jobs hangs in the balance as unions representing Remploy workers rally to urge Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Peter Hain «not to fail disabled workers» at the last public event before he is expected to make a decision about the future of Remploy.

The proxy donor scandal eventually forced Peter Hain from the Cabinet in February after it emerged he had failed to report # 103,000 in donations.

Peter Hain and Shaun Woodward keep their roles as the Shadow Secretaries for Wales and Northern Ireland despite failing to get enough votes to win another Cabinet post in the election.

The fact was that Liam Byrne had wasted 18 months without any genuine advance in the policy review, and Peter Hain had failed to establish a working model of member participation -LSB-...]