Sentences with phrase «javid as culture secretary»

Sajid Javid as culture secretary He's plainly very able.

Mrs Miller resigned from her position as Culture Secretary yesterday after sustained pressure over the disclosure she had wrongly claimed thousands of pounds in mortgage interest payments.

Hugh Robertson, minister for sport and tourism, this morning snatched away the spotlight from his Tory colleague Maria Miller, who was taking the stage for the first time as culture secretary in the commons.

John Whittingdale as Culture Secretary is an inspired appointment.

It was the first time Miller has spoken publicly since her resignation as Culture Secretary was announced earlier this morning.

Maria Miller is being urged to reject a # 17,000 payoff she can claim after quitting as Culture Secretary over her expenses.

With the Prime Minister attempting to draw a line under the affair and preserve one of the few female members of his Cabinet, some 78 % of voters taking part in the poll said that Mrs Miller should be sacked as Culture Secretary, against just 10 % who said she should stay.

He agreed with Mr Cameron that she «is doing a good job as the culture secretary, has apologised and re-paid the money she has been asked to pay.»

Maria Miller said she decided to resign her position as Culture Secretary as her situation had become an «enormous distraction» to the Government and its achievements.

The vast majority of the public (88 %) think Maria Miller was right to resign as Culture Secretary, according to a new ITV News / ComRes poll.

Maria Miller has said she takes «full responsibility» for her decision to resign as Culture Secretary, saying she wants to «make sure that I can move on».

A large majority of voters think Maria Miller should be sacked as Culture Secretary, according to a poll conducted in the wake of her apology to Parliament over expenses.

Former Conservative chairman Lord Tebbit has become the most senior Conservative to call for Maria Miller to resign as Culture Secretary, amid controversy over her response to an investigation into her expenses claims.

As culture secretary James Purnell said: «The union flag is a powerful symbol of both our heritage and modern, diverse Britain.

She spoke as Culture Secretary Maria Miller, who is also the Minister for Equalities, announced that the Church of England and the Church in Wales will be excluded from the government's planned new law to allow gay couples to marry.

Has been a privilege to serve as Culture Secretary.

She was promoted to the cabinet as culture secretary in 2001, with the Olympics added as a special responsibility in 2005.

The Chancellor was impressed and Javid then spent two years as a Treasury Minister before David Cameron promoted him to the Cabinet in April 2014 as Culture Secretary.

«That's the argument that I, as culture secretary, intend to make at the Cabinet table, and in our negotiations with Treasury — and I need all your help in that endeavour,» she added.

As Culture Secretary, you have played a critical role in advancing Britain's proud record of respect and equality in piloting the Equal Marriage Act through Parliament and onto the Statute Book.

Maria Miller discusses her decision to resign as culture secretary, saying the controversy over her expenses has distracted from the «vital work» of the government

His first cabinet appointment came in 2014 as culture secretary.

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.

Maria Miller resigned as culture secretary on Wednesday morning, saying that the row over her expenses had become «a distraction» to government.

The move comes as culture secretary John Whittingdale prepares to increase the BBC licence fee in line with inflation in return for the BBC taking on the costs of licence fees for the over 75's.

John Whittingdale MP, who has been appointed as Culture Secretary, has also said the fee should be scrapped and that it is «worse than a poll tax».

Matt Hancock replaced as her Culture Secretary.

Andy Burnham, who as Culture Secretary instigated an independent review of the Hillsborough files in 2010, said today's findings showed there was a «monumental cover - up» and that the people of Liverpool were «emphatically cleared».

Not exact matches

Culture secretary Matt Hancock added: «Robust high quality journalism is important for public debate and scrutiny - but as print circulations decline and more readers move online, the press faces an uncertain future.

Supporters of the amendment expressed irritation when culture secretary Maria Miller said it could function as a «wrecking amendment» to the gay marriage bill — an accusation she last used yesterday, albeit with more justification, on demands for civil ceremonies for heterosexual couples.

It's a real privilege to be here to address you as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.

In an earlier interview Ms Jowell said the government had «no plan B» if parliament rejected the order and last night the culture secretary said: «Ministers will want to reflect and come back to this elected house in due course with proposals as to how to take this policy forward.»

So what better place to make my first major speech on music as Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport?

The Barnsley East MP, who was sacked as Shadow Culture Secretary by Mr Corbyn last month, launched his broadside in an article for left - wing newspaper Tribune.

As if deputy PM Nick Clegg hadn't been sidelined enough in the last parliamentary term, his version of PMQs - Deputy Prime Minister's Questions - was labelled «useless» in this morning's first culture questions put to new culture secretary Maria Miller and culture minister Hugh Robertson.

John Whittingdale, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, isn't seen as friendly to the arts.

She subsequently served as Shadow Deputy Prime Minister, combining the position with that of Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (2010 — 2011) and then Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2011 — 2015).

He has been in parliament since 2001 and has worked as health secretary; culture, media and sport secretary; and chief secretary to the treasury.

The peccadilloes of the ruling classes have long been of fascination and as shadow secretary for media culture and sport, Chris Bryant, has written, sex scandals of all sorts — including adultery, homosexuality (when illegal) and murder — have gone hand - in - hand with political power for centuries.

Unlike most of the other scandals in this list, no one really important lost their jobs as a result of the furore surrounding the then culture secretary's decision - making.

Cameron later took to Twitter to announce Sajid Javid, a Treasury minister, would replace Miller as culture, media and sport secretary.

Pressure on Maria Miller was stepped up as the Telegraph released a tape of a phone call between an aide to the Culture Secretary and a reporter investigating her expense claims.

Meanwhile, a Number 10 source told the Press Association that some MPs had raised concerns over the Culture Secretary but added: «There are plenty of MPs who have got in touch to say they strongly back Maria as well.»

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt and David Willetts, the Universities and Science Minister, have quite rightly been encouraging the arts establishment and the universities to look more to philanthropy as a major source of income.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller ignored questions from journalists this morning, as she arrived for a Cabinet meeting at Downing Street.

However, Equalities Minister (and Secretary of State for Culture) Maria Miller pointed out on Twitter that since any vote on the issue would be a free vote, it would not technically be counted as a rebellion.

The Twitter feed from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) was hacked this evening and Culture Secretary Maria Miller was described in a tweet as being «like a modern day Robin Hood».

The Prime Minister's «irrational» backing of beleaguered Culture Secretary Maria Miller over her expenses is damaging the party's election hopes, activists warned, as a poll suggested two in three Tory voters thought she should be sacked.

Culture Secretary Matt Hancock's warning to the House of Lords came as he made concessions over press regulation, including regular reports on the effectiveness of low - cost arbitration and how personal data is processed for journalism purposes.

Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith says that Swansea «remains one of our great cultural centres» despite not being chosen as City of Culture.