Sentences with phrase «labour interim leader»

Yesterday former Labour interim leader Harriet Harman appeared alongside David Cameron to campaign for Remain.

PoliticsHome has learned that at the Procedures Committee meeting last week, those in attendance — including former Labour interim leader Margaret Beckett and deputy leader Tom Watson — were told Mr Corbyn wanted to call a halt to the process if today's court case goes against him.

Not exact matches

Rowley is the current deputy leader of the Scottish Labour party, and as such will become the interim leader in Dugdale's absence.

A New Statesman interview with Harriet Harman yesterday revealed the interim labour leader was angling for a seat on the shadow Cabinet once a new head was chosen.

The last to serve two separate prime ministerial terms was Harold Wilson, but he remained Labour leader in the, erm, interim.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron, has joined these calls, as have the interim Labour Leader Harriet Harman and all the candidates in the Labour leadership coleader of the Liberal Democrats, Tim Farron, has joined these calls, as have the interim Labour Leader Harriet Harman and all the candidates in the Labour leadership coLeader Harriet Harman and all the candidates in the Labour leadership contest.

Last night, 48 Labour MPs defied interim leader Harriet Harman's call to abstain on the Conservatives» welfare plans and voted against the Government.

While interim leader, she made the decision for Labour to abstain, rather than oppose, the Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015, leading to 48 Labour MPs defying the whip.

Harriet Harman, interim Labour leader, told the Commons on Wednesday she was «sympathetic» to a lower cap level.

It should have agreed on an experienced interim leader who commands general confidence to take the party past the Scottish elections and the European referendum and into 2017, while preparing Labour — and its electoral system — for a proper contest between its next generation of leadership candidates in time for 2020.

He re-emerged when Harriet Harman, Labour's interim leader after the 2015 general election, appointed Falconer as her shadow justice secretary.

The Guardian has urged Labour to appoint an interim leader and said that Alan Johnson would be «perfect» for the role.

Labour's interim leader Harriet Harman devoted most of her questions to criticising the previous government's record on housebuilding and home ownership, before moving on to questions about child benefit and tax credits.

He's now facing his fifth Labour leader - if you include interim leader Harriet Harman - since 2005, the same number of Conservative leaders Tony Blair faced in his 13 years as Labour leader.

Labour's interim leader Harriet Harman has said she wants to «let the public in» on the party's forthcoming leadership election.

Labour leadership hopeful Liz Kendall has defended the party's interim leader, Harriet Harman after others attacked her for endorsing key Tory benefit cuts.

He suggested interim Labour leader Harriet Harman - who once described him as a «ginger rodent» - had been right to accept the move to restrict the payments to a family's first two children.

As Labour MPs gather for the first time since the election defeat, interim leader Harriet Harman says she has commissioned a report looking into why the party performed so badly.

The interim Labour leader has insisted her party should not oppose the plans - which cut tax credits, reduce the welfare cap and introduce a «national living wage» - outright because it will not be heard on the issues it has a particular problem with.

The Labour leader candidate took to Facebook to outline his reasons for his actions after nearly 50 of his party's MPs defied interim leader Harriet Harman and voted against the Conservative's Welfare Reform Bill.

Labour's interim leader Harriet Harman is facing a potential revolt by the party's MPs in today's Commons vote on the government's welfare bill.

However, she and 47 other Labour MPs ignored interim leader Harriet Harman's orders to abstain on the main second reading vote, which the Conservatives won 308 to 124, majority 184.

Labour's interim leader Harriet Harman faces a potential revolt by the party's MPs in today's Commons vote on the government's welfare bill.

Trudeau wasn't elected as leader until nearly two years after the 2011 election as the party re-grouped under interim leader Bob Rae, a stark contrast to the Labour party's immediate and interminable leadership contest.

Following the resignation of Johann Lamont, Mr Sarwar became the interim leader of the Scottish Labour Party, until Jim Murphy's appointment in December last year.

Interim leader makes stark warning to Labour MPs as the Parliamentary party discuss three options for leadership timetable

Labour's leadership hopefuls look like by - standers while the party's interim leader is now a busted flush.

All this has the makings of a shabby deal: Brown quits, Labour cobble together an interim new leader and a deal is done with Clegg with a referendum on various forms of proportional representation as the price.

Former Cabinet minister Mr Johnson was appointed to the role a year ago by then interim Labour leader Harriet Harman.

It has come under sustained attack from women's groups, as well as the Labour party's interim leader, Harriet Harman.

The interim Labour leader said «rigorous due diligence» was being undertaken by Labour staff, and the electoral system introduced in 2014 was less open to manipulation than its predecessor, which allowed opponents of Labour to vote without any checks.