Sentences with phrase «labour ministers caught»

Now make that three Labour ministers caught doing so just hours after the Labour Party launched its election manifesto telling us all how quickly and decisively the present Labour government had acted to clean up the parliamentary expenses scandal.

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And in an eye catching appointment Charlie Falconer, a minister in the New Labour years, will take the lead on «transition and planning into government.»

As the cry rose from the Labour benches, the Deputy Prime Minister was in his office, having a security briefing and catching up with phone calls.

Mr Miliband was also facing Labour criticism over the party's lacklustre campaign north of the border, which failed to catch light until former prime minister Gordon Brown appeared to take charge in the final weeks.

The Prime Minister was then caught by a TV microphone describing the 66 - year - old grandmother, a lifelong Labour voter, as a «bigoted woman».

Remember how, last March, a variety of departing Labour ministers were caught boasting about how they could use their contacts to help change policy and provide access to ministers in return for money?

The tragedy is that even before the print was dry on this section of Labour's manifesto, at least two Labour government ministers had been caught «red handed» (mis) using parliamentary expenses for party political campaigning.

Pensions minister, Anglea Eagle joins the sorry ranks of Transport minister Sadiq Khan and Labour whip / Deputy Minister for the East of England Bob Blizzard in having had been caught using parliamentary expenses for Labour Party campminister, Anglea Eagle joins the sorry ranks of Transport minister Sadiq Khan and Labour whip / Deputy Minister for the East of England Bob Blizzard in having had been caught using parliamentary expenses for Labour Party campminister Sadiq Khan and Labour whip / Deputy Minister for the East of England Bob Blizzard in having had been caught using parliamentary expenses for Labour Party campMinister for the East of England Bob Blizzard in having had been caught using parliamentary expenses for Labour Party campaigning.

It comes after former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has provoked outrage after he was caught boasting: «I'm writing Labour's budget.»