Sentences with phrase «lords over reform»

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Had the Conservatives had a Parliamentary majority (or had formed a coalition with a certain party whose name shall go unmentioned), they might have found a way back to the status quo ante on at least (some of) the reforms that are practically reversible, viz. the House of Lords, the Human Rights Act, the Lord Chancellor's jurisdiction over the judiciary.

With Mr Brown's reforms following closely parliamentary and public unease over Iraq, The RAF Marshall Lord Craig of Radley pointed out the circumstances leading to the invasion of Iraq may not be repeated.

The former MP and aide to Gordon Brown when he was prime minister, Baroness Smith of Basildon, will become deputy chief whip with Lord Tunnicliffe, and join Lord Rosser at the Home Office brief — promising her a role in the likely furore over Lords reform and the promised communications bill with its measures to increase private phone and internet data kept for police and security services.

Her lead role on the health portfolio will be taken over by Lord Hunt, a former minister in several departments under the previous Labour government, now shadow deputy leader of the upper house and Labour's spokesman on Lords reform.

Iain Duncan Smith rejected offer of Justice secretary to thwart George Osborne over welfare reforms — His decision meant that Mr Duncan Smith also turned down the position of Lord Chancellor, one of the oldest political roles in Britain dating back to 1066... to investigate the development of the single payment, which is due to replace...

Whilst the reforms introduced by Lord Justice Jackson in 2013 have reduced the costs paid by litigants in many areas, there remain disputes over the...