Sentences with phrase «party shadow minister»

It is beyond appalling that this meeting was being facilitated by a Labour party shadow minister for equality, and in contradiction of stated Scottish Labour party policy.»

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Opposition came in part from Grant Gibbons, shadow minister of economic development and a member of political party One Bermuda Alliance, who had concerns about the details and lack of economic impact assessment.

The Labour party appointed Seema Malhotra as the first - ever shadow minister to tackle violence against women and girls, and the Archbishop of Canterbury vocalised his backing for Christian charity Restored, which is equipping the Church to tackle gender - based violence.

The shadow minister for the cabinet office, with responsibility for the Conservatives» approach to IT, talks to Total Politics about how his party intends to use cloud

«Ruling out a referendum one day and then ruling it back in again the next looks like a prime minister spending more time managing his party than leading the country,» shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander commented.

Talking to a shadow minister recently about the PLP, he told me: «The political gravity of the Labour Party is entirely centred around the 2010 intake.»

It's an independent group within the party but supported by shadow cabinet ministers, Nick Herbert and Greg Clark, who both attended last night's launch party.

Gardiner has been a supporter of China in his shadow portfolios, in particular surrounding the development of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, opposing inner - party disputes over criticism of Chinese involvement in the project, despite military and intelligence figures warning ministers that such involvement posed a threat to national security.

«He [Baldwin] might be a Blairite and a friend of Alastair Campbell,» says a shadow minister on the left of the party, «but he knows how to take the fight to the Tories.»

Only five shadow cabinet ministers registered more than a 0.5 % showing in our recent survey of party conference performers.

A Labour shadow minister is facing an internal party investigation after it was alleged that he swore at a colleague.

But shadow minister Toby Perkins» online outburst in September — «You Tories never understand how much we hate you» — was perhaps a tiny hint that Labour MPs are party people above all.

Lib Dems hope business minister Ed Davey, the party's former shadow foreign affairs spokesman, could influence a new approach to Europe by the government.

McDonnell also hit out at former Labour shadow cabinet minister Caroline Flint, after she told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme yesterday that his ambition that the party «hang on» in the recent local elections was not good enough.

I think the best bet for Labour here is for Ed Miliband to do what Harold Wilson did in the 1975 Common Market Referendum - allow Labour MPs, party members and shadow cabinet ministers to campaign for or against, or not at all, depending on their personal preferences.

And Jon Trickett moves into Ed's own office as shadow minister without portfolio and deputy party chair.

The former shadow education minister Tristram Hunt had a decidedly mixed 2015, but he recently talked pretty powerfully at the Fabian Society about the politics of inequality, Labour's frayed bond with working - class voters and the necessity of reinventing the party's belief in redistribution.

At the same time as Labour prepares to attack the party head - on, Ed Miliband and his shadow ministers have been referring disparagingly to a «Westminster elite» that must get back in touch with public concerns over the last week.

The details will be published annually from April 2009 but shadow ministers will make an initial quarterly disclosure this July in a bid to show the party is moving towards transparency.

«I suspect that the Conservative party are putting to the foremost of their considerations that these proposals might be to their own political advantage,» shadow justice minister Wayne David told politics.co.uk.

The Labour shadow health minister said the party was danger of entering into a «downward spiral» with the Tories on immigration, after Australian election strategist Lynton Crosby joined David Cameron's team.

The first, from former shadow cabinet minister Caroline Flint, was part of a speech last month urging the party to commit to a full - blooded Brexit, outside the single market, customs union, and the realm of free movement of people.

The party has been broadly united in public since the general election, though shaken over the weekend by Corbyn's sacking of shadow ministers who defied the party whip to vote in favour of an amendment to the Queen's speech brought by Chuka Umunna, committing to keeping the UK in the single market after Brexit.

«Growth of self - employment is one of the biggest and most important changes in the labour market,» declared shadow digital minister Liam Byrne at the Labour Party fringe on modern work practices.

Michael Dugher is the Labour MP for Barnsley East, vice-chairman of the Labour party and shadow Cabinet Office minister

Another former Conservative cabinet minister and ex-MP, David Mellor, was even more scathing, describing the Tories under Cameron as «this pale sad shadow of what the Tory party used to be» and warning that it was «ripping itself apart now because of the sense that David Cameron is a prisoner of Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems».

[17] In a March 2016 speech, Corbyn advocated the decriminalisation of the sex industry «without any discussion or consultation with his shadow cabinet, with me as his shadow minister for women and equalities, with women in the PLP or, to the best of my knowledge, with anyone in the wider Labour Party».

Following the party's decision to support the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2017, at least three shadow cabinet ministers, all representing constituencies which voted to remain in the EU, resigned from their position as a result of the party's decision to invoke Article 50 under the bill.

The appointment by the Conservative Party of Sayeeda Warsi as shadow minister for Community Cohesion sends the wrong signal at a time when Britain is fighting a global war against Islamic terrorism and extremism, both domestically and internationally.

Speaking in the House of Lords during the second reading of the trade union bill on Monday, Labour's Lord Mendelsohn, who is a shadow business minister, said the proposed legislation was a «clear attempt to defenestrate the Labour party's finances», describing it as «extraordinarily partisan, vindictive and selective».

Labour shadow minister Chuka Umunna has said there is «tension» between the Labour party membership and the parliamentary party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.

Jack Dromey, the party's shadow policing minister, said: «Shaun Wright must resign from his position because the people of South Yorkshire have lost confidence in him.

The Liverpool Wavertree MP was one of a number of shadow ministers to quit their frontbench roles last year in protest at Corbyn's continued leadership of the party.

John McDonnell had taken to the airwaves to claim that departing shadow ministers were part of «a narrow right - wing clique within the Labour Party based around the organisation Progress».

The shadow policing minister declared that her party would be voting against «a completely inappropriate police funding settlement that leaves our communities exposed and the public at risk».

Michael Dugher, shadow Cabinet Office minister, comments on a committee on standards in public life report on the funding of British political parties:

Similarly, shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett stated: «A new political party with # 50m in the kitty, no members, no rule book, no ideology.

Allies of Mr Corbyn have called on critics within the party to rally round the leader, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell urging an end to «carping» and shadow environmental minister Clive Lewis said they should «put up or shut up».

Kevan Jones, who quit as a shadow defence minister this week, told the BBC: «Our defence policy is being controlled by a north London party of the party.»

Sacked shadow minister Pat McFadden has warned that Labour will become «uncompetitive» unless attacks on party moderates by left - wing allies of Jeremy Corbyn are stopped.

If Corbyn wins, he'll struggle to find enough MPs to serve as his shadow ministers, which isn't the position of a party on the verge of government.

The Labour party is acknowledging that it will be outspent by the Conservatives by a margin of three to one in next year's general election but believes it will be able to «out - body» the Tories on the ground with a new generation of grassroots activists, shadow cabinet minister Gloria De Piero has said.

Remarkably fresh from speaking at last night's «Beers of Europe» reception, Labour's shadow Europe minister Emma Reynolds switches seamlessly from delivering booze gags to discussing one of her party's prevarications of the moment: a referendum on EU membership.

While the traditional Tory «blue rinse» brigade stayed away from the event, which was treated to some 1990s hits from singer Angie Brown, shadow cabinet ministers Theresa May and Nick Herbert addressed the gathering and party chairman Eric Pickles also made an appearance.

Paul Blomfield, Labour's shadow Brexit minister, said his party would back moves to enshrine EU rights protections.

Andrew Gwynne, Labour's shadow health minister has said that the government is out of touch with the «immediate care crisis», hoping that the coalition will engage in cross party talks such that a proper agreement is made.

One shadow minister told PoliticsHome: «Jeremy has shown this morning that he doesn't care about the Labour party and, more importantly, the country.

The former shadow minister posted: «Today I will be a) swimming with sharks for the Labour party and b) giving statement to police on yet another death threat.

As the most visible public representatives of the party, ministers and shadow ministers are the symbolic face of the party, and their demography shapes the electorate's perception of the party and its leader.

At present, there are rules governing the process by which the major opposition party consults Whitehall officials, but in practice these amount to cursory discussions between shadow cabinet ministers and permanent secretaries.