Sentences with phrase «pensions secretary last»

IDS - who quit as Work and Pensions Secretary last year - said the Grenfell tragedy, which saw at least 80 people burned to death, should lead to an end in the construction of high - rise flats.

The MP for Pontypridd resigned as shadow work and pensions secretary last month in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

Mr Hain, who resigned as Work and Pensions Secretary last year over allegations about the funding of his deputy leadership campaign which were later dismissed, also suggested Labour had been too «caught up» in the success of the City to hold the financial system to account.

Not exact matches

«People are living longer and healthier lives than ever, and the last thing we want is to lose their talent and enthusiasm from the workplace due to an arbitrary age limit,» work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith said.

The Treasury clashed with work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith last year during the spending review over the planned shakeup.

Why did the Conservatives send Esther McVey back to the Department for Work and Pensions as secretary of state when she attracted so much hostility while there in the last Parliament?

Last month 31 MPs wrote to the work and pensions secretary urging him to delay further expansion of the programme to avoid hardship over Christmas.

On reports that 50,000 Britons are facing eviction over the Bedroom Tax, last night Liam Byrne MP, Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, released this statement:

Shadow work and pensions secretary Philip Hammond said the figures were «disappointing», showing that unemployment is now at a six - year high and the claimant count has risen for 14 of the last 15 months.

The work and pensions secretary said last night he was sorry for failing to declare the full amount and source of the donations to the Electoral Commission.

The former work and pensions secretary, whose resignation from the cabinet and criticism of Gordon Brown last June nearly toppled the prime minister, has told his constituency Labour party in Stalybridge and Hyde he will be standing down as their MP but that his decision is personal and, after 20 years in the Westminster political system, no reflection on Labour's chances at the next general election.

Last week, Yvette Cooper — a seasoned Labour hand who has had government experience both as work and pensions secretary and as chief secretary to the Treasury, and is perhaps Burnham's greatest leadership rival — suggested she agreed with Miliband's refusal to accept blame.

The coalition's approach to welfare was outlined by new work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith last month.

The Remain - voting work and pensions secretary is seen by Tory MPs as a pragmatic politician who was one of the «hidden stars» of the last parliament.

The future of thousands of disabled workers» jobs hangs in the balance as unions representing Remploy workers rally to urge Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Peter Hain «not to fail disabled workers» at the last public event before he is expected to make a decision about the future of Remploy.

The work and pensions secretary criticised the UK's print media in particular for their coverage of Barack Obama's rival, as last - minute campaigning in the US continues apace on the other side of the Atlantic.

The former Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said last week he was «ready to do anything I can to save and serve the party».

... Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith reacted angrily to the ruling, telling the Daily Mail last night that the programme had been «thoughtful» and «intelligent».»

Owen Smith, who was shadow work and pensions secretary until his resignation last week, is a more likely challenger to Jeremy Corbyn than Angela Eagle, according to a former senior member of the shadow cabinet.

They include Clarke's Cabinet colleague Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, who last year suggested the UK could «have it all» either in or out of the EU.

«To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many British citizens did not pass the habitual residency test in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Labour MP and former shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith is also set to launch a bid for the top job, PoliticsHome revealed last night.

Michael Gove, the environment secretary, Penny Mordaunt, the newly - promoted defence secretary, David Gauk, the work and pensions secretary, Sajid Javid, the communities and local government secretary, Andrea Leadsom, the Leader of the House of Commons, and Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, have all used official expenses claims to pay for «ERG subscriptions» over the last 12 months.

Mr Smith resigned as shadow work and pensions secretary in the mass resignations from the leader's front bench last month.

The Work and Pensions Secretary, who backed staying in the European Union during the referendum campaign, said the «three driving principles» for the party's EU negotiations based on the message from last week's Leave vote should be:

Secretary of Labor Elizabeth H. Dole said last week that the Bush Administration is considering ways to make it easier for workers to transfer pension benefits when they change employment.

Lt. Governor Tate Reeves sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions last week outlining his support for Betsy DeVos» nomination to be the next United States Secretary of Education.