Sentences with phrase «secretary over her expenses»

Maria Miller is being urged to reject a # 17,000 payoff she can claim after quitting as Culture Secretary over her expenses.

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The ouster of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, who has been mired in scandal over his charging taxpayers for luxury travel expenses and the infighting among his senior aides, had been widely expected and was made official at 5:31 p.m. by presidential tweet.

After the second speaker, the leader from the visiting group turns the rostrum over to the secretary of the local group who makes announcements concerning future meetings and says: «There are no dues or fees in AA, but we do have expenses, so we'll now pass the hat.»

Appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury he was in office for seventeen days when he was forced to resign over the disclosures of Parliamentary expenses.

The former shadow education secretary agreed to repay # 3,230 in cleaning claims and received a death threat over his London flat expenses.

David Cameron could lose one of his prized four female Cabinet ministers if MPs condemn culture secretary Maria Miller over her expenses claims

Asked by ITV News Deputy Political Editor Chris Ship what consequences a housing benefit claimant who over claimed for the same of amount of expenses Culture Secretary Maria Miller claimed for should face, he said:

Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has told ITV News he is «surprised» that Culture Secretary Maria Miller has not resigned over her expenses claims.

The Daily Telegraph has published a timeline of the sequence of events over its investigation and subsequent reporting of the Culture Secretary's expense claims «to set the record straight.»

David Cameron has reiterated his support for Culture Secretary Maria Miller after she was forced to apologise to MPs over a report into her expenses claims.

David Cameron has given his backing to Culture Secretary Maria Miller amid questions over her expenses.

Boris Johnson made light of the furore over Maria Miller's expenses, telling ITV News that «if things go wrong» for the Culture Secretary she should be able to find a job in London's burgeoning life sciences sector.

A large majority of voters think Maria Miller should be sacked as Culture Secretary, according to a poll conducted in the wake of her apology to Parliament over expenses.

On the day letters are sent out to MPs raising questions over expenses claims, a report by the Commons standards and privileges committee orders former home secretary Jacqui Smith to apologise for breaching rules on second home expenses.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller is facing a potentially decisive day in her battle to keep her job amid a row over her expenses.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has criticised the Prime Minister over his response to Culture Secretary Maria Miller's expenses claims.

Leader of the Commons Andrew Lansley has backed beleaguered Maria Miller, saying that he hoped she would not resign over the row on her expenses and added that «she is a good culture secretary».

Former Conservative chairman Lord Tebbit has become the most senior Conservative to call for Maria Miller to resign as Culture Secretary, amid controversy over her response to an investigation into her expenses claims.

The Prime Minister's «irrational» backing of beleaguered Culture Secretary Maria Miller over her expenses is damaging the party's election hopes, activists warned, as a poll suggested two in three Tory voters thought she should be sacked.

As we saw with the furore over ex-culture secretary Maria Miller's expenses, the Cameron proved reluctant to take the decisive step even though it meant taking personal political flak.

Maria Miller discusses her decision to resign as culture secretary, saying the controversy over her expenses has distracted from the «vital work» of the government

Culture secretary made a series of crucial mistakes in the handling of the row over her expenses claims, leading to her resignation

As a poll found that 82 % of Tories believed that Miller should lose her job over her expenses, the work and pensions secretary said he was «very open» to a proposal by parliament's expenses watchdog to introduce independent regulation of MPs.

A row over Culture Secretary Maria Miller's expenses has overshadowed a speech by the prime minister to the Conservative Party's Spring Forum.

Maria Miller resigned as culture secretary on Wednesday morning, saying that the row over her expenses had become «a distraction» to government.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller has been defended by the leader of the House of Commons over her apology to MPs, following an inquiry into her expenses.

The row over expenses was «horrible» and put «immense pressure» on Jacqui Smith's family, the former home secretary has admitted.

Conservative shadow work and pensions secretary Theresa May is challenged over fellow MPs» expense claims.

Boris Johnson discusses treatment of Culture Secretary Maria Miller after she over claimed on her expenses.

The Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, has said he would support changes to the way MPs» expenses are overseen, following the row over Culture Secretary Maria Miller's claims.

As the row over Culture Secretary Maria Miller's parliamentary expenses continues, a former aide has added his criticisms.

It also emerged last night that Ray Collins, general secretary of the Labour party, has received a complaint from NEC member Peter Kenyon about apparent anomalies in who is put before Brown's so - called «star chamber» to investigate and discipline wrongdoing over expenses.

Culture secretary Maria Miller came under increasing pressure over her expenses from within the Conservatives after a government minister suggested she could have done a better job of saying sorry and a parliamentary aide signalled she should be concerned for her position.

Laws, who was briefly chief secretary to the Treasury after the election before resigning over his expenses, was broadly supportive of the government's plans.

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.

Expert pens an open letter offering career coaching to the former Culture Secretary Maria Miller who resigned after the scandal over her expenses