Shadow Ministers, not shadow cabinet members (I think from press reports shadow policing minister Lyn Brown,
shadow foreign office minister Catherine West, shadow transport minister Daniel Zeichner, shadow housing minister Andy Slaughter and I am not sure Dr Rupa Huq, the shadow home office minister, resigned just before)
Jarvis recently moved from a front bench role with the justice team to
a shadow Foreign Office job.
Meanwhile former
shadow Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty MP pledged to raise the matter with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), and the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, stating: «These further revelations about the shadowy ERG and their influence over the government in pushing an ultra hard Brexit agenda, in conflict with official government policy, are deeply concerning.
Not exact matches
Under Gordon Brown he rose to a ministerial position at the
Foreign Office, but back in Opposition he fell well short of the votes required amongst his colleagues to make the
shadow cabinet.
23 March 2010 — OPPOSITION:
SHADOW MINISTERIAL VISITS Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any information has been released following a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the
Foreign and Commonwealth
Office relating to the visit of the
Shadow Foreign Secretary, William Hague, to Cuba in March 2009; if so, to whom; and when.
Of the other
shadow cabinet members who are potential occupants of the major
offices of state, Douglas Alexander, the
shadow foreign secretary, is probably the most concerned for the future.
Shadow defence Secretary Maria Eagle told the BBC that Cameron «demeaned his
office» while
shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn labelled Cameron's remarks «disgraceful».
Ed Balls could be offered the job of
shadow foreign secretary, as Europe is one of Balls» great fortes, and one of the great
offices of state.
No, it is William Hague, the famously Eurosceptic
shadow foreign secretary, sitting in his modern corner
office with its bow - window view of Parliament Square and delivering a carefully calibrated message of reassurance to the Guardian and the world.
Ed Balls is confirmed as
Shadow Chancellor; his wife Yvette Cooper takes his job as
shadow home secretary; Douglas Alexander takes her former portfolio of
shadow foreign secretary; Lima Byrne becomes
shadow work and pensions secretary; Tessa Jowell to take on responsibilities
shadowing the Cabinet
Office, formerly held by Byrne.
asks the
shadow foreign secretary with a grin as he appears at the door of his
office, a banana in hand.
So the move of Diane Abbott up to the home secretary brief and promotion of Emily Thornberry to
shadow foreign (incidentally, the first time a Labour
shadow cabinet has seen an even gender split in the «great
offices of state» as well as the elevation of a black woman to such a position) ensures that at the very top there's a unanimity of opinion.
The businessman began accompanying the politician on official
shadow foreign secretary visits, giving him unique access to world leaders and prompting speculation that Ashcroft was being considered for a ministerial role in the Foreign Office in a future Tory gove
foreign secretary visits, giving him unique access to world leaders and prompting speculation that Ashcroft was being considered for a ministerial role in the
Foreign Office in a future Tory gove
Foreign Office in a future Tory government.
But we did find out that Hilary Benn, the
shadow foreign secretary, seemed to be in a good mood when he left Corbyn's
office making no comment.