Sentences with phrase «about shadow government»
I mean a link to the wikipedia page of the IRGC does not support your claim about shadow government and stuff.
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For instance, he throws out the old canard about women conspiring to form a «shadow government» behind the scenes in order to function as illicit leaders in the congregation.
Mr Balls was rebutting a claim made by shadow foreign secretary William Hague about the «government's failure» over the case.
«If the government was serious about tackling tax avoidance, they'd rethink their plan to cut a further 10,000 HMRC staff, which risk being a false economy,» shadow Treasury minister Catherine McKinnell said.
Chris Leslie, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, wrote to George Osborne demanding to know how long the government had known about the possibility of a higher EU budget surcharge.
The concern about the neglect of the English issue was echoed by Jamie Reed, the shadow health minister who wrote in Progress magazine: «It is in the peripheral areas outside of our major conurbations all over England where the next Labour government must concentrate its efforts.»
Sadiq Khan MP, shadow justice secretary, said: «The energy and time this government is spending on arguments about the Human Rights Act shows how completely out of touch it is with the British people who are not interested in cat fights between ministers but how the safety of their communities will be protected after cuts in police budgets which go too far and too fast.»
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R - Calif., told CQ Roll Call on Tuesday that it was «perhaps too soon» for his committee to look at how federal prosecutors» allegations that Mayor Vincent Gray knew about a shadow campaign scheme in the 2010 election might have contributed to his loss to Muriel Bowser.
I find it astonishing if you think about the talent you've got around that shadow cabinet table, even around that small circle of people who came out of the last government together — Miliband, Balls, Burnham, Yvette Cooper, I'm not Douglas» biggest fan but you can include him in that list.
If Labour really wants to be seen as the government - in - waiting, the shadow chancellor should be able to answer questions about the party's economic plans
Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, told ITV's Peston on Sunday that Nissan «has been told more about it than we have in parliament», adding that the government had «got to come clean».
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.
In February, Lerner asked the Campaign Finance Board and the Conflicts of Interest Board to investigate de Blasio's use of nonprofits such as the Campaign for One New York because it «has spawned a shadow government that raises serious questions about who has influence and access to the policymaking process.»
Labour is planning to use «moral pressure» as its main weapon to force the government to reveal more about its plan for Brexit, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said.
Over recent days we've also heard my shadow cabinet colleagues, Emma Reynolds and Tristram Hunt, talk about how a Labour government will ensure we get the house building we need to strengthen our economy and improve people's quality of life, and about how we raise standards in our schools to ensure our children are equipped to succeed.
I don't agree with his views on academies or free schools but the issue of apprenticeships and the lack of leadership shown by government departments on this is the type of issue that Labour shadow ministers should be shouting about wherever they can.
«David Cameron has serious questions to answer about why his government sold off Royal Mail on the cheap,» shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said.
However, shadow home secretary David Davis said the figures raised questions about the government's assessment of offenders for release in the first place, arguing they showed a «serious failure» by ministers to protect the public.
Comments come amid shadow cabinet concern about Ed Miliband's failure to capitalise on government's economic woes
However, in order to be taken as a serious government - in - waiting, politics has to come first and I was somewhat concerned recently to hear the following story about a member of the shadow cabinet: he had apparently already told David Cameron that he didn't want a higher profile post than that which he currently holds in advance of the general election, because he didn't want to give up other interests on account of time commitments or potential conflicts of interest involved in a different post.
Good government group Common Cause New York called for an investigation, saying the mayor's use of the fund «spawned a shadow government that raises serious questions about who has influence and access to the policymaking process.»
Instead of arriving at the position of either backing the government's welfare bill or forever being depicted as the friend of the scrounger, shadow ministers should have been making a big argument about the regressive nature of the Budget, the lamentable symbolism of effectively scrapping child poverty targets and the removal of in - work benefits to those eponymous hard - working families.
George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, has this afternoon commented on the matter to the Manchester Evening News - and whilst he repeats Mr Grayling's point about the Government's inconsistency, he seems to suggest that the ban was wrong:
The shadow education secretary Ed Balls also called today for a government statement about the allegations that a number of senior public figures had had their voicemail messages intercepted, amid claims that Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson was aware the illegal practice was going on while he was the newspaper's editor.
«This is more evidence of the chaos surrounding universal credit and it raises worrying questions about George Osborne's refusal to endorse his government's flagship welfare reform scheme,» Labour's shadow welfare minister Chris Bryant said today.
He was responding to questions about the government's recent response to its «Schools that work for everyone» green paper from Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, who demanded answers about where new Catholic schools might be located, and how much funding might be available.
Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell called the report «a further wake - up call for the Tory government who have been in denial and neglectful about teacher shortages».
The shadow chancellor Ed Balls has criticised the delay of an announcement from the coalition government about funding for 20 school repairs.
The shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has accused government ministers of «incompetence» in the face of allegations about so - called «Trojan horse» schools in Birmingham.
The shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has accused government ministers of «incompetence» in the face of allegations made in 2010 about so - called «Trojan horse» schools in Birmingham.
It comes after shadow education secretary Lucy Powell raised concerns about government and Ucas data showing that 49,120 teachers left the state - funded sector in the year to November 2014, while 48,900 applied for teacher training in the same period.
The education select committee published a report about the role of RSCs back in January 2016, suggesting that the responsibilities of RSCs, local authorities and Ofsted be clarified after the commissioners were accused of being a «shadow Ofsted» by a former government adviser.
When asked Monday whether he's concerned about the policy changes potentially leading to growth in shadow lending, Morneau emphasized the government's efforts to stabilize the regulated segments of the market.
One of the things that make me truly proud to be a Canuck, but oddly enough, because it lives in the shadows, as it were, for example without any PR staff, ignored by the government which seriously underfunds it, most Canadians, including politicians and journalists do not even know about its existence and its greatness.
The shadow of the Japanese Reference weighed heavily over any conversations about individual rights and the ability of government to remove these rights.