Sentences with phrase «accused labour ministers»

Low March 16th: Labour's Unite links exposed - The opposition had a field day as they accused Labour ministers of being unable to intervene in the British Airways cabin crew strike - because the union behind the industrial action, Unite, was one of Labour's biggest donors.

Not exact matches

Labour ministers have been accused of using regional Cabinet meetings to help the party in key marginal seats.

Labour accused the prime minister of breaking his promise of capping rail fares, on the basis that not all fares are controlled by ministers.

Frank Field, the committee's Labour chair, has accused ministers of withholding bad news over the progress of the welfare scheme.

During PMQs today, Ed Miliband and David Cameron engaged in a bitter war of words over the issue, with the Labour leader accusing the prime minister of being out of touch with the public.

Labour has accused Jeremy Hunt of trying to «evade parliament» after Lord Justice Leveson made clear he will not make a judgement on the minister's conduct in the BSkyB takeover bid.

Labour has accused the government of being «in a shambles» following the prime minister's earlier speech announcing further cuts to welfare benefits.

Labour MP and former International Development Minister George Foulkes has accused the Conservative Leader of «hypocrisy» over his comments on overseas aid.

Labour peer and arch-Remainer Lord Adonis accused the Prime Minister of stuffing the Lords with loyal peers in an attempt to ram through her Brexit agenda.

Among 17 phone - hacking victims given public apologies by News International in the High Court were Sarah, Duchess of York, actors Hugh Grant and Christopher Eccleston, the Catholic parish priest of singer Charlotte Church, singer James Blunt, Uri Geller, Geoffrey Robinson, the former Labour minister, and Colin Stagg, the man wrongly accused of the murder of Rachel Nickell.

The Tories last week accused environment minister David Miliband of using his government - funded blog to spread Labour «propaganda».

In a long speech at the start of the immigration debate, which saw her accused of time - wasting (ministers want to avoid further Tory rebellions) she insisted that all she was doing was doing was restoring the position that applied before Labour changed the law in 2006.

Labour's shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander today accused the Prime Minister of a «fairly knee - jerk reaction which... may well have been driven more by politics than by a considered judgment of the needs of the constitution».

At a separate rally, organised by Labour First, Angela Eagle, the former leadership candidate and minister, accused Corbyn's supporters of allowing a culture of abuse of MPs and Labour party staff which could lead to a form of «populist authoritarian rule».

Labour accused Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, of «sociologically cleansing» poorer citizens out of London through the policy, which was announced last week as part of the spending review.

The senior Labour MP also accused the prime minister of prioritising greater immigration controls over the health of the UK economy as she headed towards triggering Brexit early next year.

The prime minister accused Labour of tabling an amendment to the 50p tax rate decision which would actually reintroduce the 40p tax rate — 5p less than the government's policy.

The prime minister launched a major defence of big business as he accused Labour of giving up on free enterprise and wealth creation.

David Cameron accused Jeremy Corbyn of being a «small c conservative» at Prime Minister's Questions today, after the Labour leader looked to savage the government's housing policy.

Labour's leader has accused David Cameron of a «lack of respect for the democratic process» after the Prime Minister failed to show up in Parliament to answer questions about this morning's draft European Union deal.

The Labour MP for Lewisham East used both barrels as she accused the prime minister of being afraid of «right - wing rabid elements of her own party».

David Cameron and Ed Miliband have joined the debate, with the prime minister accusing the Labour leader of trying to «weaponise» the NHS.

The Labour leader also accused the Prime Minister of a «broken promise» on a long - standing Tory pledge to grant working families 30 hours of free childcare.

Alan Duncan, an openly - gay shadow cabinet minister, has accused Labour «stirring up hatred and division» ahead of this year's Gay Pride.

Labour ministers are facing a media backlash after they were accused of briefing against the outgoing head of the Army.

The government has unveiled the first round of its three - year funding to help struggling businesses, but Labour has accused ministers of refusing to invest in growth.

The Prime Minister faced catcalls from Labour MPs as Jeremy Corbyn accused her of overseeing a shambolic negotiation with the EU.

Clarke, who ran unsuccessfully in the 2010 election against Labour's Sadiq Khan in Tooting, south London, was later accused of seeking to blackmail the cabinet minister Robert Halfon by threatening to expose his affair with a Tory activist — an affair which Halfon later admitted to and apologised for.

The environment secretary, Michael Gove, led her defence, saying that Rudd was «a highly talented and highly effective minister», and accused Labour of trying to «weaponise» the issue.

The Labour leader accuses the prime minister of using «phony» figures over the level of spending on flood defences.

The clash between the Prime Minister and Ms Cooper came as Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Ms May of knowing «full well» of the problems faced by the Windrush generation, and called on the Government to ditch «bogus immigration targets that have driven this hostile culture».

The shadow minister also accused the Government of «pivot and distraction» by blaming the decision to scrap landing cards on Labour - despite former Home Secretary Alan Johnson admitting on Thursday that the policy had been signed off under a Labour government in 2009.

The Labour leader accused the prime minister of using «phony» figures over the level of spending on UK flood defences.

The Labour leader delivered a hard - hitting attack on the prime minister, whom he accused of turning into «David Brent» within two years of taking power, after the government laid out its plans for the year ahead, including reform of the House of Lords.

A number of pro-Remain Tories have backed Labour's move, with former chancellor Ken Clarke accusing ministers of trying to protect the government from «political embarrassment».

And Mr Miliband, after stealing the birthday boy's thunder, delighted in accusing the prime minister of «floundering around... you have no answer to Labour's energy price freeze.»

Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday should be a passionate little squabble, with David Cameron likely to criticise Ed Miliband for Labour's reluctance to promise an EU Referendum and Ed Miliband accusing the PM of pandering to UKIP and his own backbenchers.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of «running away» after the prime minister said he would only take part in one televised debate ahead of the election.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has accused prime minister David Cameron of «running away» after Mr Cameron said he would only take part in one televised debate.

David Cameron has been accused by Labour of «patronising, sexist, insulting and un — prime ministerial» behaviour after he told a shadow minister to «calm down, dear» in the Commons.

The Prime Minister was accused of sexism by Labour after his Commons put - down to Angela Eagle at Prime Minister's Questions.

In rowdy commons scenes, which saw one former Tory minister liken the incoming European Commission president Jean - Claude Juncker to a Luftwaffe fighter plane, the Labour leader accused the prime minister of burning alliances, leaving his EU strategy in tatters.

At the end of a week in which two former Labour first ministers expressed grave concerns about the future of the party, Lamont accused colleagues of trying to run Scotland «like a branch office of London».

The health minister, Simon Burns, accused Labour of stooping to a new low of political opportunism today after it claimed the government had cut a routine flu vaccination for under - fives.

It is understood that the former Labour minister Elliot Morley and his colleague David Chaytor, who were both accused of claiming for «phantom» mortgages, are among those under scrutiny.

A wave of shadow cabinet ministers resigned in protest at Corbyn's leadership, accusing him of not doing enough to convince Labour voters to vote Remain.

But last night a former Labour health minister accused his party leadership of scaremongering and risking patient care.

A shadow Cabinet minister lashed out at Len McCluskey today after the union baron accused moderate Labour MPs of using the anti-Semitism row to hammer Jeremy Corbyn.

David Cameron and Harriet Harman clashed over the issue at Prime Minister's Questions, with the Labour leader accusing the government of «attacking the right of working people to have a say on their pay and conditions».

The Welsh Labour education minister accuses the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition UK government of failure and mismanagement of education in England.