Sentences with phrase «after business secretary»

Their comments come after business secretary Vince Cable criticised the proposal that makes it easier for businesses to sack under - performing workers.

The divisions were laid bare after Business Secretary Greg Clark stressed that thousands of British jobs depend on frictionless trade with Europe, in what was viewed as an attempt to revive the customs partnership model.

First, Cameron and Osborne kowtowed to Tory backbench concerns by limiting the rise in capital gains tax to 28 per cent, after the Business Secretary had accused the likes of David Davis and John Redwood of «reinventing the wheel» on CGT.

The exchanges occured after Business Secretary Vince Cable had decided to go ahead with the appointment of Les Ebdon as university access tsar.

The FSB expressed concern after Business Secretary Lord Mandelson rebuffed calls to extend the trade credit insurance scheme beyond 31 December, as reported in the Financial Times.

The news comes days after the business secretary Vince Cable set out government plans for pay discipline in the private sector.

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President Trump indicated on Wednesday that he may fire his Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who has come under scrutiny after a report that he has flown a private plane for government business at taxpayers» expenses on multiple occasions.

The Wall Street Journal article at the center of the OIG's inquiry was published on October 30, 2016, two days after then - FBI director James Comey announced in a letter to Congress that the bureau was reopening its investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server to conduct government business when she was secretary of state.

The prediction of my boyfriend and business partner when I ended our business partnership — after announcing he'd marry my secretary.

Looking back on her early days in the real - estate business, Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran recalls the moment when her boyfriend and business partner Ramon Simone told her — after seven years together — that he was going to marry the company's secretary.

Trinity Mirror has been forced to keep the two parts of the business formally separate for now, after the Competition and Markets Authority and media regulator Ofcom decided to investigate the merger at the behest of culture secretary Matt Hancock.

While talking to business leaders in Austria today, the Brexit Secretary will try to reassure critics that they are mistaken to think Britain will focus on deregulation after it leaves the trading bloc, and how UK hopes that «mutual recognition» of regulations will continue after Brexit.

Osborne should feel infuriated by the business secretary's comments, after the chancellor opened the week with a speech in which the facade of cautious optimism barely concealed the glee of victory.

Their letter was sent after the new environment secretary this morning called for a «new environmental contract» on tackling climate change to ensure government, business and individuals all play their part.

Take international trade secretary Liam Fox and the controversial EU - Canada business deal CETA: after five years of secret negotiations on CETA, Fox signed the UK up to the deal by intentionally side - stepping parliamentary scrutiny.

The government will examine thousands of Clinton's emails for public release — and for possible security lapses — after revelations she used her private account to conduct official business as secretary of state, a senior State Department official said.

After Vince Cable wrote to companies Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said the government had «caved in» by failing to introduce promised shareholder votes on executive remuneration.

Former Business Secretary Vince Cable has accused Anna Soubry of «pathetic buck - passing» after she said he was partly to blame for the state of the British steel industry.

Then, in an astounding coup, and in the week after the end of the conference, the über - Blairite Peter Mandelson returned to cabinet as Business Secretary.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin promised to consider a sanctions package that may cut off «all trade and all other business» with North Korea's trading partners after North Korea's latest nuclear test.

The business secretary raised eyebrows on Newsnight when he said he would «probably» do a good job of being chancellor, just hours after official figures showed the UK was in an even deeper recession that previously thought.

Labour also seized on the u-turn with shadow business secretary Clive Lewis saying: «The prime minister announced she is ditching her flagship policy to put workers on company boards - just one month after committing to it.

When Mandelson lost his post as business secretary after the 2010 general election, he set up the «strategic advice consultancy» with financial backing from WPP, the marketing services group headed by Sir Martin Sorrell.

There had been speculation that the business secretary would use his powers to prevent the takeover after consultation with media watchdog Ofcom as a matter of public interest if it was thought the takeover would damage the plurality of the industry.

The former shadow business secretary will launch her bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn tomorrow after rallying fellow MPs to support her.

Nissan was convinced to stay in the UK with a promise of no tariffs or extra bureaucratic burdens on the car industry after Brexit, the business secretary has finally revealed, prompting fears that sector - by - sector deals could cost the taxpayer «colossal amounts of money».

Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, has made clear that Lord Rennard will play no role during the Liberal Democrat general election campaign after Vince Cable, the business secretary, suggested the party would want to use the peer's «expertise».

Former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said: «After eight years of Tory misrule, most people thoroughly tired of austerity, a disastrous Brexit negotiation, the Windrush outrage and four cabinet resignations in six months, we should be well ahead and we are not.

Business Secretary Greg Clark has suggested that thousands of manufacturing jobs could be put at risk if the UK does not «minimise friction» in its trade with the EU after Brexit, amid a Conservative row over the UK's future customs ties.

Mandelson reveals that Tony Blair, who was scrupulously loyal to Brown in public after his resignation as prime minister in June 2007, had severe doubts about his successor and at one point urged the former business secretary not to block a challenge.

The extraordinary row came after Mr Osborne joined forces with ex-Labour Treasury minister Ed Balls and former Lib Dem business secretary Vince Cable to warn that leaving the EU would be «a one - way ticket to a poorer Britain».

The debate came after Labour indicated a tougher approach to the EU when the shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, called for a change to one of the founding principles of the EU — freedom of movement — to be introduced to prevent EU citizens travelling to Britain in search of a job.

Conversation frequently turns to who could lead the party after another defeat in 2020: the former paratrooper Dan Jarvis; the shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna (who withdrew from the race after just a few days); the former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer; even David Miliband.

Turns out David Tennant «s stellar performance as downtrodden former Business Secretary Aiden Hoynes is matched only by his choice of political news; after receiving a public scolding for his attacks on the prime minister, Tennant can be seen here checking the damage to his reputation on our very own blog.

Mr Hunt was given responsibility over the deal after two reporters secretly recorded business secretary Vince Cable telling them the coalition was «at war» with Mr Murdoch.

The former shadow business secretary is the most senior member of the Labour party to declare they would do so, after Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell both ruled out fighting the EU battle alongside the Tory leader.

A plot to oust Clegg, launched by a close ally of the business secretary Vince Cable, was foiled after he was revealed as being behind a series of private constituency polls leaked to the press.

Business secretary Vince Cable said he and chancellor George Osborne had come to a «common view» over the need for reform after a year of intensive lobbying against the changes by the City.

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has said it is «too early» to say if he will be running for leadership of the Labour Party after Ed Miliband's resignation.

The parliamentary standards commissioner, John Lyon, announced that he would investigate a complaint about the former defence secretary lodged by Labour MP John Mann, after Mann asked him to examine allegations that Fox allowed Werritty to live rent - free in his London flat, which allowed him to run a business from a property funded by parliamentary allowances.

He got his first cabinet job in just his fourth year in parliament when he was appointed culture secretary in 2014, and was appointed business secretary after the 2015 election.

Lord Mandelson The business secretary reacted to reports in the Daily Telegraph which disclosed he ran up bills of almost # 3,000 on work to his constituency home in Hartlepool, less than a week after announcing his decision to stand down as an MP.

Former shadow business secretary Angela Eagle announced last night she would launch a leadership challenge on Monday after talks to ease Mr Corbyn out of his role broke down.

Claim: The business secretary claimed for improvements on his constituency home after he announced he was leaving Parliament to become an EU Commissioner.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has accused the Conservatives of being «horribly divided» during an interview with ITV News, after over half of all backbenchers rebelled against David Cameron.

Later on Mr Cable returns to the subject of «fair taxes», when asked what he would consider a success after five years as Business Secretary.

After days of speculation as to whether a challenge will be launched, the former Shadow Business Secretary said she would «resolve this impasse» if Mr Corbyn did not act soon.

Business Secretary Vince Cable told ITV News the Low Pay Commission must set the minimum wage and «politicians of all parties have got to respect that» after Chancellor George Osborne backed an increase.

Matthew Oakeshott resigned the Lib Dem whip in May 2014 after releasing private polls to the Guardian indicating that the party would do better with his ally, the then business secretary Vince Cable, as leader.