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It comes after Theresa May's decision to back Heathrow expansion plunged the Conservatives into turmoil, as Cabinet ministers hit out at the move and a prominent MP quit.

But Mr Balls hinted that his roots were more provincial than those of the metropolitan Milibands, who have spent recent years «travelling around the world» as Cabinet ministers responsible for foreign affairs and climate change.»

The group has already won the support of a range of MPs including Robert Halfon, Gavin Barwell, Guy Opperman, Laura Sandys and Matthew Hancock, as well as cabinet ministers.

The justice secretary joins Chris Grayling, Theresa Villiers, Priti Patel, John Whittingdale and Iain Duncan Smith as Cabinet ministers expected to back Brexit.

Lords serving as cabinet ministers and the credibility of the lobbying profession fill our postbags this month

High profile figures, such as Cabinet ministers, had search volume results restricted so that only searches from the areas close to their constituency were counted.

The Institute has hosted CEOs of national and international corporations, federal and provincial premiers, as well as cabinet ministers, leading academics, most Governors of the Bank of Canada and Federal Reserve Bank Presidents.

Freeland, a former journalist who would have been used to obfuscation in her old job, has become rather good at it in her new life as a cabinet minister.

Hinman was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1959 and is the grandson of E.W. Hinman, who served as a Cabinet minister in the provincial government of Earnest Manning during the 1950s.

Suddenly he is much more famous than when he toiled as a cabinet minister or was the dominant force with Gordon Brown in the Treasury for many years.

Meanwhile, Communication Director of the NPP, Nana Akomea, has sent signals he can't serve as deputy minister after he has served under ex-president Kufuor as a Cabinet Minister.

Francis Maude, who as cabinet minister created GDS, recently admitted that if GDS had undertaken faster and more wholescale reform of legacy systems, it wouldn't be under threat now.

His revelation comes after President Akufo - Addo credited the erstwhile Kufour government where he served as a cabinet Minister, with securing funding for the project.

The magnificent Ken Clarke has been an MP since 1970, and served as a Cabinet Minister under Thatcher, Major and Cameron.

The tapes detail his time as a cabinet minister until the present date, and provide insights into the workings of the Labour cabinet.

Throughout his long parliamentary career, even as a cabinet minister, Straw nurtured his constituency and drew strength from his visits.

Mrs. Tambajang, who was a former United Nations Development Program (UNDP) gender / development expert, also served as a cabinet minister in the government of Yahya Jammeh.

However, he failed to persuade the new prime minister, Tony Blair, to support this course of action and was sacked just 14 months after his only appointment as a cabinet minister.

She added: «As a cabinet minister and leader of his party in Scotland, Jim has been a hugely important figure in the Labour Party.

He will be given the honour for his time spent as a cabinet minister but his reward is still likely to be controversial with Brexit supporters because of his passionate opposition to leaving the EU, including writing a book called How to Stop Brexit (And Make Britain Great Again).

... These are legitimate questions that you should be asked as a cabinet minister and you shouldn't be getting all touchy about the way I emotionally phrase my questions.»

As a Cabinet minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh is part of the inner circle of the president and is to aid in key decision making activities in the country.

An unnamed minister told the Sunday Telegraph that Miller should lose her cabinet post because her conduct was «incompatible» with her role as a cabinet minister.

At least as a cabinet minister, Miliband might have been «too cautious».

Chris Huhne's future as a Cabinet minister could be determined within weeks after police passed a file to prosecutors yesterday about an alleged speeding offence.

If as few employees back action as Cabinet minister Francis Maude argues, he's got nothing to worry about.

He said: «I would like to remain as a cabinet minister.

From 1998 through 2002, József Pálinkás served first as Secretary of State, then as Cabinet Minister of Education in the Hungarian Government.

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As a cabinet minister between 1996 and 2006, he collected paycheques totalling more than $ 1.5 million.

He says his time as a cabinet minister and having the opportunity to work with top attorneys general around the world has also made him a better lawyer.

Not exact matches

In its letter last night to Mr Cameron, Republic said: «The fact that... Charles has privileged access to Cabinet papers is a further cause for concern as it means he is able to lobby ministers in secret at every stage of policy development process.

At a semi-private speech in Montreal this spring, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said that as a member of Parliament and a Cabinet minister, he felt Canadians were «counting on you to ensure their home keeps its valueMinister Bill Morneau said that as a member of Parliament and a Cabinet minister, he felt Canadians were «counting on you to ensure their home keeps its valueminister, he felt Canadians were «counting on you to ensure their home keeps its value.»

This morning Justin Trudeau was sworn in as Prime Minister, along with the first cabinet in Canadian history to be split 50:50 between men and women.

There was a time when Levi, a college dropout who got his start as a stockbroker and the son of a B.C. NDP cabinet minister, seemed to have the Midas touch.

Previously, as a ministry official, he had visited the Cabinet Office to discuss the MOF's intervention strategy and the importance of containing the yen with officials such as a junior minister named Shinzo Abe.

Bennett's repeated requests that the army focus on the tunnels were rebuffed at the cabinet meetings, as were the urgings of Liberman, the then - foreign minister, for the army to completely conquer the Gaza Strip.

The Autumn Statement is a mini-budget in which the chancellor updates the country on the government's taxation and spending plans, and it will be the new cabinet's first major economic announcement since May took over as prime minister.

The controversy has been one of the most vexing to confront Kenney during his many years as one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's most valued cabinet lieutenants.

The government has built four trade and investment offices throughout China, has doubled their staff, and set up former cabinet minister Ben Stewart as a new, permanent special representative who is based in Beijing.

According to a former cabinet minister who spoke on condition of anonymity, the ministers acted as a symbolic «rubber stamp» — the cabinet has no actual approval power — and accepted the plans presented to them by the military.

The dollar rallied as much as 2.5 % against South Africa's rand to 13.613, its highest since early February, after President Jacob Zuma fired finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a cabinet reshuffle following days of speculation that has rocked the country's markets and currency.

In October, Hammond was forced to deny that he would resign as chancellor, after tensions within the cabinet arose from his repeated warnings about the «economic realities» of Brexit, which many pro-Leave ministers saw as overly pessimistic.

He then served in François Hollande's cabinet as economy minister.

All the while, Morneau's fellow cabinet minister, Karina Gould, tried to maintain calm even as time was wrapping up with several people still lined up at microphones, anxious to give the finance minister a piece of their minds.

Cabinet ministers have been at odds over policy, including citizenship laws, the national vote on same - sex marriage and competition reform, as well as being left out of the decision loop on a series of «captain's picks» by the prime minister.

On International Women's Day, it's easy to see why Canada — with our feminist Prime Minister and his gender - balanced cabinet — might be construed as a place where sexism is not really a problem.

Southern Ontario backbench MP Ed Holder has also been brought into the cabinet fold, replacing Rickford as minister of state for science and technology.

In his appearance before a parliamentary committee, Facebook Canada's public policy head Kevin Chan was questioned by New Democrat MP Charlie Angus on why he had yet to register as a lobbyist, given the fact he's met senior cabinet members, including Finance Minister Bill Morneau.

He should have taken a lesson from London, Ont., mayor, Joe Fontana, who did declare a conflict of interest when his council voted to ask him to leave office in light of fraud charges stemming from his time as a federal cabinet minister.