Sentences with phrase «as shadow education minister»
Cardiff West MP and former teacher Kevin Brennan will continue as shadow schools minister, while Yvonne Fovargue, the MP for Makerfield, will retain responsibility for further education and skills as shadow education minister.
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She said serving as a shadow education minister had been «a privilege» and she had come to the decision with «regret» but that she could not, in conscience, support the motion to go to war.
Last night Tulip Siddiq dramatically quit as a shadow education minister to vote against the bill on behalf of her 77 % Remain constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn.
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She is the first MP of Bangladeshi origin and served as shadow international development minister before taking up her current role — shadow education minister.
In a highly unusual move, the Tory former education secretary Nicky Morgan joins forces with her previous Labour shadow Lucy Powell and the Liberal Democrat former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to condemn the plans as damaging to social mobility, ideologically driven and divisive.
Pat Glass also returns as shadow transport minister, despite quitting as shadow education secretary in June just 24 hours after getting the job.
As I understand it, Labour's shadow education minister Tristram Hunt is promising to reinstate the requirement that the children's centres in the poorest areas must provide childcare suitable for working parents.
Angela Eagle becomes shadow business secretary and shadow first secretary of state, Lisa Nandy as shadow energy secretary, Lucy Powell takes the education portfolio and Diane Abbott as shadow minister for international development.
They include Chi Onwurah, the former minister for culture and the digital economy, who wrote that it was «statistically interesting to say the least» that Labour's leader had made life difficult for two of the very few minority ethnic female MPs; and Pat Glass, who resigned as shadow education secretary in June two days after being appointed, in protest over Corbyn's leadership.
Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary, described the climbdown as «humiliating» for both Morgan and the prime minister.
Glass, who is the MP for North West Durham and a former senior local education authority worker, most recently served as shadow Europe minister in Jeremy Corbyn's frontbench team.