Sentences with phrase «as shadow transport secretary»

Michael Dugher installed as shadow transport secretary is reasonably loyal too.

The «spadework», as shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle says, was done by Andrew Adonis.

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«Many commuters have faced a nasty new year shock as they discover fares have gone up by as much as 9.2 %,» shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said.

When then leader William Hague departed, his successor Iain Duncan Smith appointed May as shadow Secretary of State for transport.

«This incentivises an early exit from the franchise as premium payments rise and the recent history of the company heightens concerns that this is a very real possibility, not least when the penalty for terminating the franchise is a fraction of these amounts,» shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle wrote in a letter to Greening yesterday.

Pat Glass also returns as shadow transport minister, despite quitting as shadow education secretary in June just 24 hours after getting the job.

This morning, commuters got a «nasty new year shock», at least according to shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle, as they faced inflation - busting increases in ticket fares for the tenth year in a row - a 4.2 per cent average price increase this year.

With the network beset with problems at the same time as inflation - busting fare rises come into force, shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said passengers were on the «end of a real double whammy».

The shadow transport secretary Chris Grayling said he had heard «ever - increasing rumours» from the Treasury that Mr Brown sees road pricing as an important source of revenue.

Theresa Villiers, the Conservative shadow transport secretary, said: «This is welcome news and will come as huge relief for many, but we must not forget the hundreds of thousands stranded abroad.

Alexander, the former shadow health secretary who quit Corbyn's frontbench during the string of resignations over his leadership in 2016, has resigned her seat to take up a role as deputy mayor for transport under the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, at City Hall.

Back in June shadow transport secretary, Maria Eagle, welcomed the Rebuilding Rail report by Transport for Quality of Life as a consideration in the polictransport secretary, Maria Eagle, welcomed the Rebuilding Rail report by Transport for Quality of Life as a consideration in the policTransport for Quality of Life as a consideration in the policy review.

Following a period as shadow minister for transport, following the 1997 general election, she was appointed as parliamentary under secretary of state (a junior minister) in the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair, [27] with responsibility for London Transport, a post from which she resigned in 1999 before an unsuccessful attempt to be nominated as the Labour Party candidate for the election of the first Mayor of Londontransport, following the 1997 general election, she was appointed as parliamentary under secretary of state (a junior minister) in the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair, [27] with responsibility for London Transport, a post from which she resigned in 1999 before an unsuccessful attempt to be nominated as the Labour Party candidate for the election of the first Mayor of LondonTransport, a post from which she resigned in 1999 before an unsuccessful attempt to be nominated as the Labour Party candidate for the election of the first Mayor of London in 2000.