Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie was in Westminster today to
attend the shadow cabinet meeting - something which she will now be doing on a monthly basis.
Instead, she is understood to have been offered the chance to
attend shadow cabinet - but only when they discussed «youth affairs».
The best news is that Jon Trickett has been appointed as Shadow Minister at the Cabinet Office,
attending shadow cabinet (but not voting).
AND: Baroness Smith and Lord Bassam (Lords shadow leader and chief whip) have stopped
attending shadow cabinet meetings.
Not exact matches
It's an independent group within the party but supported by
shadow cabinet ministers, Nick Herbert and Greg Clark, who both
attended last night's launch party.
Mr Cameron said on Sunday there were many members of his
shadow cabinet who
attended state schools, including
shadow foreign secretary William Hague,
shadow defence secretary Liam Fox and party chairman Eric Pickles.
The prime minister and deputy prime minister will
attend and the
Cabinet and
shadow Cabinet will be invited.
Of course, the ministers
attending come from the department involved and are matched by the
shadow cabinet frontbenchers that parallel them, and this brings a certain degree of different expertise to each discussion.
Grant is not a full member of
shadow cabinet Mike although like David Lidington he
attends.