Sentences with phrase «business secretary argued»

In the first policy proposal of her campaign, the former shadow business secretary argued working people «have most to lose» from the UK's historic decision to quit the EU.

The former shadow business secretary argued Mr Corbyn was unable to «provide the leadership» to win a general election but that she believed she had what it takes to become Prime Minister.

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Ms Harman, the deputy Labour leader, is believed to have argued for more time to consider the position of the Royal Mail before the business secretary Lord Mandelson, published the proposed legislation.

British workers have a productivity problem, argued the shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna on the Today programme recently.

Theresa Villiers is shadow transport secretary and argues here that there is no convincing evidence that a third runway at Heathrow would benefit the wider business community in Britain, and that the expansion plans do not have the overwhelming support of the business community.

Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, indicated today that the government would not set out new public spending plans before the next general election, arguing it was currently impossible to forecast the economy two years ahead.

George Osborne was joined by the Lib Dem former business secretary Vince Cable and Labour's Ed Balls in a hangar at Stansted airport to argue that leaving the EU would be a «one - way ticket to a poorer Britain».

«It is perfectly legitimate for the Business Secretary to argue for the advantages of free and open markets and that is what Vince does.

Speaking to the Guardian on the eve of voting, the business secretary praised Gordon Brown's resilience, arguing that even his adversaries would respect how he had endured a difficult campaign.

He also defended Cable, arguing that the business secretary's latest denial of involvement had «put an end to all that sort of speculation».

He also reveals that last summer he argued inside the cabinet for the government to be more upfront about the need for spending cuts, a battle of emphasis that Alistair Darling, the chancellor, and the business secretary, Mandelson, appeared last week to have finally won.