Sentences with phrase «by former shadow business secretary»

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The former shadow business secretary Clive Lewis made the comments at an event backed by Momentum.

Attention on contact between the parties» senior figures began this summer with the revelation by shadow chancellor Ed Balls that he has been in frequent contact by text with Lib Dem business secretary Vince Cable, a former SDP politician, who has spent the summer undermining Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg.

The development came as Lord Rennard, the former chief executive of the Liberal Democrats, was cleared of wrongdoing in relation to his expenses, and the Commons auditors offered Kenneth Clarke an «unreserved apology» after reducing the amount of expenses the shadow business secretary was being asked to repay by more than # 3,000.