Sentences with phrase «by members of his shadow cabinet»

We have heard them uttered by members of his shadow cabinet.

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Six weeks later, after being asked every week to do so by Maria Eagle when she met him at shadow cabinet meetings (I wasn't a member of the shadow cabinet, only the shadow secretaries of state sit in that meeting), Jeremy finally phoned me.

Current leader Jeremy Corbyn is being challenged by two former members of his shadow cabinet — Angela Eagle and Owen Smith.

By 9.30 pm on Sunday a further 11 members of the shadow cabinet had left their posts.

The Labour leader was attacked by backbench MPs and even members of his shadow cabinet after the party lost seats in England and Wales and were humiliated in Scotland, where they finished a distant third.

Over the past four days, the Telegraph has published a series of articles detailing questionable expense claims made by MPs from all political parties, including members of the Cabinet and shadow cCabinet and shadow cabinetcabinet.

[5][6] Press rumours of a split in the Labour Party had occurred since Jeremy Corbyn's election as leader in 2015; this intensified after pro-EU members of his shadow cabinet resigned in protest of his allegedly weak support for the Remain campaign, leading to a leadership challenge by Owen Smith.

He does so by ingeniously entwining Ted Heath as an MP and party whip in the 1960s with the chief of staff and his colleague in the offi ce of a member of today's shadow cabinet.

Following Hilary Benn's departure there was a mass resignation of shadow cabinet members and, at the time of writing, the party's MPs have backed a vote of no confidence by an overwhelming margin.

By voting to elect all shadow cabinet members against the advice of former Ministers like Jack Straw and Phil Woolas and most speakers at the PLP meeting other than Frank Dobson, Labour MPs voted to be treated as more than just voting fodder.

Under the proposals of an unelected committee chaired by Margaret Beckett, the PLP looks set to abandon a requirement that an incoming Labour PM include elected shadow cabinet members in the new cabinet.

But Corbyn has been accused by some shadow cabinet members, most recently Michael Dugher, the shadow culture secretary, of sponsoring a faction rather than acting as a unifying figure in the whole of the Labour party.

The Tory radar sensed danger and the party launched a pre-emptive strike last week: a blitz of speeches on the environment by seven shadow Cabinet members including Mr Cameron, William Hague and George Osborne, who suggested that householders could get «shopping vouchers» worth # 130 a year to recycle their rubbish.

A member of the shadow cabinet told ConservativeHome yesterday that the Tory leadership half expects Britain to be in the hands of the IMF by the time the party hopes to come to power and that an IMF regime will force a programme of cuts.

Chris Grayling, by far the most effective member of the shadow cabinet, has no declared outside interests.

Jon Ashworth, the shadow cabinet minister, accused the Tories of seeking to rig the political system with planned cuts to «Short money» and new rules to discourage donations by trade union members.

Peace offerings being discussed include allowing Labour MPs to elect several members of the shadow cabinet, and appointing staffers to the leader's office who are respected by rebel MPs in an effort to improve relations.

After his role in the Crewe and Nantwich by - election campaign - following a successful masterminding of our local government advances - Eric shot to near the top of our regular shadow cabinet league table of members» satisfaction.

It is understood that Smith will probably be called in by Corbyn's team and reminded of his responsibilities as a shadow cabinet member.

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn say he they are nervous about him using his platform to launch a future leadership bid, and he is being accompanied by other members of the shadow cabinet on visits to keep an eye on him.

The shadow cabinet may be wholly elected, or have all, half or one - third of its members appointed by the leader;

The Labour leader, who was left reeling after his decision to sack the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, was followed by the resignations of 11 senior shadow cabinet members, said he would not «betray the trust» of the people who voted for him by stepping down.

Notwithstanding the many qualities of Jon Cruddas and the excellent work carried out by other MPs — for example Gisela Stuart and Stella Creasy — in being effective voices for their members and communities and outstanding campaigners, it is, after all, only MPs who currently have the opportunity to be elected to the shadow cabinet.

His supporters say much of the frenzied speculation around the reshuffle was whipped up by their opponents, rather than Mr Corbyn himself, but I understand he did want to make the changes and after members of the shadow cabinet made it plain that they would resist him extremely strongly, it seems he will not.

Its inevitable that members of the shadow cabinet are going to kick back as cuts are imposed on their budgets by Ed Balls.