Sentences with phrase «cabinet colleagues»

I am sure she will push her shadow cabinet colleagues further into the shadows.

One year on, the policy of local ministers «having the ear of cabinet colleagues» is not working.

And I can remember the difficult discussions with cabinet colleagues at that time because everybody said «well why are we doing this».

Is this a way to speak of a former cabinet colleague?

Everyone who «knows how things are done», even your shadow cabinet colleagues, will warn against it.

[355] He was subsequently criticised by Cabinet colleagues for reviving the assertion, and was accused of «clear misuse of official statistics» by the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, Sir David Norgrove.

Meanwhile, rumours abound that Gove has lost a battle with Cabinet colleagues on the proposed powers of the watchdog.

Jeremy Corbyn's top team have discussed sending «moles» to spy on Shadow Cabinet colleagues, party insiders have sensationally claimed.

With polls showing the contest is on course for a photo finish, Mr Clegg made a whistlestop visit to the constituency of his former Cabinet colleague who quit as an MP after pleading guilty to perverting the course of justice.

Over the past two years, it has been met with reservations from cabinet colleagues in the Cameron government and serious problems finding a robust definition of extremism that would survive legal challenge from a banned group or individual.

In a speech in Sheffield on Saturday, Mr Clegg hit back at attacks by Tory cabinet colleagues over AV, including effectively accusing George Osborne, the Chancellor, of peddling «ludicrously false claims» about how the «Yes» campaign is funded.

Hague beat off competition from Cabinet colleague Ken Clarke to lead the Tory party from 1997 until 2001.

Maria Miller's resignation was «entirely» her own decision, cabinet colleague Michael Gove has said.

George Osborne should consider «phasing in» planned tax credit cuts or only imposing them on new claimants, according to a think - tank founded by Cabinet colleague Iain Duncan Smith.

He put in a robust performance on Newsnight last night and has been the most openly critical of Conservative Cabinet colleagues during the referendum campaign.

But now he's fighting for his political life after his first Budget in March ended in a U-turn, and he spent the summer clashing with Cabinet colleagues over Brexit.

This morning's reports of Andrew Lansley's Commons statement yesterday haven't missed that he was unsupported in the Chamber by the presence of senior Cabinet colleagues.

But pressed on whether the Home Secretary should resign, Ms Rudd's cabinet colleague David Gauke said the «implementation» of the policy was to blame rather than the policy itself.

«He has supporters from across Canada who will want to help him succeed in Alberta, which will draw some talent and money away from the national party in the short term,» said his former cabinet colleague James Moore, once rumoured to have leadership aspirations of his own.

Mr Brown told Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday that Labour could still be the «change - makers» in this year's «big choice» election.

The environment secretary is said to have angered cabinet colleagues by straying beyond his brief to speak at length about slightly obscure Treasury matters.

Clegg is at odds with other cabinet colleagues, including Michael Gove who want to introduce tougher legislation to deal with knife offences.

It's basically a personal attack on Cameron (which is fine) and on former Cabinet colleague John Reid (which, frankly, is not).

That raised eyebrows from former shadow Cabinet colleague Philip Hammond, now defence secretary, who said it could be difficult for Evans to remain in the job.

Should he choose to fight the Leeds South and Outwood seat, he could find himself being pitted against shadow Cabinet colleague Hilary Benn, whose existing Leeds Central constituency would be partly folded into the new seat.

Their anger intensified when a picture emerged of Baroness Chakrabarti and her shadow cabinet colleague Abbott having a drink together in the Pugin Room in the Palace of Westminster.

Mr Purnell claimed he had acted alone but had in fact been expecting Cabinet colleagues to follow his lead

Former business secretary Sir Vince Cable said the new PM had clashed with Cabinet colleagues before over the # 18 billion project.

Boris Johnson was «pretty much» humiliated in cabinet today for publicly demanding an extra # 100 million a week for the NHS, cabinet colleagues said.

Michael Gove has been forced to backtrack on his plan to abolish dedicated funding for school sport after cabinet colleagues convinced David Cameron the move was unwise.

He will already be friendly with Cabinet colleague Ken Clarke, having worked with him at the Britain in Europe group.

VICTORIA — Energy Minister Bill Bennett called his own B.C. Liberals cabinet colleagues «a bunch of nervous politicians» who don't even know what the «upper range is yet» on the cost of the proposed Site C hydroelectric project.

Only one cabinet colleague supported Butler; the rest, including Home, opted for Macmillan.

Friends of Jacqui Smith say she was attacked by some colleagues over her own expenses when they were published by the Sunday Express, with one cabinet colleague publicly declaring in a cabinet meeting that he had only claimed a «pittance» - only to be disproved by the Telegraph's allegations, which have left Smith looking far from alone.

David Miliband tonight issued a lukewarm vote of confidence in the prime minister after two former cabinet colleagues called for a secret ballot by Labour MPs to settle the question of his leadership «once and for all».

His eulogy was quickly superseded by an equally flattering representation of his own present day cabinet colleagues.

Brown's earnings eclipse those of his New Labour Cabinet colleagues, although former chancellor Alistair Darling and ex-justice secretary Jack Straw notched up additional income of # 263,000 and # 183,000 respectively.

He was promoted to the Tory frontbench by new Cabinet colleague William Hague.

«I don't think she's ever thought deeply about these questions,» Kenney says of former cabinet colleague Leitch

Chris Huhne's cold war with his Conservative Cabinet colleagues continues this weekend, after he was accused of leaking last week's «royal yacht» story against Michael Gove.

But to avoid this mess she will need to ensure that her senior cabinet colleagues come up with policy proposals that are palatable to the Maastricht Veterans and associates.

He also ribbed Commons speaker John Bercow for having a large ego and teased cabinet colleague John Whittingdale over his former girlfriends.

As Blair penned his name, my lunch table conversation with one of his former cabinet colleagues turned to the famously scrawled handwriting of his successor in No 10.

The admission came despite Mr Davis ordering Cabinet colleagues to prepare for what is widely seen as the growing likelihood of negotiations with EU leaders breaking down.

(Davey is keen on windmills, or at least wind turbines, which if it were not for Davey's own heroic struggle for the planet, his Tory Cabinet colleague Owen Paterson «would cull faster than he can cull badgers».)

One of her senior shadow cabinet colleagues played down the seriousness of the condition, saying: «Everyone, in every job, gets ill from time to time.

He told cabinet colleagues there was no place for harassment or sex discrimination in Israel's «democratic, Western, liberal state».

Opinion polls suggest that David Cameron's lead will grow as soon as he succeeds Tony Blair, his Budget flopped with voters, his nose excavation habits have become a pick of YouTube (thanks to Guido) and his former Cabinet colleague Charles Clarke is desperately organising a leadership challenge to him.