Sentences with phrase «cabinet government»

But, like it or not, that's the way cabinet government works.

Seldon argues that Prime Ministers have been most effective when they have worked with the Cabinet Office and with the Cabinet Secretary in particular, and within the conventions of Cabinet government, including collective responsibility, rather than trying to operate their own presidential top — down systems.

But Cabinet government means working together as a team — and it doesn't come naturally to all.

In theory, all of this takes place within the Westminster Model of strong cabinet government, ministerial responsibility, a constitutional bureaucracy based on a neutral civil service and parliamentary sovereignty.

Mr Clarke, who served as chancellor under John Major, wants a return to proper cabinet government, arguing it is essential «to make government work better and to reverse public cynicism about the tacky system of government and politics which New Labour has imposed upon us.»

After this time, Cabinet Government developed, and the most senior members of the Cabinet were given the title of «secretary of state» There were secretaries of state for Home, Foreign, Colonies, India and War.

«Not only is such proliferate expenditure is a questionable use of taxpayers» money, but such a presidential - style office undermines collective cabinet government and our parliamentary democracy.

Whilst my journalistic instinct is to be fascinated at the prospect of their publication a very long time before the thirty - year rule kicks in, has this ruling not the potential to damage the likelihood of serious Cabinet government being restored?

The Home Secretary later appeared on LBC, repeating her message about Cabinet unity, saying: «Good cabinet government is about having disagreements, challenging each other, and then agreeing on our position - not sharing it with the gentlemen and ladies with the press.»

An elected Head of State is incompatible with a parliamentary regime since it would set up a competing centre of democratic legitimacy — one emanating through election — to cabinet government responsible to Parliament, and ultimately to the people.

Cabinet government means views are expressed and people don't always agree.

In a preview to the report last week, the outgoing chair of the committee warned Mr Blair had undermined public trust in politics, blamed on part on his «disregard» for cabinet government.

Like a golden thread throughout this book is his advocacy of Cabinet government and his sadness that after 1987 Thatcher's exercise of this declined and the same occurred after 2015 with the Cameron government.

«Cabinet government has been all but destroyed.

Chaired by former chancellor Kenneth Clarke, the Conservatives» new Democracy Taskforce calls for a weakening of the prime minister's powers to encourage a return to cabinet government and restore public trust in politicians.

But the seeds of discontent and opposition within her own Party were apparent as her personality and dominance meant a reduction of Cabinet government and a neglect of her own backbenchers.

Whilst some have hailed the coalition as «the return of cabinet government», that would mean robust discussion within Cabinet, not off - message comments in public.

The release of the information would do «serious damage» to Cabinet government and outweighed public interest needs, Mr Straw said.

Mr Straw, continuing against heckling from the opposition backbenches, added: «To permit the tribunal's view of the public interest to prevail would risk serious damage to Cabinet government; an essential principle of British parliamentary democracy.

I know it's a novel idea, cabinet government, teamwork.

The Conservative leader said it contradicted Brown's declared wish for a return to Cabinet government: «Suddenly the Government's policy is torn up on the sort of whim of an answer at Prime Minister's questions.»

On the latter issue, I am on the record as writing here just last month that Cabinet minutes are best kept private if we seriously want a return to Cabinet government, so I wholeheartedly back Jack Straw on that one; on the Post Office my instinct too is that the Conservatives are right to back the Government.