Sentences with phrase «cabinet members such»

Pro-euro cabinet members such as Charles Clarke and Patricia Hewitt grumbled that the decision had been a Treasury stitchup, but Brown's position was unassailable.

Despite the occasional harsh outburst during the 1945 - 1950 parliament from Labour cabinet members such as Nye Bevan that the Tories were «lower than vermin», the election campaign saw something of a change of temper and did not turn into a bitter slanging match.

On the Labour side, for example, prominent non-Corbynites and former Shadow Cabinet members such as Yvette Cooper, Hilary Benn, Mary Creagh and Rachel Reeves will chair committees, while the list of Conservative party chairs and candidates is significantly more liberal and less Eurosceptic than the party leadership, with Tom Tugendhat, Robert Halfon and Nicky Morgan joining fellow Remainers Damian Collins, Sarah Wollaston, Bob Neill and Neil Parish.

Not exact matches

Their consensus on Remain (supported by the PM, 80 per cent of Cabinet members, and 75 per cent of members of parliament) was quite at odds with the feelings of voters outside select areas such as London.

Manifesto decisions such as the cataclysmic policy which became dubbed the «dementia tax» were not communicated even to members of the Cabinet until the last minute, allowing no time for proper scrutiny and challenge.

There were no double - acts with members of the shadow cabinet such as Ed Balls, Harriet Harman, or Yvette Cooper — who many see at the Labour leader in waiting.

Labour's shadow cabinet agreed on Monday that MPs would be given a free vote, despite Corbyn's public opposition to strikes, to avert a threatened rebellion by pro-bombing members such as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.

The Cabinet Office report warned that as well as negotiating the terms of an exit from the EU with the other member states, Britain would also face a formidable challenge in striking new trade deals with non-EU countries such as China, India and the US.

Mr Grayling is reported to have argued that the referendum is of such importance that the public deserves to hear both sides of the argument from Cabinet members.

The push back this time comes from Nick Clegg; the unremitting insistence that it's «not going to happen with Liberal Democrats in government» from such a prominent Cabinet member effectively takes the idea of the table - for the time being at least.

The other two cabinet members were however present in the meeting which held at the Council Chambers in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday and, as such, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Others have even said that such an act should not be allowed, since (some of) members of the cabinet have access to privileged information.

The membership of each of Labour's policy commissions is drawn from our National Policy Forum, the Shadow Cabinet and our National Executive Committee, and reflects all parts of our movement, including grassroots Labour Party members, representatives of affiliates such as trade unions, and elected politicians.

[23] If this office is not occupied or the Deputy Prime Minister is not available, the next most senior member of the Cabinet will receive questions (such as the First Secretary of State or the Deputy Leader of the government party).

The problem for Cameron is that the leave campaign is no longer focused on divisive outsiders such as Nigel Farage and George Galloway but has senior members of the Cabinet involved too.

Labour Party members, even those on the right of the party, will be wondering how two Labour Shadow Cabinet members can justify attending such a party and whether they can now keep their positions.

As part of the fallout, some shadow cabinet members say they were crowded out of a campaign that failed to project Labour as a team that includes strong women such as Harriet Harman and Yvette Cooper.

As part of the fallout, some shadow cabinet members said they were crowded out of a campaign that failed to project Labour as a team that includes strong women such as Harriet Harman and Yvette Cooper.

Few shadow cabinet members could dream of gathering around them such a staff.»

Such is his stature that shadow cabinet members grumble about being outranked even by Mr Osborne's aides, who have accrued the de facto power to approve or reject proposals in his absence.

As such, Our Cartoon President relies largely on character - based humor, cycling through familiar caricatures of Trump, his cabinet members, and his family.

Every child has a role, such as Prime Minister of a nation, cabinet member, President of the World Bank, arms dealer, Secretary General of the United Nations, saboteur and weather god / goddess (who also controls the stock market).

White House officials had been kept apprised of developments in the District through Republican intermediaries active in city affairs such as former GOP cabinet members William F. Bennett and William T. Coleman.»

Roosevelt is said to have brushed off previous incidents such as nipping at members of cabinet, saying it was «the nature of the breed».

Here's what is required (leaving aside Theresa May's electorally hamstrung inability to deliver much of it): The entire cabinet and every business leader the government's black book can muster, on stage for the launch of the new strategy; an explicit declaration that this, full decarbonization of the economy, is the post-Brexit economic strategy; clear and attractive retail policies, such as a diesel scrappage scheme, tax breaks for green investment, new apprenticeships, a green home building program; an open invitation to all opposition party leaders to share a platform to support the plan with a declaration that while they may not agree on every component they fully endorse the over-arching goal; a willingness to shame those party leaders who play party politics and refuse to turn up; a fortnight - long program where each day sees a new cabinet member explain how the plan will transform parts of the economy; a Royal Commission on the flaws of GDP as an economic measure and the viability of alternative quality of life metrics; and, yes, a brave assertion that carbon intensive industries will have to transform or be scaled back, backed by a decarbonization adaptation fund to help affected communities respond to this global trend.

Such aggressiveness on issues from coal waste to vehicle emissions has made Pruitt one of Trump's most high - profile and consequential Cabinet members.

Most political appointees, such as high - ranking presidential advisors, ambassadors and cabinet members, will have FBI checks and certain vetting procedures performed on their financial and employment histories, but typical background screening checks are not completed.