Sentences with phrase «cabinet minister in»

Wyatt, who last year became the first Indigenous Cabinet Minister in Australia, said it was the responsibility of all governments to address the unmet needs of the Stolen Generations.

However, she has already broken records by becoming the youngest female cabinet minister in British history when she was appointed to lead Defra two years ago at the age of 38.

Central was socialist Barbara Ward, former Cabinet Minister in the UK government.

Now in the usual course of events, if the Chancellor is in one corner, and some other Cabinet Minister in another, it is strictly no contest; the Chancellor wins.

Two guest speakers Mr. Amin Jaffer, director of Asian Art at Christie's and Mr. Michael Portillo, former Cabinet Minister in House of Commons will accompany the guest to offer expert insights on 14th November (Royal India) and 18th December (Celestial India) respectively.

It will chronicle his journey from senior official (and ultimately general secretary) of the Communication Workers Union through to Cabinet minister in the last Labour government, and ending with the party's election defeat in 2010.

-- unnamed cabinet minister in Chris Mullin's Decline and Fall, The Independent.

I think Gordon Brown will be retiring as PM in 10 years time having won the 2009 & 2014 General Elections, David Cameron by then will be a Shadow Cabinet minister in Priti Patel's frontbench.

The youngest candidate at 36, Mr Hague became a cabinet minister in 1995 at the age of 34 - replacing John Redwood, as Welsh Secretary after Mr Redwood resigned in order to challenge John Major for the Tory leadership.

Personally I think a senior cabinet minister in the Lords would be fine.

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne and the shadow cabinet minister in charge of the party's preparations for government, Francis Maude, «will also publish a dossier entitled «It's your money» detailing examples of wasteful spending - including the billions spent on the NHS super computer, ID cards, refurbishing the Ministry of Defence and Government consultants.»

After launching a political career and becoming a cabinet minister in Francois Mitterrand's Socialist government in 1992, Mr Tapie had to sell the company.

David Clark, former cabinet minister in Blair's first government, has written an excellent short history of The Labour Movement in Westmorland (Lensden Publishing, # 14.99), drawing upon local archives and oral history.

Lord Mandelson is the most powerful Cabinet minister in a generation to sit in the House of Lords whilst holding a position usually held by an MP in recent decades.

The opening keynote for this year's «YouGov - Cambridge Forum» was delivered by Right Honourable Jim Murphy, a former Cabinet Minister in the UK Government.

a former cabinet Minister in the Kufuor Administration, who pleaded for anonymity because he doesn't want to further stoke the fire in the party, said there is no peace in the NPP because the people Nana Akufo - Addo has surrounded himself with are «fighting a quixotic force and chasing an imaginary enemy» leading to the tumult in the party.

It appears Cameron has now realised he needs his Cabinet minister in the Department for Transport to have a more open mind on the issue of airport expansion.

Both media reported that: «She became the second cabinet minister in the present administration to have lost her job over the Woyome judgment debt issue following closely on the heels of sacked Attorney General, Martin Amidu.»

Mrs. Tambajang, who was a former United Nations Development Program (UNDP) gender / development expert, also served as a cabinet minister in the government of Yahya Jammeh.

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He may be a senior Cabinet minister in charge of our courts, prisons and probation services but he is not above the law.

Another former minister said: «What does it say to the rest of the Middle East if a senior Cabinet minister in charge of Britain's huge aid budget disappears for 48 hours from a family holiday in Israel and is under the wing of a pro-Israeli lobbyist?»

Akufo Addo was a Cabinet Minister in this NPP administration, under President Agyekum Kuffour.

He said the tide changed following the intervention of Lord Tebbit, who was a Cabinet minister in 1984, and others.

That is a strong strand of his pitch for the leadership: as the most senior former cabinet minister in the running, he will give Labour the most authoritative voice.

Hinman was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1959 and is the grandson of E.W. Hinman, who served as a Cabinet minister in the provincial government of Earnest Manning during the 1950s.

He also served as Chief of Staff to Mr. Prentice when he was a cabinet minister in Ottawa.

In any other job, breaking the law would likely be cause for dismissal, but this does not appear to be the case if you are a cabinet minister in Alberta's Progressive Conservative government.

The former Liberal cabinet minister in January became president and CEO of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, a business association representing 150 of the country's biggest corporations.

The new cabinet, scheduled to be unveiled at 11 a.m. Monday at Rideau Hall, will also include «new faces and younger members, along with experienced hands,» one senior Conservative source said, with more female cabinet ministers in particular.

Some cabinet ministers in the administrative capital of Putrajaya, rich with Islamic architecture, still hopefully wear an enamel number «1» badge pinned to their jackets.

Nicole Williams is a senior associate with Canadian Strategy Group and previously worked as an assistant to various MLAs and cabinet ministers in the old Progressive Conservative government.

Premier Rachel Notley and other female cabinet ministers in Alberta have been the target of vicious online attacks and threats since the New Democratic Party formed government in May 2015.

On Tuesday all MPs were invited to a last - minute briefing from four cabinet ministers in a bid to shore up support.

The Labour leader topped off a confident performance by taking aim at the prime minister and seven cabinet ministers in just one question.

Gove was one of the most sceptical cabinet ministers in the last government about the merits of Leveson's press report...

The three cabinet ministers in charge of Brexit — Boris Johnson, Liam Fox and David Davis — resemble «three blind mice» stumbling around the world with inconsistent messages on how to leave the EU, a Conservative former minister has said.

Lord Tebbit said the week - long conference was a great social event for the ordinary members to rub shoulders with cabinet ministers in the fuggy atmosphere of the conference hotel bars, or the banquets and dinner - dances organised by the seaside.»

Gordon Brown must now face this reality, after losing three cabinet ministers in three days, attempting to terminate his chancellor's career in public and reportedly offering a series of posts to people who refused to take them.

She signalled a pattern of strong central control from Downing Street by keeping only three out of 24 Cabinet ministers in the same roles as before, promoting Johnson to the Foreign Office, and exiling Gove (for a year) and Osborne (for good).

Katie Perrior, who quit after the snap election was announced, lashed out at aides Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill for aggression and arrogance that she said saw them overrule even cabinet ministers in a piece for The Times.

The CJR is composed mostly of politicians rather than judges, and handles allegations of crimes committed by cabinet ministers in office.

«But in a decision to upgrade and elevate the governance structure, the President has approved a modification of the structure by putting cabinet ministers in charge of governmental response to the humanitarian emergency caused by the insurgency in the North - East,» the statement read in part.

But the key fear of the Labour leadership is the Scottish scenario: if discontented Labour voters see their leaders parading with business tycoons and Tory cabinet ministers in a campaign of fear, they will abandon their party.

• Michael Gove has said that the European Union is encouraging extremism across Europe as he joined five other cabinet ministers in breaking ranks with David Cameron to campaign to take Britain out of the EU.

They include: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Canadian Energy Pipeline Association Petroleum Services Association of Canada Propane Gas Association of Canada Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association Alberta Chamber of Resources Alberta Chambers of Commerce The Cement Association of Canada Canadian Council of Chief Executives Giorno organized a wine and shrimp fete in 2002 to allow CCRES members to lobby top - level Ontario cabinet ministers in an effort to oppose action on climate change.

For scientists, experts and citizens the evidence may be compelling, but many parliamentarians and some cabinet ministers in the governing Conservative Party remain unyielding members of the climate - change - denial community (see «A [continue reading...]

For scientists, experts and citizens the evidence may be compelling, but many parliamentarians and some cabinet ministers in the governing Conservative Party remain unyielding members of the climate - change - denial community (see «A flooded future: Essex to the world», 20 February 2014).

Not exact matches

In an era of petty politics and cabinet ministers who put their principles second to their allegiances, Flaherty drew strength — even joy — from doing what he felt was right.

«The standard circulation for cabinet memoranda includes the Queen, the Prince of Wales, all members of the cabinet, any other ministers in charge of departments, the attorney general and the chief whip... Ministers of state and junior ministers do not normally receive memoranda.»