Sentences with phrase «cabinet minister put»

As a senior shadow cabinet minister put it to me, we have show that Britain is still capable of (and needs!)

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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.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland did put together a NAFTA advisory council that includes two former Conservative cabinet ministers, Rona Ambrose and James Moore, and Brian Topp — yes Brian Topp, the former chief of staff of Rachel Notley, the New Democratic premier of Alberta.

Because most cabinet ministers believed — or hoped — that the war would be over by Christmas, they resisted the field marshal's hugely expensive goal of putting a million Britons in uniform.

Former minister Andrew Percy told the chancellor to «put a sock in it» while his colleague Owen Paterson said «it would be good if all Cabinet ministers stuck to government policy».

In London, former Cabinet ministers Vince Cable and Ed Davey are putting themselves forward as candidates, while the party's former deputy leader Simon Hughes will stand in his former constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark.

The reason for this cabinet minister's optimism was that the Remain campaign's private polling is being done «face - to - face», as he put it, and not over the phone or on the internet.

It was significant, I thought, that the first senior Cabinet minister to turn up in Downing Street on Sunday evening for pre-talks talks - or as No 10 put it «to discuss the latest state of play on the EU renegotiation» — was Theresa May, the Euro - sceptic leaning Home Secretary.

Michael Gove's elegantly written statement as to why he is in favour of «out» has distinct echoes with the case put by the Labour cabinet minister Tony Benn in 1975 and subsequently.

Were police really colluding to «blacken the name», as Cameron put it, of a Cabinet minister?

In May 1998, the then Chairman of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, former Conservative Cabinet Minister Lord Pym, told a House of Commons Select Committee that the committee considered a political donation a point in a nominee's favour as it indicated involvement in public life, and that the nominee had «put their money where his mouth is».

Cabinet minister Francis Maude has said that although the Government is doing all it can to keep up fuel supplies, alternative plans using military personnel are being put in place because «the last thing the country needs is (to be) brought to a standstill by irresponsible union action»

Gary Titley's proposal to take the Europe minister out of the FCO, and put them into the Cabinet Office seems to me exactly the right step in that direction.

Prime Minister David Cameron has today continued to put together his new cabinet.

He and the PM have not always seen eye to eye, to put it mildly, but he's an experienced cabinet minister and as Britain's first ethnic minority Home Secretary it would send out a powerful signal of change.

John Reid has been discussing upping the 28 - day limit with police and today put their case to the weekly cabinet meeting, where ministers agreed to look at the question again.

«If cabinet ministers and party leaders put out their tax returns, then MPs will be asked to do so.

Mr Miliband had told the BBC last week that he was «not a candidate» to take over from Mr Blair, but political commentators said his remarks still left the cabinet minister room to later put himself forward in any ensuing leadership battle.

Charles Clarke, the former cabinet minister, has put himself at the head of the Labour rebellion against plans to replace Britain's Trident nuclear weapons system.

On Thursday, Hain put down a parliamentary question for the Cabinet Office minister, Francis Maude, demanding he «explain the nature and purpose of IRG Ltd».

Taken in association with the accusations put forward by Leighton Andrews — a former Welsh Government Cabinet Minister — there is a substantial body of evidence building which suggests Carwyn Jones has broken the ministerial code.

Labour peers, led by the former cabinet minister Peter Hain, duly put down such an amendment.

If the prime minister isn't able to put a stop to it, will his Cabinet?»

At the meeting, the shadow cabinet minister complained that radical suggestions put forward by his working groups had been «parked» and replaced with «cynical nuggets of policy to chime with our focus groups and press strategy».

Less than two months into the first phase of the coalition's consulting process, and the prime minister did little to quash talk of a debate, telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme: «This government is taking government off the sofa and putting it round the cabinet table.

Although my cabinet colleague Jack Straw has agreed to appear with Griffin on 22 October, my argument is not with him, but with the BBC for putting ministers in the impossible position of empty - chairing the Labour party.

«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.

The Sunday Times reported (paywall) that up to half of the shadow cabinet were likely to be in favour of action when the prime minister puts his proposal to a Commons vote.

It's notable that two of Cameron's Cabinet colleagues who have broken cover in recent days — eurosceptic Michael Gove and europhile Kenneth Clarke — are far more widely thought than the Prime Minister to put strength of feeling ahead of tactics.

According to The Times, the Cabinet Office has raised ethical concerns about some of the names put forward by the former prime minister, while the Appointments Commission must also approve any places in the House of Lords.

No living artists, except Rolf Harris, have genuine street recognition, but the Turner has put in the public eye at least two - Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst - who are better - known than most cabinet ministers.

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