Sentences with phrase «cabinet office minister»

A couple of weeks ago shadow Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude complained about special advisers to Labour ministers using the civil service to create anti-Tory attacks.

Angie Bray, a loyalist who had threatened to resign as ministerial aide to the shadow cabinet office minister Francis Maude, was highly critical of the Lib Dems.

Claim: Shadow cabinet office minister Francis Maude claimed almost # 35,000 in mortgage interest payments on a London flat that he bought, close to a house he already owned and then rented out, said the Telegraph.

He is backed by shadow cabinet office minister Jon Trickett and Sheffield South East MP Clive Betts.

It comes as Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude launched yet another public attack on the civil service, pushing Whitehall deeper into a bitter internal war now threatening to consume the government.

However Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington today said 63 was the «maximum» number of those who may have been wrongly deported.

Vaizey is being replaced by Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock, who has a background in economics.

Mr Barker's comments come only a few days after Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin appeared to reveal government fears over the state of the economy to a Commons committee.

Michael Dugher is the Labour MP for Barnsley East, vice-chairman of the Labour party and shadow minister for the Cabinet Office

Watch: Cabinet Office minister says it was «very regrettable» so much had been wasted on Universal Credit

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Michael Dugher said the prime minister appeared to be showing an increasing «bunker mentality», however - repeating the language Mr Cameron used to describe Gordon Brown before the 2010 general election.

Meanwhile, cabinet office minister Ed Miliband spoke on morning programme GMTV and maintained his support for the prime minister, the BBC news service reports.

In order to better streamline the process - some reshuffles clearly run smoother than others - the committee also suggests appointing a specific cabinet office minister charged with ministerial development, who would «oversee improved training and appraisal for Ministers, as well as regularly reviewing the human resources the Government has at its disposal.

Labour's shadow Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell was dismissive of the speech, however, calling it «simply a brass - necked rebranding of programmes already put in place».

He joined Cabinet Office Minister Mark Harper and shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan, along with the Daily Politics» Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn.

And even Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer accepted that multiple jobs for MPs was a «matter of concern for the public».

Responding to openDemocracy's revelations, former cabinet office minister Liam Byrne said that the «extraordinary emails lay bare a secret kitchen cabinet charting the course for a hard Brexit, off the books, behind closed doors.»

Cameron has made another announcement - Francis Maude, the former cabinet office minister, will become Trade Minister.

The Conservative Cabinet Office minister, who had to send in troubleshooters from the Government Digital Service to salvage the system, denied he'd fallen out with the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith.

Labour's shadow work and pension secretary Rachel Reeves has asked «when will the PM and IDS [Iain Duncan Smith] get a grip» on Universal Credit, after Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude admitted to ITV News that its implementation had been «pretty lamentable» so far:

Cabinet Office minister Tom Watson revealed plans to make the energy savings through a range of measures including switching off desktops outside working hours, reusing equipment as much as possible and auditing data centres and server use.

Jo Johnson, head of David Cameron's policy unit and until today a junior Cabinet Office minister, has been promoted to minister of state.

Union leaders said they were convinced some ministers, including Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude and health secretary Andrew Lansley, remain committed to a negotiated settlement before the new regime is introduced next April, but they questioned whether Treasury ministers were only interested in cash savings.

Jenkin questioned Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock on the changes to the code in the commons yesterday, asking him how the revisions would improve transparency.

His Lib Dem colleague Danny Alexander and Tory Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude dealt with union leaders.

Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith suggested an exodus of civil servants away from Whitehall could be necessary as the coalition presses on with its deficit reduction agenda.

Unveiling the revised special advisers» code alongside a refreshed model contract for Spads, Cabinet Office minister Lord Bridges said the change «takes into account» the recommendations of Pacac.

Cabinet Office minister battles for political future as investigation into allegations of sexual impropriety nears completion

Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Nick Hurd posed a question about charities.

Nick Hurd is MP for Ruislip Northwood and shadow Cabinet Office minister covering the portfolio of charities, social enterprises and volunteering.

The privatisation of a unit of civil servants is being seen as a big move across Whitehall, as it paves the way for what Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude says could be «dozens more spin - outs» in the next few years.

Nonetheless, like former education secretary Justine Greening, and Cabinet Office minister Damian Green before her, she joins the growing ranks of senior Tory backbenchers with only thinly - disguised misgivings about the direction of official Brexit policy.

Andrew Tyrie said today's confirmation by Cabinet Office minister Ken Clarke that the investigation would instead be handed over to Parliament's controversial Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) was «a mistake».

Shadow Cabinet Office minister Greg Clark MP and Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP summarise the arguments of their new paper: «Who's progressive now?»

«He walked out in a strop, which was highly unusual,» recalls David Laws, a Lib Dem Cabinet Office minister at the time.

On this morning's Today programme Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude fought back.

Cabinet Office Minister John Penrose told MPs it would be wrong to change the «tried and tested» general election franchise for a single poll.

Introduced by Cabinet Office minister Frances Maude and head of the civil service Sir Bob Kerslake, they go into great depth describing both how individuals should use them, personally and professionally, and how the civil service's IT infrastructure needs to be updated in order to accommodate these services.

Even the most jaded, most cynical observers of Westminster must have been scratching their heads at the behavior of cabinet office minister Oliver Letwin, mind you.

This was preparation as Cabinet Office Minister from 2010, when he was required to highlight areas of expenditure where savings could be made from streamlining the delivery and implementation of policy goals.

That is why Rachel Reeves, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has already set up a public sector efficiency advisory board, with Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Jon Trickett, to ensure we are ready for the challenges we will face in 2015, covering:

Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington said that Labour's motion could undermine Cabinet's ability to have frank and unconstrained discussions when making decisions.

His brother David may have been the more favoured under Mr Blair and will continue his rise under the prime minister, but Ed served as Mr Brown's special adviser and is bound to flourish under his rule having been given his first job as cabinet office minister.

«Honouring the commitment to create the office of chief coroner is the first test of the new military covenant - that bond between the nation and our armed forces,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Michael Dugher will say in the Commons debate later.

David Miliband (R) stands with his brother and Cabinet Office Minister Ed Miliband as they leave Downing Street,

Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell and culture, media and sport secretary Ben Bradshaw are not included, but international development secretary Douglas Alexander and foreign secretary David Miliband are.

Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock today said George Osborne is «in listening mode», suggesting that changes may be introduced to help those affected.

13:00 - Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin, before public administration select committee, on: strategic thinking in government