Sentences with phrase «cabinet secretary called»

Japan's chief cabinet secretary called it «the devil's scenario.»

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The latest tally of fire safety checks was presented to Cabinet by Communities and Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid, who has issued an urgent call for all councils to send in samples of cladding from tall buildings.

The Catholic position had become so clear, indeed, that there had been calls from anti-Catholic quarters for Ms. Kelly to resign, on the basis of rumours that she had been trying to weaken or delay the regulations: as Toby Helm, the Telegraph's chief political correspondent had reported the previous October, under the headline «Kelly «must resign over delay to gay rights law»», «A fierce Cabinet battle has broken out over gay rights after Ruth Kelly, the Communities Secretary, delayed plans that would penalise organisations — such as hotels — for denying their services tohomosexuals.

Miliband's announcements represent a victory in the shadow Cabinet for shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, who had been calling for Labour to integrate health and social care.

Labour have called for the Cabinet Secretary to launch an inquiry.

«It's a damning indictment of this government that, half way through this parliament, a former Conservative Cabinet minister is still calling for a plan for growth,» shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves said.

The former education secretary will draw on her two years in the senior cabinet job for a new title called Taught, Not Caught: Educating for 21st Century Character.

But, while in agreement with Labour's governing body, the National Executive Committee, that Corbyn should be on the ballot paper in the leadership contest, Smith nevertheless decided to resign and oppose his leader when a meeting between Corbyn and the so - called soft left of the shadow cabinet, including shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy, led to rancour.

Friends of Boris Johnson, including other Cabinet ministers, have called on Theresa May to take action to end the criticism being aimed at the Foreign Secretary.

But the plan ran into serious trouble at a meeting of top ministers this week, with the so - called Brexit «war cabinet» siding 6 - 5 against the proposals after new Home Secretary Sajid Javid made his opposition known.

Former Foreign Office minister and ex-Shadow Culture Secretary Chris Bryant has called for the Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood to investigate.

Brown's closest ministerial ally, Ed Balls, said the email was a «damp squib» by a few disgruntled MPs and insisted that the cabinet was «absolutely united» behind Brown.But the number of cabinet voices emerging in support of Brown did not begin to rise to a chorus until early evening, among them two of the ministers tipped as possible successors to Brown — the home secretary, Alan Johnson, and the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, who said today's call by rebels would be seen as a «temporary distraction» from the job of fighting the Conservatives and laying out future plans for the country.

The Northern Ireland secretary, Shaun Woodward, was the first member of the cabinet to do a round of television interviews in person, more than two hours after the Hoon - Hewitt call.

Reports over the weekend suggested that Lord Justice Leveson called Cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood to complain about Mr Gove's February quote, although it is unclear whether he demanded the education secretary be gagged.

Former cabinet secretary Lord Butler of Brockwell said he backs an amendment calling for the public to be consulted again on the Government's final Brexit deal.

But the febrile atmosphere reached what was called «absurd» levels yesterday when the London Evening Standard reported that Yvette Cooper, chief secretary to the Treasury, was to be urged by a cabinet minister to stand as a «stop Harriet» candidate.

The then prime minister, who appointed Miliband to the cabinet as environment secretary in 2006, called his protégé the «Wayne Rooney» of his ministerial team.

The Business Secretary was part of the Brexit «war cabinet» which failed to reach agreement on whether to back the hybrid customs partnership — which would see the UK collect import duties on behalf of the EU for goods arriving via British ports and airports — or the so - called «maximum facilitation» or «max fac» model relying on the extensive use of technology to minimise checks at the border.

The Guardian is running with the enquiry into the leak that the Cabinet Secretary has already called.

The environment secretary faced calls for his resignation today, as Green campaigners warned that a climate change sceptic should not be left at Cabinet level during extreme weather conditions.

The foreign secretary hit out at Conservative calls for a referendum, saying eight members of the Tory shadow Cabinet had blocked a public vote in the Maastricht treaty.

Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne's Cabinet future was in doubt last night after sensational details were revealed of a phone call he made to the person he allegedly persuaded to take his speeding points so he could avoid a driving ban.

In a Daily Politics film, Eleanor Garnier reports on how Tory MP and chair of the public administration select committee, Bernard Jenkin, has written to Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood and Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, warning them that he may call them in front of his committee for answers.

The Tory secretaries of state are calling on Mr Cameron to waive «collective responsibility» in the run - up to the referendum, allowing Cabinet members to publically back an «out» vote.

Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yukio Edano said that the explosion had damaged a doughnut - shaped supporting vessel called a suppression chamber which recycles cooling water.

State Superintendent Tony Evers on Monday called for the new U.S. secretary of education to use her bully pulpit in the Trump administration's Cabinet to advocate for all schools, not just the charter and voucher schools she has championed.

A Cabinet Office spokeswoman also rejected the Independent on Sunday's story, calling it «totally untrue... the chief whip's office has not received, handled or put into the red box any of the education secretary's paperwork.»

The Associated Press reported: «As bubbles floated up from their face masks, the president, vice president, Cabinet secretary and 11 ministers signed a document calling on all countries to cut their carbon dioxide emissions.]