Sentences with phrase «chancellor described»

The incoming chancellor described the budget situation facing schools as grim.

The former chancellor described the prime minister as a «dead woman walking» in the aftermath of June's general election.

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Italy's president cancelled a dinner with the German opposition's chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrueck in Berlin on Wednesday after he described the former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi and comic - turned - politician Beppe Grillo as «clowns».

Speaking in London, the shadow chancellor George Osborn pointed to the leftist ethos of the deputy candidates - with Hilary Benn stepping off message to describe himself as a socialist.

The shadow chancellor believes another referendum would cause further divisions and described an election as a «better route».

The chancellor is also expected to reduce fuel duty, a popular policy and described as Osborne's potential «rabbit out of the hat» for the Budget.

The chancellor's stance was criticised by shadow chancellor Ed Balls, who described Ms Lagarde's comments as «hardly a ringing endorsement» of the government's policy.

Miliband, together with Ed Balls, shadow chancellor, and Chuka Umunna, shadow business secretary, say that this describes Labour's strategy exactly.

The New Statesman was perhaps the most excitable, describing Reeves as the shadow chancellor in waiting.

The union has described chancellor George Osborne's proposal as «economically incoherent» because it would undermine the government's stated aim of helping to drive growth and development in the regions.

When Labour's highly - acclaimed, energetic and long - standing chancellor seemed invincible and was described by William Keegan, after his 2004 budget, as «the greatest Chancellor since Lloyd George», Economic growth was at 3.2 %, the inflation rate was at stable and healthy and unemployment was at the relatively low rate of 4.8 %.

Gordon Brown has survived a Commons vote of no confidence, described as «opportunistic» by the chancellor.

Gordon Brown could help Labour rediscover its passion, he indicated, describing the chancellor as the antithesis of David Cameron's style over substance.

politics.co.uk asked Mr Geithner whether he feared some countries would not stomach the bold reforms available from what chancellor Alistair Darling had earlier described as a «menu of options».

The shadow chancellor told Peston on Sunday another referendum would cause further divisions and described an election as a «better route».

From 1994 to 1998, little about the perpetual clash between the party's two leaders was reported, though Mandelson now describes this as the heart of the chancellor's «awful» period.

To recap: we now have a party led by a man who never expected to leave the back benches; a shadow chancellor best described as «maverick», with a treasure trove of past quotes already carefully dug up and filed at Tory HQ, providing a handy media drip - feed for the next five years.

Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls has described his «sense of sorrow» at Labour's performance in the general election.

May famously described the Tory party as the «nasty party», and she will have to work closely with Ken Clarke who has been appointed lord chancellor and justice secretary.

Professor David Newland, deputy vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge, agreed with Rees, describing the United Kingdom's young researchers as «underpaid, undervalued, and overstressed.»

Mabel Imbuga, vice chancellor of the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, described Kenya's incentives to bring women into the sciences.

Her 1974 book The Great School Wars describes how New York City has played educational three - card monte over its long public school history by moving apparent control over decisions up and down the system, between the central chancellor's office and the local superintendents, but never yielding any fraction of control to the schools.

As he describes what Weingarten would do as chancellor, Brill shows that he truly believes, as Klein suggested earlier in the book (page 101), that Weingarten «knows» that her advocacy of teachers actually comes at the expense of the children.

At a special session of tributes, organized in his honour by NIALS in collaboration with the faculty of law, University of Lagos (UNILAG), former judge of the international court of justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, Vice chancellor, UNILAG, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe and NIALS director general, Prof. Adedeji Adekunle (SAN) described the late don as a quintessential scholar.

On 20 November 2007 the chancellor of the exchequer made a statement to the House of Commons about what he described as «an extremely serious failure» at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).