Sentences with phrase «change secretary»

The former climate change secretary isn't «up to taking difficult decisions».

He served as energy and climate change secretary and has been an outspoken voice on environmental issues.

Clegg beat new Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne to the Lib Dem leadership in 2007.

In an announcement viewed by green campaigners as a key test of the coalition's credentials on the environment, the energy and climate change secretary told MPs progress would be reviewed before the end of the parliament.

Greg Clark, shadow climate change secretary of the UK Tory party, on the new Department for Energy and Climate Change receiving the lowest possible score for energy efficiency.

The former energy and climate change secretary said it was wrong for chief executives to earn stratospheric salaries and for Labour to have reduced civil liberties.

«This is a deliberate kick in the teeth for people who are doing their best to protect themselves from soaring energy bills — and it shows just how out of touch this government is,» shadow energy and climate change secretary Caroline Flint said.

The former climate change secretary entered the plea alongside his ex-wife Vicky Price at London's Southwark crown court this morning, shortly before resigning as an MP and triggering a by - election in Eastleigh.

Ed Davey, the energy and climate change secretary at the time, said anyone who cared about the environment should be «deeply worried» by Gove's appointment.

Meanwhile, Conservative shadow climate change secretary Greg Clark said: «This latest news underlines the chaos in Labour's energy policy.

It was Brown who, as prime minister, promoted him to the cabinet post of climate change secretary in 2008, and also put him in charge of writing the 2010 general election manifesto.

In his first newspaper interview since announcing his candidacy, the former energy and climate change secretary also tells the Guardian he considered resigning from the government over the cabinet decision to go ahead with a third runway at Heathrow airport.

In an interview with The Independent, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary accused Tory right - wingers of plotting to make the UK a «semi-detached» member of the EU and giving the impression they wanted to «destroy» the 27 - nation bloc.

Greg Clark has been made shadow energy and climate change secretary for the Tories.

There were ten questions to the climate and climate change secretary on the blog and CPRE's chief executive, Shaun Spiers, insisted: «These questions aren't going to go away.

Four former environment and climate change secretaries from three parties told the Observer they had concerns about «toothless» plans announced by the government last week, which suggested the new post-Brexit green watchdog would lack the power to take the government to court.

The former energy and climate change secretary criticised the Iraq war by saying UN weapons inspector Hans Blix should have been given more time to continue his work.

The bottom five shadow Cabinet members were Ms McKechin, shadow Northern Ireland secretary Shaun Woodward, shadow energy and climate change secretary Meg Hillier, shadow leader of the House Rosie Winterton and shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh.

17:26 - Chris Huhne, the ex-climate change secretary, picks up Eagle on the accountability question.

The Liberal Democrat energy and climate change secretary faces opposition after the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published its report on carbon budgets for the years 2023 to 2027 yesterday.

In his key note speech to the party conference in Liverpool, the energy and climate change secretary delivered a passionate defense of his decision to back down on his opposition to nuclear power.

The MP for Don Valley has been Labour's shadow energy and climate change secretary since 2011, after a stint heading up the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Shadow energy and climate change secretary Nick Clark was critical of the «government's characteristic dithering» on CCS, warning Mr Miliband «he's left it perilously late to secure our energy supplies for the decade ahead.»

The former energy and climate change secretary tried to signal a firm break with the past, criticising city salaries, the war in Iraq and Labour's policies on civil liberties.

The shadow climate change secretary insisted that talented people would be discouraged from entering politics if reporting of the kind Mr Hague suffered became widespread.

Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey this morning announced that fracking for shale gas can resume in the UK, subject to new controls to mitigate the risks of seismic activity.

The 56 - year - old energy and climate change secretary abandoned Vicky Pryce, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills» chief economist, for 44 - year - old Carina Trimingham, who he has been in a relationship with for a year.

At Westminster there is anticipation that Ed Miliband, climate change secretary under the last Labour administration, will announce his own leadership bid shortly.

The shadow energy and climate change secretary made the comment in an interview with Liberal Conspiracy in which he came close to endorsing gay marriage and branded himself a feminst.

The energy and climate change secretary commented on the Campaign to Protect Rural England's (CPRE) new blog in a response to a list of questions on energy, climate change and landscape.

Ed Miliband came close to resigning as energy and climate change secretary when Gordon Brown insisted on pressing ahead with a third runway.

Former climate change secretaries called for an urgent rethink.

By: Heherson T. Alvarez former Senator who served as Environment and Climate Change Secretary World Ocean Day is observed on June 8 with the theme «Our Oceans, Our Future» geared inform, mobilize, unite the world's population for the sustainable management of the world's ocean, considered the lungs of our planet.

The UK's cimate change secretary, Chris Huhne, hailed the deal, finally struck in the early hours of Sunday after talks had overrun by a day and a half, as a «significant step forward» that would deliver a global, overarching legal agreement to cut emissions.

A leaked letter from Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd, seen by The Ecologist shows that the Government's public position that we are going to meet our legally binding renewables target — is not the truth.

«Liberal Democrat sources say that Sir Jeremy Heywood was called in after a series of blazing rows between Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey and Tory Environment Secretary Owen Paterson over Mr Davey's controversial «green'technology.

Read energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne's speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in full on politics.co.uk.

«I am worried there is a tendency on the Conservative right wing, a significant part of its parliamentary party, that does not appreciate the importance of being at the table in Brussels when it comes to negotiating the rules for the single market — and does not understand the strength the EU gives us globally in tackling problems like climate change,» the energy and climate change secretary said.

Shadow energy and climate change secretary Caroline Flint responds to the high court's ruling that cuts to solar tariff payments are legally flawed:

The decision by the political committee of Unite to back Ed Miliband means the shadow climate change secretary enters the summer recess with the backing of Britain's three largest trade unions.

The Crown Prosecution Service will reveal whether it intends to press charges against the energy and climate change secretary at 10:00 GMT on Friday.

Shadow energy and climate change secretary Greg Clark said the new announcements were restatements of Tory policy made one year ago, however.

Davey, who was energy and climate change secretary in the coalition government of 2010 - 15, said there was frustration that the party had failed to make progress in the polls since last year's general election under its new leader, Vince Cable, another former coalition minister.

Our opposition leader Ed Miliband has promised to «freeze» energy bills for two years if he gets into power — a threat that probably caused companies to push them up now — even though it was he as Energy and Climate Change secretary who did most to load green levies on to consumers.

The former Energy and Climate Change Secretary also gave his backing to handing Scottish ministers limited tax powers but opposed the «full fiscal autonomy» demanded by Alex Salmond.»

The Energy and Climate Change Secretary accused the «No» campaign of «gutter politics» and «downright lies».

The Energy and Climate Change Secretary told a Fabian Society conference in London tough regulation was needed to curb the excesses of the markets.

The claims made by Mrs Pryce, a respected economist, who accused the Energy and Climate Change Secretary of persuading «someone close to him» to accept penalty points for a speeding offence on his behalf are potentially far more damaging.