Sentences with phrase «change secretary insisted»

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.

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Shadow education secretary Andy Burnham insisted it was «a huge change in tone» following a debate on the issue in Parliament on Tuesday evening, in which the plans were repeatedly attacked by Labour MPs.

Now circumstances have changed, with business secretary Vince Cable and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg insisting they must abandon their pre-election pledge and vote through a near - tripling of the tuition fee cap.

When I mentioned Scozzafava's ties to the ACORN - run WFP, Boehner political operative Don Seymour insisted this did not change his boss's support for her or his desire to have a Republican succeed Rep. (and incoming Secretary of the Army) John McHugh in the special election likely to be held November 3rd.

The foreign secretary insisted the audit «not a consultation about disengaging or withdrawing from the EU» and that government policy had not changed, however.

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.

The intervention by Laing was a direct challenge to Michael Gove, the education secretary, who insisted earlier that the prime minister would not change tack.

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

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called climate change perhaps the world's «most fearsome» destructive weapon and mocked those who deny its existence or question its causes, comparing them to people who insist the Earth is flat.

By the Associated Press — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called climate change perhaps the world's «most fearsome» destructive weapon and mocked those who deny its existence or question its causes, comparing them to people who insist the Earth is flat.