Sentences with phrase «chief secretary»

Were you really the shadow chief secretary to the treasury without being able to grasp the simple facts of a voting system?

The Shadow Chief Secretary of the Treasury Philip Hammond has now written to the Prime Minister urging him to apologise:

Chancellor George Osborne sets out the framework for the «painful» spending cuts ahead, and a review of benefits, as Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander tells Channel 4 News it would be «wrong to exclude whole swathes of spending».

It is a peculiar logic to suggest that a Conservative party donor is the reason why a Liberal Democrat cabinet member in this department and a Liberal Democrat as chief secretary should support the proposal.»

Liz Truss, who was formerly Justice Secretary, has been moved to the role of Chief Secretary to the Treasury «attending Cabinet».

Lib Dem former chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, one of the highest - profile casualties of the general election, urged the winner not to take the party left and oppose austerity measures such as tax credit curbs.

David Cameron told a lunch today that he wants the former Lib Dem Chief Secretary David Laws back in government «soon».

Two key advisers to former Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander are setting up a consultancy...

«People who don't pay the taxes that they should undermine the economy, damage our public services and place an extra, unfair burden on hard - working families and companies who play by the rules,» Liberal Democrat chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said.

How - ever, Shattock points out that more than thirty years ago, in 1962, the then Chief Secretary of the Treasury, Sir Henry Brooke, insisted «that even with grants significantly reduced... universities would still be held to expansion targets with no expectation of lowered academic standards».

This follows a re-announcement by chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander at the Liberal Democrats conference earlier this week that an additional 2,250 HMRC staff will move into new anti-evasion and avoidance jobs.

As an illustration of how a leader can be seduced, Linsky tells the story of becoming chief secretary in the administration of Massachusetts governor William Weld.

Became a shadow spokesman on Trade and Industry in 1985, shadow chief secretary in 1987, shadow secretary of state for trade and industry in 1989 and shadow chancellor in 1992.

In Gordon Brown's first cabinet, announced on 28 June 2007, Burnham was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury, a position he held until 2008.

Treasury sources said the full text of the letter from Byrne — dated 6 April, the day Gordon Brown called the general election — was: «Dear chief secretary, I'm afraid there is no money.

It really doesn't sound like there is going to be much in the way of paternity leave in the new Chief Secretary role ahead of the emergency budget.

The justice secretary, Jack Straw, was also expected to remain in place, while Yvette Cooper was tipped to be promoted from chief secretary to the Treasury.

After entering parliament in 2005, since 2010 he has successively held two junior Treasury minister roles — exchequer secretary and financial secretary — and is now chief secretary in the same department.

Long walks in the Highlands help the new chief secretary to the Treasury recharge his batteries and...

But David Laws, the former Lib Dem Treasury chief secretary who remains close to Clegg, indicated the party may withdraw support for Tory plans to reduce the size of the Commons if Lords reform fails.

«I think it is reasonable to say that we should have a similar model of devolution of income tax in different parts of the United Kingdom» says Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander MP.

The piece is also a slap in the face for chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, who was in charge of the review into Trident.

Guide Dogs wins Best Charity Stand at party conference as Top Gear - style challenge proves popular with Liberal Democrat MPs, including Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, who completed the track in the fastest time of any minister.

Treasury Chief Secretary David Laws talks of sending «shockwaves» through government departments as he outlines spending cuts of more than # 6bn.

On Sunday, the FSB and New Statesman will be holding an «in conversation» event with Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander.

Liam Byrne was the last Chief Secretary in the Brown Government and became infamous for the note he left his incoming successor, who he assumed, wrongly, would be a Conservative.

But earlier this week chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander admitted the conflict was costing «hundreds of millions».

Andrew Neil presses Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander on when he changed his mind over the need for government cuts.

The formula is named after Joel Barnett, who devised it in 1978 [2] while Chief Secretary to the Treasury, as a short - term solution to minor Cabinet disputes in the runup to planned political devolution in 1979.

The special chief secretary and IT advisor to the Andhra Pradhesh Chief Minister, Mr. J.A. Chowdary, mentioned in a statement the government's ambition to leverage the membership as a way to turn the region into a financial technology tech hub.

A meeting in the Cabinet Office which began at 09:30 GMT this morning saw chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander and Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude bid to win over union officials including TUC general secretary Brendan Barber.

Simon Hughes told the FT that he was «trusting [the chancellor and chief secretary] will find a way of squaring the circle that colleagues in my party can sign up to and that will send a message to colleagues around the edges that they can't suddenly change the game after the rules have been agreed».

Inaugurating the programme, state chief secretary H K Paliwal appreciated the efforts of the institute and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development [continue reading...]

Waldegrave's political career continued, and indeed he served in the Cabinet at Health as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister of Agriculture and finally Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

The prime minister's own chief secretary to the Treasury joined the chorus of criticism against his comments on Jimmy Carr today.

«Even today, we are still not clear what aspects of [chief secretary to the Treasury] Danny Alexander's proposals mean in terms of the detail.»

Read chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander's speech to the Liberal Democrat conference in full.

«If you don't want that then the only way to stop the nationalists is to vote Lib Dem in this constituency,» the endangered chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, told the Scotsman on Sunday this weekend.

Danny Alexander, the beleaguered Chief Secretary for the Treasury, has urged anti-nationalist voters in his Highlands seat to help him beat the SNP while Scotland's best - known socialist, Tommy Sheridan, urges the opposite: vote SNP because «unique times demand unique tactics»

You would never guess that it was Darling himself who constructed — when chief secretary in 1997 — the so - called tripartite structure that controversially removed supervision of banks from the Bank of England and gave it to the newly formed FSA.

Unite, Britain's biggest union, has exposed Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander for using misleading data to attempt to manipulate public opinion over public sector pensions.

When asked by Jon Snow whether he really thought that the Treasury could be run jointly with another party, Mr Clarke suggested that Vince Cable could be considered by David Cameron as a potential Chief Secretary to the Treasury, a junior Cabinet position.

He goes on to suggest the Conservatives might postpone spending cuts planned for this financial year, and hints that Vince Cable might be awarded a Cabinet position - possibly chief secretary to the Treasury.

As Labour frontbenchers expressed astonishment that Rennard — who was readmitted to the Lib Dems this week after final diciplinary proceedings against him relating to allegations of sexually inappropriate conduct were dropped — could be involved in the Lib Dem campaign, the Treasury chief secretary insisted the peer would not have «any role at all» [see footnote].

A March 16th document by a team led by the current chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, who served as Mr Clegg's chief of staff before the general election, stated: «On tuition fees, we should seek agreement on part - time students and leave the rest.

The revelation about another Lib Dem's private affairs, following the outing of ex-Treasury chief secretary David Laws, is the latest to emerge following the formation of the coalition government.

Treasury chief secretary Yvette Cooper has called for a halt in repossessions of properties by banks in the instance of default by mortgage holders.

Opening for the Opposition was Shadow Chief Secretary Philip Hammond and here are a few excerpts from his speech:

Prime Minister - Kenneth Clarke Deputy PM - Jack Straw Chancellor - Vincent Cable Foreign Secretary - David Miliband Home Secretary - David Cameron Justice Secretary - Malcolm Rifkind Leader of the House - Nick Clegg Defence - William Hague Education - John Denham Environment - Chris Huhne Chief Secretary - Yvette Cooper