Sentences with phrase «coalition colleagues»

Business Secretary Vince Cable is set to anger his Conservative coalition colleagues today as he hails free movement in the European Union and attacks immigration «scare stories».

Accused by Coalition colleague Nick Clegg of «outrageous untruths» and putting the lives of children at risk by her department's inactivity following her speech to the Tory Party conference in 2014.

Former health minister Norman Lamb and former energy minister Sir Ed Davey are both expected to announce challenges against their former Conservative - Lib Dem coalition colleague.

This political positioning is an indication of the less collegial tone of Coalition colleagues that we can expect from the next session of Parliament.

He accused her of viewing coalition colleagues as «a cuckoo in the nest rather than part of government».

Tensions regarding the future of a British steel plant today increased as former coalition colleagues began to row over responsibility for the industry's decline in the UK.

In an act of open rebellion, the Business Secretary made a bid to be Chancellor in a Labour government and savaged his Tory coalition colleagues.

The benefits of maintaining stability to safeguard the remaining years in power slowly diminish as the case for the alternative - attacking one's coalition colleagues in a bid to win an overall majority at the next general election - becomes more and more compelling.

Liberal Democrat MP Don Foster said his party could vote with Labour against coalition colleagues to try and block the News Corp takeover of BSkyB.

Somerset was a key battleground in the English Civil War, and the 2013 local elections sees coalition colleagues go up against each other in a new battle on the patch.

An unfettered attack on his Conservative coalition colleagues defines the business secretary's speech to conference - but don't let that drown out his Labour wooing

We should not forget that he was last month described by his former coalition colleague Sir Ed Davey as «a fox in charge of a henhouse».

Lansley has caused growing concern among coalition colleagues by failing to win over public opinion, or any major health or medical organisation, by insisting on a big bang approach to change in the NHS.

The Business Secretary attacked his party's coalition colleagues reminding them of Theresa May's previous description of the «nasty pasty», claiming it had «reverted to type».

But dissatisfaction about the hardline reaction on the Tory benches among their Liberal Democrat coalition colleagues is intensifying with key figures urging caution.

Dear NIAMS Coalition colleagues: Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took a major step to inc...

Here's the script of Vince Cable's speech to the Liberal Democrat autumn conference in Glasgow - in which he addresses David Cameron's dismissal of him as a «Jeremiah» and pours a whole lot of scorn on his Conservative coalition colleagues...

Clegg insisted the British people would ultimately appreciate «we can win in the world by being open» if his coalition colleague David Cameron gets his referendum in the next parliament.

Nick Clegg mounted a strong attack on his coalition colleagues today, as the Eastleigh by - election campaign began in earnest.

But David Cameron and his coalition colleagues face a large - scale rebellion from Conservative MPs uncomfortable with the reform.

Conservative MP and Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans, who once lost in a by - election to the Liberal Democrats, sees what his coalition colleagues are up to at their party conference in Liverpool.

It's fair to say that I did embellish a serious point about an immigration loophole with a certain choice description, reflecting the frustration many Conservative MPs feel at their Coalition colleague's «differentiation» strategy - or put simply - rubbishing the Tories at every opportunity and taking the credit for «good» policies and distancing themselves from the less popular but invariably courageous and right ones.

So would it be a good idea for our Coalition colleagues to break a solemn pledge when the Parliamentary Order for the boundary changes come before to the Commons and Lords, probably in about May 2013

«It's not as if they weren't warned - including by their coalition colleagues,» Balls continues.

And Cable really went for it, using the first 10 minutes to remind the conference hall how his Conservative coalition colleagues» party has so often been seen as «the hated Tories» and opining that the Tories have now «reverted to type» as the «Nasty party» (Theresa May's infamous warning over a decade ago), what with «Australian rottweiler» Lynton Crosby's «dogwhistle politics».

Labour leader Ed Miliband attacked the Lib Dems for their «broken promises» in the Commons, before David Cameron defended the «courageous and difficult decision» taken by his coalition colleagues.

Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans sees what his coalition colleagues are up to at their party conference in Liverpool.

Overall, Cameron and Osborne are more trusted to run the economy than Miliband and Balls by a wide margin — but Lib Dem voters are no more likely to choose the government team when Nick Clegg is mentioned alongside his coalition colleagues.

There were occasional flare - ups, especially among Tory MPs lashing out at their coalition colleagues.

It leaves us wondering exactly how blatant Clegg's gloating over the discomfort of his coalition colleagues will be.

In a strongly - worded attack on his coalition colleagues, he accused the Lib Dems of not being «as pro-business as you would want them to be» and claimed they had hindered efforts to create jobs.

He called for clarity, and for his coalition colleagues to live up to their manifesto pledge on a vote, calling on them to support the Conservative Party position.

A Conservative cabinet minister suggested getting pensioners to pick fruit and vegetables below the minimum wage instead of hiring Bulgarians and Romanians at the legal rate, a former Lib Dem coalition colleague has claimed.

The champion of this set - up isn't Osborne, let alone Duncan Smith, but their Coalition colleague, Vince Cable.

But speaking to journalists after his speech, Mr Laws denied his comments were aimed at Mr Gove and insisted his coalition colleague had done a lot to take politics out of education.

Rivera Herrera and his coalition colleagues are now mounting a fundraising campaign to help the government purchase privately owned land in the corridor so that the entire nature reserve can be protected and made accessible to the public.

Rivera Herrera and his coalition colleagues are now mounting a fundraising campaign to help the government purchase the remaining privately owned land in the corridor.