Sentences with phrase «comes as business secretary»

The news comes as Business Secretary Vince Cable prepares to deliver a speech on higher education today.

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He says he's surprised to be doing it as he's «not the son of a bus driver» in reference to business secretary Sajid Javid, before adding «why is it that we have to wait so long for these sons of a bus driver and then two come along at once?»

Cable and May repeatedly clashed over the issue of immigration when in government, particularly with regard to universities which came under Cable's remit as business secretary.

Clive Lewis, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, has come out in favour of the position as has influential pro-Corbyn journalist Paul Mason.

Business secretary Vince Cable and Mr Clegg have come in for particular abuse as the most well - recognised faces in the party.

Rumours about him coming back as shadow foreign secretary are unfounded — as are whispers that he would lead the policy review if Byrne loses control (another name in that hat is Chuka Umunna, although it would be a lot of work alongside his shadow business role.

The development came as Lord Rennard, the former chief executive of the Liberal Democrats, was cleared of wrongdoing in relation to his expenses, and the Commons auditors offered Kenneth Clarke an «unreserved apology» after reducing the amount of expenses the shadow business secretary was being asked to repay by more than # 3,000.

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said if the Prime Minister «changes his position and comes back to Parliament seeking Parliament's sanction for military action, then as a responsible opposition then of course we would have to consider that but the same criteria would apply».

And his call comes amid speculation that Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, viewed by many as deputy prime minister in all but name, may have become disenchanted with Mr Brown's apparent efforts to shore up Labour's core vote with «class war» rhetoric.

With associate positions hard to come by, new graduates — desperate to find a paying job in the legal profession — are applying for work as paralegals, legal secretaries and law librarians, according to Long Island Business News.