Sentences with phrase «constituency work»

And Mr Pickles was, I'm told, doing constituency work of the utmost importance.

Spelman Nanny DID do Constituency Work «This statement certainly backs up Caroline Spelman's version of events.

Annually, backbenchers of all parties have the bleak choice — suffer the penances of attendance or play truant and catch up with serious constituency work.

Multimember constituencies work best in areas of high population density, and worst in sparsely populated rural areas where geographically the constituency may be very large.

Traditional constituency work must take precedence.

The diaries cover some, but not all of Laws private life and constituency work.

But I reckoned that if I did an autumn marathon, most of the training would be in Parliament's summer recess, when I'm not having to travel between Scotland and London, or trying to squeeze all my constituency work into Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

All this sounds as though I practise regularly, but I'm still trying to find a rhythm to parliamentary and constituency work that will give me some hobby time as well.

The new bill will use European parliament boundaries to ensure that the new elected peers are not duplicating or undermining the constituency work of MPs, as part of fresh safeguards designed to allay the fears of many Tory MPs that an elected second chamber could supplant their power and create constitutional deadlock.

As MPs head off on their holidays, or return to their constituency work, Quentin Letts and Kevin Maguire look over on some of the highlights of the political year, which saw a return for Gordon Brown.

Jo Cox was killed in June by white supremacist Thomas Mair while carrying out constituency work.

During the last elections, some neutral party persons in the constituency worked so hard for the victory of the party.

No - one dares complain about her constituency work either.

GB would have to dishonestly claim that local party workers were helping in his constituency work AND despite this dishonesty refused to put the money back into the system to parallel Caroline Spelman's pretty much confessed and plainly dishonest antics.

He told the House of Commons that parliament benefited from members bringing in experience of different sectors alongside their constituency work.

I'm very committed to my constituency work, it's obviously difficult when you're in the cabinet, but I will continue in the new year and I hope people will not feel they are inhibited or worried about coming to see me.

The researchers spend a week at Westminster shadowing their MP and also some time with the MP during his or her constituency work.

She has been keen to give him insights into her constituency work, inviting him to join her on a visit to a local school, for example.

«Constituency work is great.

A prominent Conservative minister advertised an unpaid internship to support his constituency work just hours before the government published its plan to tackle unfair working practices, the Guardian can reveal.