Sentences with phrase «culture secretary came»

The ex-shadow culture secretary came out fighting as he became the only change announced to Labour's top team after 24 hours of talks.

«The Culture Secretary came to the House yesterday to try to explain himself.

Not exact matches

In an earlier interview Ms Jowell said the government had «no plan B» if parliament rejected the order and last night the culture secretary said: «Ministers will want to reflect and come back to this elected house in due course with proposals as to how to take this policy forward.»

The Culture Secretary's new announcement would probably lead to millions of websites being blocked by British ISPs, should it come into force.

Culture Secretary Matt Hancock's warning to the House of Lords came as he made concessions over press regulation, including regular reports on the effectiveness of low - cost arbitration and how personal data is processed for journalism purposes.

It comes three months after she was overlooked for promotion to Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with Sajid Javid instead replacing the outgoing Maria Miller.

The culture secretary added that film style age classifications similar to those given to movies was an option coming into «full focus» at the moment and hinted this was being seriously considered by the government.

But Duncan Smith offered strong personal support for the culture secretary as he came close to suggesting that she has been the victim of a witch - hunt.

His first cabinet appointment came in 2014 as culture secretary.

Culture secretary will come under renewed scrutiny after the Telegraph says she will repay some money and apologise

The move comes as culture secretary John Whittingdale prepares to increase the BBC licence fee in line with inflation in return for the BBC taking on the costs of licence fees for the over 75's.

His comments came after a week in which culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said he believed the BBC should be scrutinised by the National Audit Office, like government departments.

Coming days after the resignation of the culture secretary, Maria Miller, in a row about overclaimed expenses, the Tories» standing in the long - running ICM series has been worse only once since last summer.

Culture secretary Maria Miller came under increasing pressure over her expenses from within the Conservatives after a government minister suggested she could have done a better job of saying sorry and a parliamentary aide signalled she should be concerned for her position.

The culture secretary, Matt Hancock, admitted the government had to «put right» the system under which Caribbean immigrants who came to the UK as children had been unfairly pursued as pensioners.

Confirmation of publication date comes amid row over stories about private life of culture secretary John Whittingdale

On Wednesday, the chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, and culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, are coming to Tate Britain to mark the launch of Legacy10, a new, independent campaign to turn a tax break announced in the last budget into a game - changer for fundraisers.