Sentences with phrase «deputy leader who»

11.22 am: My colleague Paul Owen has just come back from a Q&A with Simon Hughes, the Lib Dem deputy leader who has produced a report on barriers to post-16 education for the government.

But Labour in the new parliament will also need a deputy leader who can reach those parts of the electorate untouched by the current leadership, and who will also be trusted by our core voters as we engage that new country.

«Tom Watson, our deputy leader who's got his own mandate, Rosie Winterton, the chief whip, John Cryer, who's chair of the parliamentary Labour party and a friend of Jeremy's, have all been trying to get him to recognise that he can not continue in the job because he's lost the confidence of the PLP and he's hiding behind a closed door denying that this is a fact,» she said.

Announcing the timetable for the election, Ms Harman said: «Our challenge now is to use this time to listen and learn, to elect a new leader and deputy leader who will rebuild the Labour party in order to take the fight to this Tory government and to stand up for Britain.»

Not exact matches

There are currently two interim leaders of the agency: current head of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney, who was selected by President Trump to oversee the consumer watchdog until a permanent replacement could be found, and Leandra English, former CFPB chief of staff turned deputy director, whom Cordray had appointed.

- First, the obviously big promotions go to Megan Leslie (who stays with environment, but becomes a deputy leader) and Nathan Cullen (who becomes House leader).

Dr Billings, who was deputy leader of Sheffield City Council in the 1980s, said: «My first priority will be to keep the police focussed on doing everything to ensure that all instances of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham are fully investigated with perpetrators brought to justice, officials held to account and victims fully supported.

The two others who will play a part in determining what happens to him and their party are the deputy leader and shadow chancellor.

His erstwhile colleague, former transport minister Norman Baker, hints that Swinson, who has just been made deputy leader, or Layla Moran, the highly regarded new MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, should be groomed for the top job.

Members of the senate led by the Deputy Leader, claimed on Wednesday that they were not allowed access to the embattled senator who is being hospitalised at the National Hospital, Abuja.

Portland is run by Tony Blair's former deputy press chief Tim Allan, who gave up on Labour soon after Corbyn became leader, according to well - placed sources.

DeFrancisco in 2015 sought the majority leader post, losing to Suffolk County Sen. John Flanagan, who promptly appointed him deputy majority leader.

No, of the three party leaders it's the deputy PM who's looking strongest right now.

Klein, who will become Stewart - Cousins's deputy, has clashed with the current deputy leader, Sen. Mike Gianaris.

Flanagan also said that as part of the «overall transition, he has elevated James Curran, who recently serviced a special counsel to the majority leader and advised the conference on education issues, to the position of first Deputy within the office.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco signaled Monday he would opposed efforts backed by Assembly Democrats to preserve a tax on those who earn more than $ 1 million.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who backs the bill in his chamber, called the bill a needed reform to expand DiNapoli's oversight powers following the arrests.

Democrat Kerin Rigney, a DeWitt town councilor, is running for the 50th district state Senate seat that may be vacated by Republican John DeFrancisco, the deputy Senate majority leader who is seeking the GOP to run for governor.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse - area Republican who is mulling a challenge to Cuomo next fall, recently said it's «premature» to suggest the IDC would sever its power - sharing deal with the GOP and re-join — or at least realign — with the regular, mainline Democrats, despite the fact that both sides initially signaled a willingness to do so.

In reality what tends to happen in such leader - centered systems is that she / he has to delegate to unelected deputies who speak on her / his behalf, with all sorts of problematic consequences.

Queens City Councilman Eric Ulrich said he's «seriously considering» a bid for lieutenant governor against Cuomo's running mate, Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul, after being approached by Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who's running for governor.

Instead, we got a new normal,» said Molinaro, who joins Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco in seeking the GOP nod for governor, though already appears to have locked down sufficient support to win the nod.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, meanwhile, expressed frustration over what he saw was a shifting set of priorities dictated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who initially proposed the amendments, as well as urged lawmakers to fund a hate crimes task force and back a memorandum of understanding for affordable housing money.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous, who received a $ 7,500 contribution from the NRA in 2010, this year only received $ 1,500.

That was just part of a very heated exchange between Martins and Deputy Senate Minority Leader Mike Gianaris, who shouted at and over one another until the Democrats, after failing to force a vote on Skelos» leadership, walked out of the chamber, en masse.

One is state Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who is not seeking re-election to his current Central New York seat this fall.

State Senate Deputy Democratic Minority Leader Michael Gianaris, who heads his conference's campaign operation, recently met with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to talk about the need to flip New York to total Democratic control, and DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison will headline a fundraiser for the conference in June.

In the morning, it was Queens Sen. Mike Gianaris, the deputy minority leader, who in a radio interview blasted the growing eight - member IDC for their alignment with the Senate Republican conference, linking them to President Donald Trump in the process.

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Al D'Amato, who crossed party lines and backed Cuomo for governor four years ago, is endorsing state Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco in the Republican primary (if there is one) for governor.

Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco hasn't had the greatest week, watching support for his bid to challenge Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the Republican line slowly erode as GOP leaders line up behind on a potential rival who hasn't even announced his candidacy yet, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.

Convictions for both Aaron Hernandez, the former New England Patriots player convicted of murder who hanged himself in a Massachusetts prison in April, and former state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Thomas Libous (R - Binghamton), who was convicted of lying to the FBI and died in 2016, were similarly vacated.

DeFransisco, who is deputy Senate majority leader, says the lesson from the Cuomo administration approach, is that all businesses should benefit from state help, not just those chosen by politicians.

[17] During his time as a Vice-President of the European Commission, one subsequently prominent member of his official office was Nick Clegg, [22] who became leader of the Liberal Democrats in December 2007 [23] and Deputy Prime Minister in May 2010.

Sadiq Khan, who managed Miliband's successful leadership campaign, was appointed Shadow Justice Secretary and Shadow Lord Chancellor, and continuing Deputy Leader Harriet Harman continued to shadow Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, as well as being made Shadow International Development Secretary.

The seven candidates are Alessandra Biaggi, who is taking on Bronx Sen. Jeffrey Klein, who headed the IDC and is now Senate Democratic deputy leader; Jessica Ramos, who is challenging Queens Sen. Jose Peralta; Robert Jackson, who is taking on Manhattan Sen. Marisol Alcantara; Rachel May, who is challenging Syracuse Sen. David Valesky; Zellnor Myrie, who is facing off against Brooklyn Sen. Jesse Hamilton; Jasmine Robinson, who is opposing State Island Sen. Diane Savino; and John Duane, who is taking on Queens Sen. Tony Avella.

He's clearly Bharara, who initiated the successful prosecutions of Silver and Skelos as well as of former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (D - Queens), former Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous (R - Binghamton) and a long roster of other crooked pols.

In a November 2013 interview, Ehud Olmert, Sharon's deputy leader, who had been «dropping unilateralist hints for two or three months», explained his developing policy as follows: [15][16][17]

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor, addressed the matter directly in his announcement speech on January 30th.

Deputy leader of the House Tom Brake told MPs that special advisers, informally called «spads», who wield immense influence in Whitehall and Westminster, would not be covered because they are not «decision - makers».

A spokesman for Labour's deputy leader said: «Tom Watson has received an apology from James Mills on behalf of the junior press officer in Jeremy Corbyn's campaign team who released this list by mistake.»

ICYMI: Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous told me last night on CapTon that the GOP is «strongly behind» their two colleagues who are locked in life - or - death primary battles with conservative challengers.

The field as it stands right now includes former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra, a Democrat - turned - Republican who appears to have zero chances of getting the Conservative nod, without which no Republican has won statewide since the 1970s; and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, who have have already formally announced their campaigns, and Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco, who is officially entering the race today.

The decision to write the CJN arose from a point of order which was raised by the Deputy Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, who called the attention of the chamber to newspaper reports indicating the decision of the Abuja to stop the process of amendments.

Albany County GOP Chairman Don Clarey, who proved during the Occupy Albany uproar in Academy Park that he's no shrinking violet, leaped to the defense of Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous, who, along with two of his GOP colleagues — Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Sen. George Maziarz — has drawn the Buffalo businessman's ire.

On the Sunday Politics Scotland programme, Mr Blackford was also asked about the SNP deputy leader role which was vacated on Saturday by Angus Robertson who announced he was stepping down.

I know Catholics who have voted Ukip and the Deputy Leader, Paul Nuttall is a practising pro-life Catholic from Liverpool.

Unlike the Trojans, Comrie, who is known as the nicest guy in politics, and is also the Deputy Majority Leader, put a wet towel on the idea when he politely said there was no serious discussion of a possible Peralta \ Comrie ticket, just some speculation.

After losing the GOP's top contender, Harry Wilson, Cox specifically mentioned Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, who went on not 24 hours later to announce he's no longer considering a run; Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco; and — with a little prodding — Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb.

Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco (R - Syracuse), who sponsored the measure in the Senate, is also pushing for a vote in his chamber before lawmakers end their annual session on Thursday.

Meanwhile, senate Republicans re-elected as deputy majority leader someone who's actually been indicted: Sen. Tom Libous.