Sentences with phrase «deputy leadership campaign»

Similar types of expense recoverable from funds raised for a particular campaign, eg, a deputy leadership campaign, could be «double» recovered from available travel allowances.

The deputy leadership campaign is almost over and Brown has done his tour of Britain.

This is NOTHING compared to Harman's deputy leadership campaign scandal.

Mr Johnson's deputy leadership campaign was managed by sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe, who insisted all donations were recorded transparently with the Electoral Commission, Labour party and Parliament's Register of Members» Interests.

Harriet Harman has avoided a police investigation over her late reporting of donations for her Labour deputy leadership campaign last year.

The former Welsh and work and pensions secretary did not face a police investigation because of his late declaration of donations to his deputy leadership campaign when Gordon Brown came to power, but he was found guilty of «serious» failings by the parliamentary standards authority.

Ms Harman said she and her campaign team acted in good faith by accepting a # 5,000 donation from Janet Kidd to help clear her debts after this summer's deputy leadership campaign.

The funding row has continued to rumble on, with Peter Hain admitting he failed to declare further donations to his failed deputy leadership campaign.

Ms Harman stands alone as the only Cabinet minister to have accepted funds from a conduit of Mr Abrahams, having accepted # 5,000 to clear her debts from her deputy leadership campaign.

Having been cleared by prosecutors over donations to his deputy leadership campaign, Mr Hain hinted that he wanted a return to government.

Mr Hain, who resigned as Work and Pensions Secretary last year over allegations about the funding of his deputy leadership campaign which were later dismissed, also suggested Labour had been too «caught up» in the success of the City to hold the financial system to account.

Mr Hain, who is also secretary of state for Wales, confirmed last week that he had failed to declare # 103,000 in donations to his deputy leadership campaign.

He is expected to supply full details of his financial backers to the commission within days, after first stating on December 3rd that he had not fully reported the donations to his deputy leadership campaign.

It wasn't until 1980 when I was working for CLPD that I first met the man himself but within a few months, as secretary of his campaign committee during the deputy leadership campaign, I worked with him in the basement of his house in Notting Hill.

Not exact matches

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.

Following her vigorous campaigning against payday loans companies and an impressive performance in the deputy leadership election last year, Stella Creasy is seen by many Labour moderates as one of their brightest stars.

His Campaign Manager in the leadership contest was Conservative MP and Davis's deputy as Shadow Home Secretary, Andrew Mitchell (who in 2010 became Secretary of State for International Development in Prime Minister David Cameron's Cabinet).

In a statement issued last night Mr Hain said: «As I said in December, as a result of administrative failings within my campaign there were donations to my deputy leadership bid which were not registered within the normal time to the Electoral Commission.

Labour deputy leadership candidate Stella Creasy has responded to internet trolls by releasing a video in which she reads out some of the offensive messages she has been sent during the campaign.

Creasy admitted that some of the messages may have been provoked by the deluge of emails people have received over the past few months from contenders not only in the deputy leadership contest, but also the campaigns for leader and London mayoral candidate.

Following weekend reports Jack Straw will be coordinating Mr Brown's leadership campaign, Mr Clarke added MPs had damaged Mr Blair's credibility by announcing their leadership and deputy leadership bids.

The air of scandal - combined with Peter Hain's apology to MPs over undeclared donations to his deputy party leadership campaign - was nothing compared to the trouble to come.

Mr Hain has been attacked by the Conservatives for failing to fully explain why around # 50,000 was channelled into his campaign through the PPF, which was set up in December 2006, three months after he launched his deputy leadership bid.

A wealthy businessman who donated almost # 100,000 to unsuccessful campaigns for the Labour leadership and deputy leadership has turned his attention to the highly - rated Barnsley MP Dan Jarvis.

Labour's deputy leadership frontrunner Tom Watson is ramping up his campaign with a special event at the West Ham United football stadium.

Last summer he donated # 75,000 to the Yvette Cooper campaign for the leadership and # 20,000 to support Rushanara Ali's doomed deputy leadership bid.

Lots of people deserve credit for Campaign North especially William Hague who has provided tireless leadership of the Northern Board and the campaigning effort, but Michael Bates, Deputy Chairman of the Party responsible for Campaign North, a Conservative MP from 1992 to 1997, and former Paymaster General, pictured above (right), played an integral role in its formation and development.

Writing about the latest election campaign on the Labour Home website, John Prescott, the former Deputy Prime Minister commented: «I've just discovered tonight that over the last few weeks, James Purnell was not planning for these crucial Local and European elections - he was planning for his own leadership election...

Peter Hain has been cleared of breaching the ministerial code over donations to his deputy Labour leadership campaign.

Then maybe Yvette would have won, as Andy's campaign was so bad, she would have won it on merit The deputy leadership, saw two centre right, female candidates in the last three, both had the anyone but Watson tag, considering one of the male candidates Ben Bradshaw had this Tom Watson partly win, due to transfers from Bradshaw, was it sexist that he won, no, had he not win on the third round, could one of the females beat him, due to their combined vote, who knows but it wouldn't have been on gender, but their voters dislike of Watson

In 1981 the LCC supported the campaign of Tony Benn against Denis Healey for the deputy leadership of the party, but many were deeply unhappy with Benn's campaign and approach and the LCC began to evolve into a body aiming to rescue the party from the mess it found itself in as the SDP split and Benn's campaign imprinted an image of extremism in the minds of the voters.

On the other hand, some of us, even those of us who've been involved a few deputy - leadership election campaigns, have got fed up with proxy campaigns.

In 2008 he helped prompt the resignation from the cabinet of Peter Hain, the secretary of state for Wales and for work and pensions, by revealing that donations to his unsuccessful campaign for the Labour deputy leadership had been declared months late.

He was a key supporter of Sir Menzies Campbell's successful party leadership campaign and was rewarded with the position of deputy leader.

And he launched a side - swipe at ministerial colleagues campaigning for the Labour leadership and deputy leadership: «I think it would be better to have a conversation with the public, Jon, than with each other.»