Sentences with phrase «first cabinet role»

Northern Ireland secretary has not been an especially high - profile cabinet job since the Good Friday peace deal, but for Brokenshire it could be a tough first cabinet role.

Not exact matches

The first key point to understand is the difference between the Prime Minister's roles as head of the Cabinet, who wields executive power via the confidence of the House of Commons, and as Tory leader, whose authority rests on the faith colleagues have in you as a general election winner.

The first of Michael Howard's shadow cabinet to back David Cameron for the Tory leadership he has played a pivotal role in setting the party's strategic direction.

He began his ministerial career with roles in the Treasury, before becoming the first cabinet minister of Asian descent when he was appointed culture, media and sport secretary in 2014.

May must now decide whether to replace her longstanding ally with an individual who holds down the same two roles as Green, who was first secretary of state and Cabinet Office minister.

The new chief executive will also be permanent secretary of the Cabinet Office, while the current occupant of the role, Richard Heaton, will remain first parliamentary counsel.

Newly - minted LG Bob Duffy gave an impromptu press gaggle after the Cuomo administration's first cabinet meeting and pledged to continue to act as a champion of upstate interests in his new role — much as he did in his old job as mayor of Rochester.

Since Maurice Hankey's time as cabinet secretary in the First World War, the role of policymaking civil servant has been crucial to the smooth running of coalitions and, more signifi cantly, their conception.

The intervention is the first major statement from the former shadow home secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalition.

Naming the roles in his Shadow Cabinet was Ed Miliband's first big decision as party leader.

The chancellor will also take on the role of first secretary of state, making him the highest ranking cabinet minister after the prime minister.

Since you first entered Parliament in 1970, and over forty years since your first Front Bench role as a PPS, your passion for getting things done and the energy you have brought to your Cabinet posts has not diminished one bit.

She was nevertheless promoted by Gordon Brown to her first proper Cabinet role as Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (having previously been «Labour Party Chair»).

The newly appointed cabinet secretary's first legislative act as Education Secretary should be to diminish the role of high - stakes testing in the nation's public schools and to restore the dignity of the teaching profession.

[1] Shergold, P. (Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet), Indigenous Economic Opportunity: the Role of the Community and the Individual, Speech delivered at the First Nations Economic Opportunities Conference, Sydney, 19 July 2006, p2.