Sentences with phrase «for spads»

The payroll bill for spads in the final year of the last Labour government, in 2009/2010, was # 6.8 m.

Unveiling the revised special advisers» code alongside a refreshed model contract for Spads, Cabinet Office minister Lord Bridges said the change «takes into account» the recommendations of Pacac.

Not exact matches

Through the work of four playwrights, Matt Charman, Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne, the play follows several intertwining stories: a couple in a therapy session discuss the impact that the strong environmental beliefs of one, and the indifference of the other, is having on their relationship, a young woman, against her parents» advice, drops out of university to become a climate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd) in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

Sugg, awarded a CBE last year for her service, was another spad to get an honour in the wake of Cameron's departure, being given a life peerage.

(Ideal preparation for being a SPAD, you might say.)

When Hayden Allan was sent from the Tory press office to be Liam Fox's spad at the Ministry of Defence in 2010 it was widely assumed he was going there to be Andy Coulson's nark, keeping an eye on Liam for No. 10.

Of course, after David Cameron's gongs for cronies resignation honours list, we now know that spads do end up in the House of Lords!

Professor Robert Hazell of the UCL Constitution Unit — which has published a series of training resources for special advisers — told CSW that «shrewd» Spads could already «convey instructions without directly appearing to do so».

Speaking in the House of Lords Lord Patten, who held a number of junior ministerial roles before joining John Major's cabinet as education secretary in 1992, claimed there was a role for «grown - up SpAds» but said there are too many and they often have too high opinion of themselves.

Referring to SpAds as «creatures in the undergrowth» he warned that it was a «constitutional affront» the way some ordered the ministers who are supposed to be their bosses about and took on powers for themselves.

JH offered to meet up for drink in February 2011 and spad Sue Beeby warned JH against meeting up for a drink after AC resigned.

This news came as a surprise to many Lib Dems, both in government and out, not least because Carmichael was popular in his party as their whip, and, according to a former spad, was capable of a «good bollocking», Mike Moore (who he's replacing) is generally regarded to have done a good job in negotiations on the Scottish Independence referendum, and the 66 - year - old Don Foster not being the most obvious option for chief whip.

«It alters the expectation of what Spads can demand of officials, setting up a new potential for conflict.»

«Legatum has risen from nowhere, taken over by Philippa Stroud the former SPAD for Iain Duncan Smith, director of his think tank the Centre for social Justice and Christian fundamentalist.

His question was always the expenditure on public money on a SpAd who seems curiously ill equipped for the role.

Just like Liz Kendall and Yvette Cooper, after Oxbridge he proceeded swiftly to the life of a SpAd, in his case for Tessa Jowell, before being parachuted into a safe seat.

Spads are gatekeepers for ministers» reputations.

There is no word yet on Specs for anything but the sPad, other then most will run Google Android.

Last week Pocket - lint reported how Samsung's potential iPad killer - the Samsung Galaxy Tablet (or Tab, Tape, or maybe even sPad)- is on course for an IFA unveiling next month, and now a supposed screenshot from Vodafone's systems has turned up, hinting... Read more