Sentences with phrase «for shadow cabinet»

I personally think John Ashworth is one of Labour's more impressive MPs so not a bad choice for the shadow cabinet.

She was tipped for a shadow cabinet post when Michael Howard became leader.

The nominations for the shadow cabinet will kick off from the Sunday of conference, with the coronation of the leader likely to be a side show to those MPs plotting and scheming to ensure they make the final shoot out for the big jobs.

After paying tribute to the four other leadership candidates for their comradeship and collegiality during the campaign, and thanking the broad range of people who nominated her (from Phil Woolas to John McDonnell), she announced her intention to stand for the shadow cabinet.

This close to a general election, it's time for all shadow cabinet members to thank their boards for 10 comfortable, well - paid years of outside interests and get their eyes on the prize, full - time.

Alan Johnson launched a staunch defence of the Labour government's track record on civil liberties today, in a speech which all but removed him for the running for a shadow Cabinet job.

David Miliband has decided not to stand for the shadow Cabinet and will remain on the backbenches while his brother leads the Labour party.

Labour's Deputy Leader wants the rules for shadow cabinet elections to be changed so that 50 % of members have to be female.

In the event, the PLP voted to retain elections for all shadow cabinet members and to elect the Chief Whip separately (a post previously appointed from amongst elected shadow cabinet members).

He has until 5 pm on Wednesday to put himself forward for the shadow cabinet.

Some reporters treated that as a hint she could be being lined up for a shadow Cabinet role.

David Miliband has until Wednesday to decide whether he wants to stand in elections for the shadow Cabinet, as he agonises over whether to continue in frontline politics.

As for the shadow cabinet members at risk, it's unlikely that Corbyn would be affected (Zoopla values his home at # 639,000), but the leader's north London neighbours Emily Thornberry and Diane Abbott could be.

Rather, it is «for shadow cabinet and front bench spokespeople, political advisers and party staff,» suggesting that Corbyn is keen for some of his own senior advisers to be more active on the airwaves.

This «democratic revolution» could entail democratic elections for shadow cabinet positions and digital consultations for members on policy.

Inside the Westminster offices of the 50 or so Labour MPs who are preparing to stand for the shadow cabinet, frantic plotting and planning is under way.

Nominations for the shadow cabinet open on 26 September, the day after the new leader is announced.

(Well, it could hardly be less so...) It may be worth bearing in mind that even if Labour are reduced to 120 MPs or so after the election, Lammy will be one of them, and in those circumstances a shoo - in for the shadow cabinet.

Not exact matches

There is a need to strengthen democracy within the party... That includes proposals for elections to the shadow cabinet.

The shadow minister for the cabinet office, with responsibility for the Conservatives» approach to IT, talks to Total Politics about how his party intends to use cloud

The senior former shadow Cabinet minister was criticised for submitting a # 957 claim for a «pewter finish» on radiators, and # 8,000 for work on his garden.

In an article for the New Statesman, the shadow chancellor accused his former shadow cabinet colleague of echoing the tactics of the unsuccessful EU Remain campaign.

A New Statesman interview with Harriet Harman yesterday revealed the interim labour leader was angling for a seat on the shadow Cabinet once a new head was chosen.

David Cameron is taking the shadow cabinet to Scotland today, as the Conservatives unofficially kick - off their campaign for May's Scottish elections.

He confirmed that he would stand down as MP for Leigh, but indicated that he would not immediately resign from Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet.

«Clearly Cameron is standing up for the wrong people,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said.

Instead the strategic choice open to the rebels now, given that they are not going to form a separate party, is to co-operate as much as possible with the Corbyn leadership for the next year, including becoming part of the new shadow cabinet.

His botched handling of his shadow cabinet reshuffle and the series of resignations that have followed this morning, will completely overshadow any positive coverage he might otherwise have received for his performance today.

Miliband's announcements represent a victory in the shadow Cabinet for shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, who had been calling for Labour to integrate health and social care.

And now we have a more explicit outlining of an emerging new Tory constitutional doctrine in an extraordinary Guardian report on Tuesday — based on anonymous briefings from «senior shadow Cabinet members» — that the Conservatives intend to mount a partisan attack on existing constitutional conventions, and the Cabinet Secretary's protocols for handling a hung Parliament, even though a primary motivation for these has been to protect the Monarchy from being dragged into party political controversy.

An indication of the future for those who previously resigned from Milne's (oops, Corbyn's) shadow cabinet and are thinking of rejoining?

For a start, the next Labour leader will have only 13 days to agree a policy on spending cuts: the new shadow cabinet won't be announced until 7 October, while the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 OctobFor a start, the next Labour leader will have only 13 days to agree a policy on spending cuts: the new shadow cabinet won't be announced until 7 October, while the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 Octobfor 20 October.

This week's welfare bill debacle, where 48 MPs wilfully defied the interim leadership's call for abstention, once again highlighted divisions in the ranks which, according to the BBC's assistant political editor, Norman Smith, run: «right up through the party to the shadow cabinet».

But after rolling mass resignations from the shadow cabinet, which have continued into Tuesday with Pat Glass resigning as shadow education secretary just two days after being appointed, Milband said it was time for Labour to unite around an alternative candidate.

The anthem row has been particularly damaging for Corbyn in his first week, with several shadow cabinet members and Labour mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan moved to publicly criticise him.

He said opinion had shifted on the case for airstrikes «in the media, in parliament, in the PLP, in the shadow cabinet».

Jeremy Corbyn aimed for parity when he first appointed his shadow cabinet.

Some concessions to MPs are necessary — it's impossible to run a shadow cabinet and hold the government to account in parliament in the face of a mass boycott by senior MPs — but there are ways to shore up power for the future.

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.

This is said to have resulted in policy director Andrew Fisher drawing up a plan under which Corbyn would have stood down as leader in return for staying in the shadow cabinet.

«In throwing out a Tory who has repeatedly failed to stand up for his constituency, South Suffolk are have not only shown the way for the rest of the country but they have delivered a blow to David Cameron's own credibility after he personally intervened to support Tim Yeo's in his deselection battle,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Ashworth said.

A spokesperson for Iain Duncan Smith today said that Byrnes's figures were «nonsense» and accused him of a «last - ditch attempt to keep his job in the shadow cabinet» following rumours that he is to be lose his job in a forthcoming reshuffle.

I think the best bet for Labour here is for Ed Miliband to do what Harold Wilson did in the 1975 Common Market Referendum - allow Labour MPs, party members and shadow cabinet ministers to campaign for or against, or not at all, depending on their personal preferences.

It wasn't good enough for the leader to read his position from a typed up script at shadow cabinet meetings discussing the prospect of military action against Isis in Syria or the EU referendum.

«Over the next 24 hours, I will reshape my shadow cabinet and announce a new leadership team to take forward Labour's campaign for a fairer Britain - and to get the best deal with Europe for our people.»

Of the other shadow cabinet members who are potential occupants of the major offices of state, Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, is probably the most concerned for the future.

Trade unions in Scotland have called for Jim Murphy to step down as leader of Scottish Labour as Neil Findlay who stood against Murphy for the leadership last year with the backing of the Left and almost all trade unions announced his resignation from the shadow cabinet at Holyrood where he held the fair work, skills and training brief.

To put the figures in perspective, while just 6 per cent of estates across the UK will benefit from the Tory plans, the figure is 56 per cent for Mr Cameron's shadow cabinet allies.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said that the shadow chancellor Ed Balls» pledge to axe winter fuel payments for wealthier pensioners shows he is «making it up as he goes along»:

Seen as a rising star, she was until recently shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change in Corbyn's shadow cabinet.