Sentences with phrase «former culture secretary»

Former culture secretary wrote: «As a working mother,» in her resignation letter.

Labour former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw urged the shadow cabinet to act swiftly to «save» the party.

Former culture secretary Maria Miller has taken up the cause of creating a specific new offence and said she won a sympathetic hearing from justice secretary Chris Grayling.

Former culture secretary Tessa Jowell's husband is neither, but managed to get himself into trouble anyway.

Former culture secretary Jeremy Hunt sparked outrage in 2010 when he hinted at the same.

There was former culture secretary Sajid Javid's remarks about BBC bias before the election and the repeated private references to the imminence of licence fee renewal in comments made by Conservative spokesmen throughout, he says.

Government plans to privatise Channel 4, revealed by a leaked document last year, have receded under the new government following former culture secretary John Whittingdale's departure.

Charlotte Higgins: Simon Russell Beale goes on pointe, a plea to concert - goers and former culture secretary Lord Smith talks cuts

Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw told the MPs that, despite what Harman said, voters would not be interested in Labour's attacks on Tories for a while, because Labour had lost terribly everywhere except London.

Tributes are paid in Parliament to former Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell who has spoken publicly about her brain cancer diagnosis.

Former culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's career came close to ending over a lobbying row with his special adviser, Adam Smith, whose meetings with a News Corporation lobbyist led to Smith's resignation.

Former culture secretary Sajid Javid told prime minister he was unable to support home secretary's proposals as they infringed freedom of speech

The English Labour group met in Manchester town hall, near the Labour conference centre, and included Ben Bradshaw, the former culture secretary, John Denham, the former universities secretary, and Steve Reed, MP for Croydon and one of the architects of Labour's plans for devolving power.

Maria Miller has given a # 17,000 payoff from her resignation from the cabinet to a charity in her constituency, a source close to the former Culture Secretary has said.

The former culture secretary told ITV's Good Morning Britain that the Labour leader was putting the party's future in jeopardy.

Had Tessa Jowell won the nomination, there is a chance the Standard may have stayed neutral or even backed Labour, given editor Sarah Sands» friendship with the former culture secretary.

While the Prime Minister suggested there was a lesson to be learned about loyalty and not rushing to judgement, Mr Miliband claimed his answer showed Mr Cameron thought the former Culture Secretary «did nothing wrong».

Tessa Jowell, the former culture secretary, has launched her campaign to be Labour's candidate for London mayor with a speech in Brixton.

The former culture secretary, who was a psychiatric social worker before entering politics, was a key figure at the heart of New Labour - she once said she would «jump under a bus» for Tony Blair.

Until now, Ms Jowell, the former Culture Secretary, has not spoken publicly about the phone - tapping scandal.

Commenting on our findings, the Labour MP and former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said: «Under a functioning government, anyone who had allegedly broken the ministerial code could expect — at best — a difficult conversation with the prime minister.

Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has urged the Shadow Cabinet to act to try to oust the leader.

Corbyn handed a lifetime achievement award to Lord Smith, the former culture secretary and Britain's first openly gay MP.

Writer and director Alexander Zeldin told TP that the former culture secretary Maria Miller had been to see the play when it first ran at Hackney Wick's Yard Theatre.

Apparently, the former culture secretary will help «achieve a new common purpose that builds resilience into business and society».

James Purnell, director of strategy and education at the BBC and a former culture secretary, was highly critical of the raid by a publicly owned, commercially funded broadcaster.

The former Labour cabinet minister has been widely expected to take over from Boaden and his political background has led Tories including John Whittingdale, the former culture secretary, and Damian Collins, a member of the culture select committee, to argue that his appointment could jeopardise the BBC's impartiality.

And he later claimed the prime minister had no answer, and asked Mr Cameron to clarify what the former culture secretary had done wrong.

But clearly Purnell, a former culture secretary, had lost confidence in Brown's ability to develop a sufficiently clear domestic policy.

One of the first Labour MPs to express their astonishment at the three - line whip was the former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw.

Labour's former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said earlier that he would go against a three - line whip on a bill for the first time in nearly 20 years as an MP.

Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said he would go against a three - line whip on a bill for the first time in nearly 20 years as an MP.

Maria Miller should not have resigned over «unfounded» allegations, said Tory councillor Elaine Still in Basingstoke, where the former culture secretary is the MP.

Former Culture Secretary and Labour peer Lord (Chris) Smith explained why he opposed the amendment:

«A total f.... ing shambles» was how the former Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw described Monday's Parliamentary Labour Party meeting.

The former Culture Secretary and Hillsborough campaigner, who is expected quit the Shadow Cabinet before the crunch vote takes place on May 4, he pledged a «stronger northern identity» for the party.

In July, the Guardian revealed that the # 50m promised by the former culture secretary James Purnell was imperilled because of a # 100m budget overcommitment for capital projects at the department for culture, media and sport.

The paper had allegedly intercepted calls involving former deputy prime minister John Prescott, former culture secretary Tessa Jowell, celebrity cook Nigella Lawson, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, London Mayor Boris Johnson, comedian Lenny Henry, singer George Michael and the late Jade Goody.

Expert pens an open letter offering career coaching to the former Culture Secretary Maria Miller who resigned after the scandal over her expenses

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