Sentences with phrase «former shadow justice»

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith is seen by 47 per cent of voters as likely to win on May 5, ahead of the 34 per cent who tip Labour's Sadiq Khan, the former shadow justice secretary

A YouGov poll published today shows that backing among Labour supporters for the Tottenham MP has crept ahead of former shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan.

But the former shadow justice secretary is not one to buckle under the weight of political attack by his opponents.

Nick Herbert, former shadow justice secretary, becomes shadow environment, food and rural affairs secretary.

Not exact matches

Sadiq Khan was a former radical human rights lawyer and doing a good job as shadow secretary for justice when he also became shadow minister for London, and responsible for running the general election campaign in London.

Lynch acknowledged that her meeting with former President Bill Clinton this week has «cast a shadow» over the justice department's investigation.

Lord Falconer, a surprise appointment to this shadow cabinet having been a key member of the Blair government and a former flatmate of the ex-Prime Minister, quit as Shadow Justice Secretary to take the number of vacant roles in Mr Corbyn's team to 10.

The full extent of a potential Tory rebellion is starting to become a little clearer, with figures such as Andrew Mitchell, former chief whip, Damian Green, former Home Office minister, and David Davies, former shadow home secretary, potentially joining confirmed rebels such as former attorney general Dominic Grieve and former justice secretary Ken Clarke.

The former shadow business secretary, Labour MP Chuka Umunna, said: «It is absolutely vital, as the party of work and social justice, that we have a clear and unequivocal policy to keep the UK in the single market and the customs union.

The shadow justice secretary, Charles Falconer, said he was appalled by the home secretary's comments, which he described as «so ignorant, so illiberal, so misguided», while the Tory MP and former attorney general Dominic Grieve said he was disappointed by the intervention.

Lord Bach, the shadow justice minister in the House of Lords and former legal aid minister was clear: «I am not impressed by this delay.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle has propelled MPs Imran Hussain and Gloria De Piero into the shadow justice team, supporting shadow justice secretary and former Thompsons solicitor Richard Burgon.