Sentences with phrase «from shadow business secretary»

The NEC's delegates will decide on whether Mr Corbyn needs the nominations of 51 MPs and MEPs to stand in the upcoming leadership contest triggered by a challenge from shadow business secretary Angela Eagle yesterday.

Not exact matches

Mr Corbyn is facing a challenge from the former shadow business secretary, Angela Eagle, who will put her name forward to contest the leadership tomorrow.

The former shadow pensions secretary will take on Eagle, who was previously shadow business secretary, in a parliamentary Labour party (PLP) hustings on Monday, as the two challengers vie for support from MPs and MEPs before Wednesday's deadline for nominations.

He will now face a formal leadership challenge from Ms Eagle, the former shadow business secretary.

Such a challenge would come from former shadow business secretary Angela Eagle or former shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith.

Last week, the shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, said he had been discussing with European counterparts how to limit immigration from EU countries to people with good skills and firm job offers.

High - profile members of that profession ejected from their Commons seats on May 7 included business secretary Vince Cable, pensions minister Steve Webb, schools minister David Laws and — in a small - hour moment that signalled the turning tide — shadow chancellor Ed Balls.

«Watering down people's rights at work by doubling the service requirement to claim for unfair dismissal from one to two years is not a substitute for a credible plan for growth,» shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said.

Conversation frequently turns to who could lead the party after another defeat in 2020: the former paratrooper Dan Jarvis; the shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna (who withdrew from the race after just a few days); the former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer; even David Miliband.

Cheryl Gillan, shadow Welsh secretary, lines up from the opposition benches alongside business, enterprise and regulatory reform committee chairman Peter Luff.

Chuka Umunna, the shadow business secretary, insisted Miliband has established a «new generation leading the party» that is entirely different from the culture under Brown.

In the first policy proposal of her campaign, the former shadow business secretary argued working people «have most to lose» from the UK's historic decision to quit the EU.

Polls raises questions on why the shadow Business Secretary decided to withdraw from the contest

Away from the Commons, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has said Labour will oppose Conservative plans to make it harder for workers to strike.