Sentences with phrase «from shadow home secretary»

There was also support from shadow home secretary Andy Burnham who said he had no intention of taking part in a coup against the Labour leader

Freed inmates from three hospitals in Berkshire, Nottinghamshire and Merseyside are at the centre of the controversy, which has led to further criticism from shadow home secretary David Davis, who described the matter as one of «serious risk to the public».

Her use of party politics while discussing the topic led to several attacks, not least of all from shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, who launched a blistering attack on the programme.

Not exact matches

The headline news from Jeremy Corbyn's latest reshuffle is that Diane Abbott has been promoted to shadow home secretary.

The shadow home secretary also pledged to properly centre the right to family life in Labour's immigration policy, saying her party «don't want to break up families from the EU in the way we currently do for non-EU families.»

The English Democrats fielded a candidate, Joanne Robinson, in the by - election caused by the resignation of former shadow home secretary David Davis from the House of Commons.

The speech was a far cry from the more moderate, civil libertarian musings of the shadow home secretary at a Liberty fringe event last night.

Adults who rebuke unruly youngsters will be given added protection from prosecution under a return to «common sense» policing, Dominic Grieve, the shadow Home Secretary, has said.

The final day of campaigning on Wednesday continued to emphasise counter-terrorism policy after last weekend's attack in London, highlighting the absence of the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, from the political frontline.

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His comments provoked outrage from the Conservatives, and shadow home secretary David Davis said it looked like «deliberate negligence on the part of the Home Office&raqhome secretary David Davis said it looked like «deliberate negligence on the part of the Home Office&raqHome Office».

Blunt and other MPs had hoped to use an amendment by shadow home secretary Andy Burnham to try to exclude poppers from the psychoactive substances bill, but they lost by 228 votes to 309.

But shadow home secretary David Davis said today: «Far from fixing the problems that stop the Home Office protecting the public, under John Reid's regime they are only discovered by accident.&rahome secretary David Davis said today: «Far from fixing the problems that stop the Home Office protecting the public, under John Reid's regime they are only discovered by accident.&raHome Office protecting the public, under John Reid's regime they are only discovered by accident.»

Miliband has reportedly set up a new unit to tackle the threat from Ukip and has told shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper that she now needs to «do more» on the issue.

In a sign the Conservative party may be moving away from the civil liberties ideals of former shadow home secretary David Davis, the Tories have announced a push to make it easier for police to launch surveillance operations against non-terrorists.

This would leave Yvette Cooper, the shadow Home Secretary, as the only «establishment» candidate not from the 2010 intake.

Mrs May told the House Ms Cooper had called for «much stronger action from government to bring illegal immigration down» while serving as shadow home secretary in 2013.

The proposal has also attracted sharp criticism from the Tory libertarian right, with the former shadow home secretary David Davis calling it an «unnecessary extension of the ability of the state to snoop on ordinary people».

After he was elevated from shadow attorney general to shadow home secretary in 2008, a surprise appointment as David Davis's successor, he had dinner with Rebekah Brooks; her horror at his position on the convention, relayed to Andy Coulson, is said to have been responsible for his losing the job, although Brooks denies it.

Andy Burnham labels calls from Yvette Cooper's team to step down «disappointing» and «quite strange», claiming that he is widely regarded as polling in second place ahead of the shadow home secretary.

Chris Grayling, shadow home secretary, spending thousands of taxpayers» funds on renovating a flat 17 miles from his family home, despite already owning three London properties outright.

Both deputy leader Tom Watson and shadow home secretary Andy Burnham were unable to save their close ally from his plight, despite their best efforts behind - the - scenes.

With rumours mounting Mr Brown will move away from a national ID card scheme - increasingly criticised for its cost and implications for civil liberties - the shadow home secretary David Davis has called on the soon - to - be prime minister to make his position clear.

The intervention is the first major statement from the former shadow home secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalithome secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalitHome Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalition.

Abbott's appointment will prompt criticism from some within the party, particularly in northern seats, who want to see the shadow home secretary take a tougher stance on immigration.

In a sign that he has tightened his control over the party, Abbott, a friend of Corbyn whose constituency neighbours his own, was promoted from being shadow health secretary to shadow home secretary.

The shadow health secretary told Good Morning Britain: «I've repeatedly warned that if you cut social care, if you take away support from older people in their homes; in the end that falls back on the NHS because people go into hospital and they become trapped there.

Andy Burnham is definitely not being moved from his post as shadow home secretary, my colleague Frances Perraudin tells me.

Turning away from the Lords debate for a moment, Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, has issued this statement about the home affairs committee hearing earlier.

Yvette Cooper, the former shadow home secretary, said Labour must not be «paralysed from debating immigration reform either — or our tin ear to the concerns of the country will stop others listening to our case for helping refugees», while former shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves caused controversy on Tuesday by suggesting the UK could «explode» if concerns about immigration were ignored.

Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, claimed thousands of pounds to renovate a London flat 17 miles from his family home.

One of the first came amid the MPs» expenses scandal when it emerged in 2009 that Grayling, then shadow home secretary, had used parliamentary money to pay for and refurbish a central London flat even though his constituency home was little more than 15 miles from parliament.

Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary — who will lead the debate, said: «With the resignation of Amber Rudd, Theresa May has lost her human shield and must now fully account for the policies she created and drove through from the Home Office into Downing Strhome secretary — who will lead the debate, said: «With the resignation of Amber Rudd, Theresa May has lost her human shield and must now fully account for the policies she created and drove through from the Home Office into Downing StrHome Office into Downing Street.

He was a shadow Labour spokesman throughout the 1980s before serving as Home Secretary, from 1997, in Tony Blair's first term as PM, becoming Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 and then holding a series of other front bench roles until Labour lost power in 2010.

Former shadow Home Secretary David Davis has given an interview to tomorrow's New Statesman in which he reveals how desperately David Cameron tried to stop him from resigning his seat (and frontbench post) to fight that by - election in Haltemprice and Howden earlier in the summer.