In this post-Heywood context, the upheaval associated with
moving the shadow chancellor would have been too much.
Not exact matches
The timing could not be worse for Corbyn and the suggestion from his
shadow chancellor that opponents somehow temporarily
move to the backbenches to express criticism of the leaders is, at best naive, and at worst, completely ludicrous.
Labour regularly calls for the Conservatives to
move aside — including on Thursday in the
shadow chancellor's speech in the budget debate.
The
shadow chancellor also said he would reverse the effects of the government's
move to end tax relief on pension funds, would abolish the national child trust fund for the rich and remove tax credits from families earning more than # 50,000.
The
shadow chancellor's
move has caused concern in Labour ranks because two of his new advisers are or have recently been members of other political parties, with which Labour is not meant to engage under its constitution.
In his speech this morning John McDonnell, the
shadow chancellor, proposed a
move towards funding the NHS through hypothecation (taxes raised for specific spending purposes).