Sentences with phrase «new general secretary»

Iain McNicol's leaving do was a who's who of Labour moderates as he hands over to new General Secretary Jennie Formby

The chances of successfully installing a pliant new general secretary are low.

The person charged with stiffening Labour's resolve and putting some life into this once - stout body is new general secretary Iain McNicol.

Crowning of Labour's new general secretary means there is little chance of shifting balance of power away from Corbyn supporters

The first real shot was fired recently from the Fabian Society in an interesting article by their relatively new General Secretary Andrew Harrop, in which he introduced the concept of Ed's Converts — 2010 Lib Dem voters who were now overwhelmingly voting Labour, and who were — on the whole — more left than right - wing on a range of issues.

Mr Woodcock said he was «very concerned» that «selective» details of the case had been disclosed and that Labour's new general secretary Jennie Formby had cited the publicity as a reason to suspend the whip.

Labour's new general secretary isn't, I'm assured by folk in the Unite trade union, a foe to forget or forgive and Lansman badly mishandled the NEC election for the post.

A group of senior Labour Party officials have resigned their posts ahead of the appointment of a new general secretary and the expectation of major job changes.

The TUC's new general secretary, Frances O'Grady, shied away from confrontation in her press conference yesterday.

«I welcome Jennie Formby's recent actions as Labour's new general secretary to ensure there is no place for anti-Semitism in the Labour party.»

Her salvo came as part of the increasingly - bitter battle to become Labour's new general secretary.

«I welcome Jennie Formby's recent actions as Labour's new General Secretary to ensure there is no place for antisemitism in the Labour Party.»

The Labour party has advertised for a new general secretary to replace Peter Watt, who resigned last year over the third - party donor row.

Mr Corbyn's spokesman said: «We do think that anti-Semitism played a role in the Barnet election results and Jeremy made clear that not only is he determined to eradicate anti-Semitism from the Labour party but he got (new general secretary) Jennie Formby a task to make this her number one priority.»

Labour's new general secretary has cited this publicity as a reason to suspend me from the Labour whip.

«We've not done nearly enough quickly enough, and that is recognised across the Labour Party, its recognised by our new general secretary Jennie Formby.

She described the new general secretary as a «breath of fresh air» who was dedicated to resolving the issue as her «number one priority».

For good measure he needs to move as swiftly as Tony Blair did when he replaced Larry Whitty with Tom Sawyer and ensure that he has a key ally, and an upstanding one at that, as the new General Secretary of the Labour Party.

Senior backers of Jennie Formby, the Unite union's former political director and the frontrunner to become Labour's new general secretary, are trying to reassure party staff that there are no planned overhauls should she secure the job.

Jennie Formby joins the top table this week as the new general secretary with Amy Jackson driving control of the party and MPs as political secretary.

NAHT officials meet next week to plan the process of electing a successor, and a new general secretary will be in post at the start of the next academic year.

Kevin Courtney, the new general secretary of the NUT, has also signalled his strong support for the idea of a new union.

News of the board's line - up reached us the same week that NAHT confirmed the appointment of the aptly named Paul Whiteman as its new general secretary, whose predecessor, Russell Hobby, is to replace Brett Wigdortz as chief executive of Teach First.