Sentences with phrase «new shadow foreign secretary»
The new shadow foreign secretary told ITV's Peston on Sunday: «I think the future of the country is at stake here.»
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She had served as work and pensions secretary during the final years of the New Labour government; after that she has been shadow minister for women and equalities, shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary.
The shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, has conceded that the Conservative party faces a new test after disappointing by - election results last week.
The Independent's chief political commentator observes a number of important parallels between Tony and Hilary and contends that the shadow foreign secretary's recent Syria speech is the beginning of an unexpected new chapter in the Benn family saga.
Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, said it was hard to imagine a worse outcome from the policy brought in through a series of new laws from 2010 to create a hostile environment towards illegal immigrants.
Do expect new occupants of the posts of shadow Foreign Secretary and shadow Defence Secretary - in those two areas the tensions over nuclear weapons and military action have proved too much of an embarrassment for Mr Corbyn.
Also prominent among the new crop of female MPs is 20 - year - old Mhairi Black, a SNP Glasgow University student who won Paisley and Renfrewshire South from the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander and becomes the youngest MP since 1667.