Sentences with phrase «new shadow home secretary»

Chris Grayling, the new shadow home secretary, has made manly noises about wanting «fewer rights, more wrongs».

Profiles of the new shadow home secretary, attorney general, chief whip, shadow Brexit secretary and other key figures

Nick Brown, Sarah Champion, Jo Stevens, Dawn Butler, Keir Starmer and Jonathan Reynolds are all impressive performers, while the new shadow home secretary Diane Abbott clearly shares Corbyn's liberal (and fundamentally correct) stance on immigration.

Not exact matches

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.

In 1992, Labour published its Right to Information Bill: shadow home secretary Roy Hattersley promised that it would be the first piece of legislation introduced by a new Labour government.

The Conservative party under Mr Cameron's stewardship has faced criticism for a lack of genuine policies, and the appointment of shadow home secretary David Davis to lead a new social mobility taskforce will initially do little to change this perception.

* David Davis, the former shadow home secretary, spent more than # 10,000 of taxpayers» money on home renovations and furnishings, including a new # 5,700 portico at his home in Yorkshire.

The new powers will be accompanied by additional advice to ensure schools stay within the law, and shadow home secretary David Davis urged the government to make sure this guidance was available soon to ensure schools knew where their responsibilities lie.

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.

But shadow home secretary David Davis - who has led Conservative calls for a separate national security minister - has expressed doubts about the proposed split, warning that a break - up of the department could lead to «a whole new set of problems».

The shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, expressed scepticism about whether the new Home Office team would really resolve the problems faced by hundreds of peohome secretary, Diane Abbott, expressed scepticism about whether the new Home Office team would really resolve the problems faced by hundreds of peoHome Office team would really resolve the problems faced by hundreds of people.

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.

Michael Gove, the shadow education secretary, spent more than # 7,000 in five months furnishing a London property in 2006 before «flipping» his second home designation to a new property he bought in Surrey.

Yvette Cooper, Labour's former shadow home secretary, who spoke at the event to encourage more young voters to register before the new extended deadline, said Corbyn would not privately vote leave.

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.