Sentences with phrase «of cabinet ministers»

However, an equal number of cabinet ministers have appeared in public to insist he does a vital job and must stay.

A series of cabinet ministers, each more senior than the one before, would have either kept silent or backed it.

A number of cabinet ministers have done so since 1979.

Tessa Jowell was among a number of cabinet ministers who today mounted a last - ditch effort to include a referendum on electoral reform in the Queen's speech next week.

Bribery allegations led to the resignation of cabinet minister Naresh Bhardwaj as the candidate in Edmonton - Ellerslie and candidate disqualifications in Edmonton - Meadowlark and Edmonton - Decore, as well as disorganization in Bonnyville - Cold Lake have grabbed media attention.

While he may choose to include new talent from outside the PC Caucus, Mr. Prentice will still need to choose the bulk of his cabinet ministers from inside the current PC caucus.

Allegations that a police officer could even have posed as a member of the public in a bid to «blacken the name of a Cabinet minister» were described by prime minister David Cameron as a «very serious issue» in the Commons yesterday.

Unite has published a «dossier of hypocrisy» exposing the pensions of cabinet ministers at the heart of the coalition's attack on public sector workers.

He made allegations relating to alleged financial impropriety on the part of another cabinet minister, claims he was asked by the then President to substantiate.

Allies of both cabinet ministers say they and their wider circle have bonded in the past few months to counter the leadership vacuum from No 10.

But Mr Gove was given a boost this morning with the backing of cabinet minister John Whittingdale, who called him a man of «principle and conviction».

But Mr Gove was given a boost this morning with the backing of cabinet minister John Whittingdale for his campaign.

Officials would not comment on a possible motive except to play down a possible connection to terrorism, a thought that occurred to many following a series of attacks involving trucks and pedestrians in Europe and New York as well as the presence in Toronto this week of Cabinet ministers from the G7 nations.

The Players: Plenty of cabinet ministers and other MPs (the restaurant straddles all political lines), along with hard - charging lobbyists on expense accounts, diplomatic agents and pollsters.

Mr. Trudeau visited Washington on Monday with a cadre of cabinet ministers and several female business executives who participated in a roundtable on women entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Speaking on Montie FM in Accra, Bobie Ansah took issue with the composition of the cabinet ministers, saying «90 percent of his appointees are from the Akyem tribe».

The idea of Cabinet ministers expressing their differences of opinions around the Cabinet table was fairly laughable.

Although Thatcher initially vowed to «fight on», a succession of Cabinet ministers trooped into Number 10 to tell her the game was up.

In the forthcoming reshuffle one of the Cabinet ministers likeliest to get the chop is the Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan.

«It is dangerously unbecoming of a Cabinet minister to misrepresent court judgments - especially where her own department conceded this case on appeal.»

The poll comes amid new questions for David Cameron, after reports show the extent of the Cabinet ministers» meetings with News International figures.

An apparently trivial incident at the gates of Downing Street over a year ago, which claimed the career of a Cabinet minister, would not still be front page news or discussed at PMQs had it not been for two important factors: the timing and the instant response of Andrew Mitchell.

The defence secretary said he expected an «adult conversation» would take place after it emerged the Treasury is reforming its committee of Cabinet ministers as a «deterrent» to those still holding out.

Posthumously published, the three - volume Diaries of a Cabinet Minister were seen as so potentially incendiary that Wilson's government mounted anunsuccessful legal challenge to suppress their sale in bookshops and prevent them being serialised in The Sunday Times.

The session is remarkable for being one of the very rare occasions when the resignation of a Cabinet minister in the week before a PMQs was not mentioned once.

The UK will be more exposed to Paris - style terror attacks if it stays in the EU, Iain Duncan Smith, one of the cabinet ministers campaigning for Brexit, has suggested.

The Blairite Blackburn MP said there were a number of Cabinet ministers considering taking on Brown in a leadership challenge.

«Let him apologise for the gross irresponsibility of the Cabinet minister who caused that panic at the pumps.»

The fact that such a wide range of cabinet ministers are involved suggests the Government recognises that mental health affects every aspect of society — from our families and communities, to the health system, schools, business and the economy.

The foreign secretary was one of a slew of Cabinet ministers who held talks with their French counterparts at the pow - wow, and it's his suggestion of a cross-Channel bridge which receives prominent coverage in Friday's papers.

The defence secretary has been a major thorn in George Osborne's side over recent weeks as one of the Cabinet ministers fighting the extra round of spending cuts needed because of the slower - than - hoped economic recovery.

It is headed by Charles Farr, a former senior intelligence officer who has sought the views of cabinet ministers, including the home and justice secretaries, the security minister as well as other MPs and the campaigning group Liberty.

Mid Bedfordshire MP Nadine Dorries has won the support of a Cabinet minister, who says he «admired» her for going on ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!

David Cameron «lectured a business audience in India» on the need to have 50 % of company directors as women while «just four of Cameron's 22 - strong Cabinet are women» while «as for the educational background of Cabinet ministers, God help any university which showed such a bias towards public school types.»

It means that the Brexit secretary now easily tops the table of cabinet ministers who have been forced to wave goodbye to key colleagues in recent months.

And as for its prospects for success - well, the reluctance of Cabinet ministers to stick their necks out has been well - documented in recent years.

Allies of both cabinet ministers claim the pair are «standing up for Brexit» because Theresa May is incapable.

That early optimism has, however, been tempered by subsequent nominations of cabinet ministers and their confirmation by the Senate.

Forsyth told peers: «It is vital that the leader of the house has the authority of a cabinet minister, especially given the large volume of legislation that comes from the other place undebated and unconsidered.

On the other hand, while Shaun Woodward and Andy Burnham have both declared their loyalty (as my colleague Andy Sparrow reports), there has hardly been a stampede of cabinet ministers to the broadcasting studios to condemn the rebels.

Mandelson insisted he did not have «a queue of cabinet ministers» saying they wanted a change in leader.

It also reveals the treachery of Lord Mandelson, Jack Straw and Alan Johnson and a string of Cabinet ministers.

Limits: Home Secretary Theresa May, pictured, has been one of the Cabinet ministers pushing for curbs on EU free movement — including restrictions on countries whose level of wealth is far below that of Britain

He notes that in Finland — which has a low rate of crime and violence compared with other developed countries — a majority of the cabinet ministers and more than 40 percent of the members of Parliament are women.

The 69 - year - old Joshi, a former physics professor, is the first scientist to have held the rank of cabinet minister.

It is natural, then, that when last summer a number of cabinet ministers announced the review of four key federal environmental laws, West Coast Environmental Law — along with other lawyers, academics, environmental groups, Indigenous peoples and the general public — took a keen interest.

For now, and for at least the next two years, Brexit is set to consume the attention of every cabinet minister, sometimes to the exclusion of almost everything else.