Sentences with phrase «of shadow health secretary»

The film, centred on a gathering of friends to celebrate the promotion of Janet (Scott Thomas) to the role of shadow health secretary, quickly descends into farce, owing to the characters» deceitful behaviour towards each other.

The office of the shadow housing secretary, Grant Shapp, was part - funded by an estate agent while that of the shadow health secretary, Andrew Lansley, received a donation from a medical equipment company.

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Sustain has welcomed commitments from shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth that a future Labour Government would introduce legal standards for hospital food, extend the sugary drinks tax and ban junk food advertising during family TV, for the benefit of the nation's hHealth Secretary Jon Ashworth that a future Labour Government would introduce legal standards for hospital food, extend the sugary drinks tax and ban junk food advertising during family TV, for the benefit of the nation's healthhealth.

Andrew Lansley, shadow health secretary, said: «If we are to avoid stigmatising children after being weighed then there needs to be sympathetic follow - up care but Labour have failed to address the chronic shortage of school nurses.»

The shadow health secretary accused Andrew Lansley of a «top down bullying policy» before being told to wrap up his questioning by the Speaker.

The shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley said: «Doctors at the heart of our services are not only suffering poor morale but have now lost confidence in Patricia Hewitt and Labour's stewardship of the NHS.»

The news was seized on by shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, who said campaigners needed to lend the opposition support to maximise the chances of the Lords voting down the legislation.

The shadow health secretary then made it clear that she was proud of the soundbite when she tweeted it out moments later.

Heidi Alexander, the former shadow health secretary, was cut out of secret NHS meetings set up by John McDonnell, and only found out by chance.

Under Ed Miliband he was shadow secretary for education and shadow secretary of state for health.

Burnham is widely seen as having done extraordinarily well as shadow health secretary and there will be cries of horror if he is moved.

Labour's Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, highlighted news this week that the Royal Marsden foundation trust predicted it would receive an income of # 210m over two years from providing private healthcare.

«David Cameron's biggest mistake by far is his decision to break the coalition agreement promise of «no top - down re-organisation of the NHS»,» shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said.

He has allowed his shadow health secretary, Andy Burnham, to push for a forthright campaign of destruction against Andrew Lansley's reforms.

Diane Abbott is also promoted to become shadow health secretary, with her old job of international development secretary going to Corbyn's close ally Kate Osamor.

But the shadow health secretary also warns the prime minister that he must also deliver a «tough but fair» package on immigration in his renegotiations before the referendum if he is to stand any chance of keeping the UK in the European Union.

Burnham might have hoped to win the support of the main public sector trade union after his warnings, as shadow health secretary, that the Tories are trying to move towards NHS privatisation.

However the shadow health secretary, Andy Burnham, accused the media of whipping up a narrative that unfairly declared «everything a disaster for Labour».

John Healey is the shadow secretary of state for health and the Labour MP for Wentworth and Dearne — next time Jim Murphy takes the hot seat

Labour frontbenchers have dismissed the idea of a new party emerging, with the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, claiming it was «a party for the few, not the many», and the shadow health secretary, Jon Ashworth, calling it «a daft waste of time».

Liam Fox, shadow secretary of state for defence, reaffirmed his commitment to mental health as a welfare priority and announced a post-traumatic stress treatment programme and a mental health screening for all service leavers.

The shadow health secretary has received the most donations of all four leadership candidates, followed by Yvette Cooper who has been given a total of # 81,500 in recent weeks.

This decision affects the educational attainment and health of pupils,» shadow education secretary Angela Rayner was due to say today.

In an interview with GQ magazine, the shadow health secretary was asked whether he expected to be a politician for the rest of his life.

Attack dog MP Jon Ashworth has been promoted to shadow health secretary - but stripped of his key role on the National Executive Committee (NEC).

The shadow health secretary joins a number of Labour MPs who are critical of Mandelson's decision to publish his memoirs while the leadership election is under way.

After failing to get a response from him, former shadow Health secretary Heidi Alexander had to stage a sit - in outside Jeremy's office in order to get answer from him on a question of NHS policy.

David Cameron will face a day of reckoning with the electorate for «trashing» the NHS without the public's permission, Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, has said.

It's entirely unacceptable that people suffering from addiction are forced to turn to the inadequate private sector for treatment, writes shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth in the wake of a damning report by the regulator.

«Northern Ireland receives blood from across the rest of the UK where gay men have been donors since 2011,» shadow health secretary Andy Burnham told the BBC.

Health secretary Andy Burnham and his Conservative and Liberal Democrat shadows Andrew Lansley and Norman Lamb appeared together on BBC1's The Politics Show to discuss the state of their proposals.

The Labour leader will be joined by three of his most fiercely loyal shadow cabinet supporters — shadow chancellor John McDonnel, shadow health secretary Diane Abbott, Jo and shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis.

«This is a real vote of confidence in the Conservative party's policies for the NHS, from the people who have the greatest day to day responsibility for caring for patients,» said shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley.

TP has learned that the shadow health secretary has brought in John Lehal, founder of Insight Consulting Group, to run his campaign.

A senior Labour source said: «This raises serious questions about Andrew Lansley's judgement and it is difficult to see how he can continue on in his role as shadow health secretary when it would appear that a private health care company is helping to fund the development of Tory healthy policy.

• Supporters of Liz Kendall tried to arrange for her and then shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper to stand aside to give shadow health secretary Andy Burnham a clear run when it became apparent support for Corbyn was surging

Heidi Alexander, who quit as shadow health secretary last weekend, has criticised John McDonnell's «totally unacceptable» conduct in setting up a team of NHS policy advisers without telling her.

«Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, is being bankrolled by the head of one of the biggest private health providers to the NHS.

«The only way to regain the confidence of MPs is to show a willingness to compromise,» said the former shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander.

In response, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham accused the government of playing politics with people's lives.

In a sign that he has tightened his control over the party, Abbott, a friend of Corbyn whose constituency neighbours his own, was promoted from being shadow health secretary to shadow home secretary.

The shadow health secretary promised that Labour would run its own Yes campaign, focusing on issues such as preventing workers being «undercut» by EU immigrants, exclusive recruitment from overseas and strengthening enforcement of the national minimum wage.

Labour's shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said that today's five - year forecast for the NHS «endorses key planks of Labour's plan».

Yesterday, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham raised the case in the House of Commons, claiming that some of the downgraded calls were on behalf of terminally ill patients.

The number of hospitals forced to turn away patients in need of emergency care rose by 24 % in the last year, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said.

The shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said that the Prime Minister's «headline - grabbing» NHS care announcement «don't address the real issue» of inadequate staffing levels to provide safe care.

Alexander, the former shadow health secretary who quit Corbyn's frontbench during the string of resignations over his leadership in 2016, has resigned her seat to take up a role as deputy mayor for transport under the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, at City Hall.

A week after the collapse of all - party talks on the future of how to pay for long - term care of the elderly in England and shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley is boycotting a conference on the issue which his counterpart in government, Andy Burnham, has organised for today (and which the Lib Dems are attending).

This seems strangely inconsistent - didn't Labour's shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham argue against the provision to remove NHS accountability from the Secretary of State in the Health and Social Care Act?

Announcing Alexander's appointment, Khan said she «knows this city inside out, and her work both as shadow health secretary and campaigning over the best Brexit deal has demonstrated the terrific job she will do as part of my team standing up for London».