Sentences with phrase «of special advisers»

A host of special advisers and lobbyists have been selected to fight key Conservative seats in the upcoming general election.

The PM says there's a «proper system for declaring the interests of special advisers and ministers».

The prime minister has cut the total number of special advisers across Whitehall from 95 to 83 and the pay bill has also fallen by # 500,000 from # 8.4 million to # 7.9 million a year, according to the government figures.

Labour pointed out that in the meantime the cost of special advisers for Conservative government ministers has gone up from # 5.9 m in 2009 to # 8.4 m last year.

Maude: The role of a special adviser is not to provide subject expertise, if that's needed then the department should provide it.

12:46 - Harman cites paragraph 33 of the ministerial code which states that the minister himself is responsible for the conduct of the special adviser... that's a very, very good point.

Perrior was one of a clutch of special adviser appointments confirmed by Number 10 on Thursday evening.

Ms Sugg is the indispensable director of special advisers and events.

Brake and Tyler made clear the Tories were to blame for the omission of special advisers from future regulation.

How much did he know about the behaviour of his special adviser, Adam Smith, whose actions he condemned so uncompromisingly in the Commons last Wednesday?

We reflect that in the pervasive presence of the special adviser throughout the play.»

«I wish he'd told us about the pressure he was under and the barrage he was facing,» Mr Hunt said of his special adviser.

Yet there was a 24 per cent increase in the amount of money spent on the salaries of special advisers at the end of Cameron's time in office.

Cameron's treatment of his own spads contrasts with his attacks, during his time in opposition, on the last Labour government over its use of special advisers.

«Whitehall's ministerial code is absolutely clear — Ministers are responsible for the actions of their special advisers,» she said.»

When a group of special advisers and Labour activists meeting in a Westminster pub saw the front pages of three newspapers reporting on Sky news that James Purnell had resigned last night they let out a scream of delight.

Downing Street will issue separate figures showing the number and cost of special advisers serving the current government.

The conspiratorially - minded might see Ed Miliband's decision to issue his own statement of support through one of his special advisers rather than directly to camera as proof that perhaps he was nowadays a little less committed to Brown's leadership than in the past.

There is more than enough evidence to warrant an investigation into a possible breach of the ministerial code or a potential misleading of Parliament and, if it was enough to refer Warsi for investigation on the mere whisper of a scandal, then after the wave of texts, emails, phonecalls and the resignation of a special adviser whose conduct he was responsible for, surely Hunt, too, should have been referred?

The office of the special adviser to the president gave sector by sector achievements of the Buhari administration within the last 365 days as follows:

Did the Home Secretary know of her special adviser's decision to leak a letter last week that effectively attacked Michael Gove?

The fear is that (in theory at least) a government in the future could simply create a raft of special advisers who could overwhelm the senior civil servants.

One imagines teams of special advisers sweating over laborious pop - culture references for deployment in the bosses» soundbites (Liz Truss channelling Amy Winehouse to remark that the economy was «Back to Black» is the runaway winner in this category at the moment).

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Bernard Jenkin said the change had echoes of Tony Blair's decision to allow a small number of special advisers — including Alastair Campbell — to give instructions to officials.

Lord Patten said the role of special adviser had become counterproductive as they no longer simply provided support to ministers and instead they «see it as their job to promote internecine warfare between departments on too many occasions.»

A host of special advisers and lobbyists have been selected to fight key Conservative seats in the...

The Prime Minister: Since 2003, the Government have published on an annual basis the names and overall cost of special advisers and the number in each pay band.

The Culture Secretary may have thrown his aide to the wall, but the ministerial code is crystal clear: the Secretary of State is responsible for the conduct of his special advisers.

This is a sensitive matter: the Tories have attacked Labour over their number of special advisers — about 70.

But, one of the special advisers to the Governor and House of Representatives aspirant for Ibadan North East / Ibadan South East, Hon. Deji Aboderin, while addressing journalists at the venue of the camp loyal to the state governor in Mapo, declared that he was not aware of any parallel congress in the local government.

Not only did it destroy Norman Lamont's Treasury career (although not that of his special adviser David Cameron) but it torpedoed the Conservatives» reputation for economic competence for well over a decade.

He said more clarity was needed about the size of the extended ministerial offices, including the number of special advisers, and who will head them.

And Brexit secretary David Davis brought in former Portland account executive Tim Smith as one of his special advisers.

That «limit» was never specified, though the number of special advisers has fallen from 78 under Labour to 68 today (plus one other part - time).

Cameron responded by pledging to «put a limit on the number of special advisers» in the Conservative manifesto, and briefing that this measure would entail a reduction.

Giles Dilnot looks into the role of the special adviser and finds out why the public only hears about those in trouble.

Herbert remarked that although he welcomed the proposal to put the Civil Service on a statutory footing, he called upon the government to go further and put a statutory cap in the Bill on the number of special advisers.

The Bill also makes provision for the appointment of special advisers (cl 38) who are temporary civil servants specifically appointed to provide political advice to individual government ministers — this is in contrast to the non-political advice proffered by permanent civil servants.