Sentences with phrase «rail minister»

Shadow rail minister Jonathan Reynolds resigned the morning after the reshuffle was completed.

The Labour leader faces a fresh headache after shadow rail minister Jonathan Reynolds, shadow foreign minister Stephen Doughty and shadow Armed Forces minister Kevan Jones all quit.

Speaking at an event to mark the introduction of the legislation, shadow rail minister Lilian Greenwood said the bills were «very welcome» and confirmed Labour would continue to back the project, although they would have liked to see the hybrid bill cover the whole of the route.

Mr Reynolds announced this morning that he was resigning as Shadow Rail Minister because he wanted «more freedom» — and because of the dismissal of Mr McFadden as Shadow Europe Minister.

Rail minister Simon Burns has dismissed the legal challenge, saying last month he does not expect a «major hiccup» either way.

While Cameron ramps the rhetoric, Shadow rail minister Lillian Greenwood took to Twitter, insisting that the reason the public weren't buying HS2 because they don't understand the meaning of long words like «capacity» and «connectivity».

He was shadow rail minister until he vanished in a hat trick of resignations in protest at the sacking of former shadow Europe minister Pat McFadden.

Measures to improve ticketing information for passengers and make it easier for people to choose the best value fare for their journey were agreed earlier at a forum co-hosted by rail minister Paul Maynard.

Since then, Shadow rail minister Jonathan Reynolds, shadow foreign minister Stephen Doughty and shadow Armed Forces minister Kevan Jones have all quit.

Perry went on to be a banker and previously quit as rail minister because she was «fed up justifying how crap our railways are.»

Shadow rail minister Jonathan Reynolds resigned in protest today over changes to Jeremy Corbyn's top team.

Jonathan Reynolds, who resigned as shadow rail minister, voiced a similar complaint.

Theresa Villiers, who is now the Northern Ireland secretary, was the rail minister responsible at the time.

Shadow rail minister Jonathan Reynolds, shadow foreign minister Stephen Doughty and shadow Armed Forces minister Kevan Jones have all quit

Shadow rail minister Jonathan Reynolds has resigned from the Labour front bench following Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle, in what has been seen as a reaction to the sacking of Pat McFadden.

Jonathan Reynolds, who quit as shadow rail minister this morning, tells Sky News resigning was the «only honourable thing to do».