Sentences with phrase «recently shadow secretary»

Seen as a rising star, she was until recently shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change in Corbyn's shadow cabinet.

Not exact matches

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey both attended a private event held by the club in the run - up to the general election, and McDonnell also recently attended a private round table event at the London Stock Exchange.

But some of the leader's closest allies hope that the recently - appointed shadow business secretary Rebecca Long - Bailey could step into his shoes if needs be.

Since 2010 she has been shadow secretary for environment, food and rural affairs, transport, and more recently international development.

He also claimed that Smith had recently said he was «very happy» in the shadow cabinet - moments before he resigned as shadow work and pensions secretary.

She will apparently be joined by former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn as she launches her bid, who was sacked from his post recently after saying he had no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

Yet, as it stands, the recently resigned shadow work and pensions secretary is unlikely to hold out much hope for the red carpet treatment anywhere in the country.

Corbyn has reportedly told local members he will back plans to develop nuclear energy plants, and shadow business secretary Clive Lewis recently spoke out in support of the workers at Sellafield.

But Corbyn has been accused by some shadow cabinet members, most recently Michael Dugher, the shadow culture secretary, of sponsoring a faction rather than acting as a unifying figure in the whole of the Labour party.

Some in the party - especially members of the David Davis and Dominic Grieve fan clubs - have privately expressed concerns about whether the recently - appointed shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, shares his predecessors» commitment to civil liberties.

British workers have a productivity problem, argued the shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna on the Today programme recently.

However, former shadow home secretary David Davis recently criticised the abolition of grammar schools for creating a «dominance» of public school boys in top jobs which had «handicapped the intellectual capacity of the country».

Speaking to the Huffington Post, the Birmingham Yardley MP added that others had told her «they had always wanted to say that» to Abbott, who was recently made shadow international development secretary (and is reported to have had a brief romantic relationship with Corbyn in the 1970s).

Some backbenchers speculated that the hand of Damian McBride, the combative spin doctor to Gordon Brown who recently joined the team of the shadow defence secretary, Emily Thornberry, may have been behind the release of the list.

Mr Clarke, the shadow business secretary, has recently returned to the Conservative front bench, but his views on whether the party needs to offer incentives for couples to marry is at odds with the leadership.

But the shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said: «As the Public Accounts Committee has highlighted recently, there are real concerns over the way HMRC has reached settlements with some large firms, as well as the accountability and transparency of its decision - making.

Eagle, who recently quit as shadow business secretary, accused the current leader of «hiding behind a closed door» over calls for him to step down.

It comes at the end of a week where the recently appointed shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, made his first speech in that role.

Now Chuka Umunna is shadow secretary of state to this department and consciously echoed Mandelson when he recently said: «I don't have a problem with people making a lot of money, so long as they pay their taxes.»

George Osborne, the shadow chancellor who doubles up as the general election campaign manager, sat down for a heart - to - heart with Hilton, Coulson and the shadow schools secretary, Michael Gove, who has recently been drafted into the core general election team.