For the first time in over 30 years there was serious doubt among the public and the media as to whether Labour could
ever return to government.
She'll be joined in the department by Nick Gibb who
returns to Government as Minister of State for Schools, «to ensure no let up in education reforms», according to a tweet from the Prime Minister as David Cameron announced his appointment.
I found the chapters on his formative years, and his interregnum in Brussels, before his triumphant
return to Government for a third time, the most interesting, perhaps because are the least known episodes in his life, and because they are the most reflective.
Most of all, we want to give Labour the best chance possible
of returning to government quickly rather than slipping back into being a party of perpetual opposition that is powerless to tackle injustice.
Mr Maude took up ministerial roles under former prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and Sir John Major, including in the Treasury and Foreign Office, before
returning to Government under David Cameron in the Cabinet Office.
The Labour
Party returned to government with a 4 - seat majority under Wilson in the 1964 general election but increased its majority to 96 in the 1966 general election.
I suspect that they'll also try to sweeten the pill by hinting that once this has all died down and there's been a fuller inquiry he could perhaps
return to government at some stage.
Pro-EU Housing Minister Brandon Lewis is expected to get a major Cabinet portfolio after impressing in the job and defending Mr Cameron over his family's tax affairs, while former Police Minister Nick Herbert will
return to Government after leading the Conservative In campaign.
He stood down as an MP in 2004 to become EU Trade Commissioner,
before returning to the government under Gordon Brown as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, First Secretary of State, and Lord President of the Council.
Its first finding is that only 47 % of Labour voters - yes Labour voters, not the whole population - believe Labour is «fairly likely» or «very likely» to fulfill its manifesto pledges
if returned to government.
The business secretary, in his first speech since his surprise
return to government last year, admitted his own trepidation at being invited back into government as he set out his vision for a Labour fourth term.
Senior Labour sources also predicted that Shahid Malik, who stepped down as justice minister pending an investigation into his renting a flat in his Dewsbury constituency from a local businessman, will
not return to government.
Nick
Gibb returns to Government as Minister of State for Schools - working with Nicky Morgan to ensure no let up in education reforms.
After a period on the back benchers
Laws returned to government in 2012 as Minister of State for Schools in the Department of Education and Minster of State in the Cabinet Office.
But his eventual decision will be welcomed by Downing Street — and has prompted some speculation that Shapps is eyeing up an
imminent return to government.
The 62 - year - old, who was EU trade commissioner following his 12 years in parliament and
subsequently returned to government as Lord Mandelson, will become chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan university from April.
Conservative Party leader, Michael Howard, has criticised the Prime Minister for backing former Home Secretary David Blunkett to make a
speedy return to Government.
Labour lost the hitherto rock - solid seat of Glasgow Govan to the SNP in November 1973 — and yet turfed out the Tories nationally and
returned to Government less than four months later.
Reflecting on his
own return to government, Mandelson said: «When the prime minister asked me to return to the cabinet last year I felt a lot of things: shock, surprise, apprehension.
Last autumn, the politician once reviled as the Prince of Darkness was briefly the darling of the party conference, as he basked in his political - gravity -
defying return to government and improbable reconciliation with Gordon Brown.
«Fayose must also explain how he spent N850 million that was supposed to be
returned to government account as PAYEE money deducted from workers» accounts, but which was diverted to a private account in Sterling Bank with governor as the sole signatory.
He appealed to other defectors who had defected to other political parties to return, saying that it was only by «that we will build a stronger, more united party that can
again return to government and continue to deliver the dividends of democracy.»
When he resigned last year after revelations about his private life and associated use of parliamentary expenses it was hoped that he might make a
swift return to the government frontbench.
During the four years that Quie governed Minnesota, Perpich worked on a global business committee for a supercomputer firm, and
returned to government deeply shaped by his corporate experience.
Yesterday, Robert Kogod, head of the Smithsonian's facilities committee, told the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, «We are hopeful that upon successful completion of the campaign, we can
return to the government funding of facilities and use of private funds for collections, research, education, and exhibitions.»
President Reagan then turned it up a couple notches past room temp appointing goats to guard the cabbage patch, which led to Republican
stalwarts returning to government to help pull management systems and professional morale together.
A comprehensive report on Canada's energy sector says the nation's remaining fossil fuels «are being sold off in an environment of low prices with minimal and
declining returns to governments.»
With just months to go until a general election you might expect Labour to be enthusiastic and even excited about the prospect
of returning to government.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate for July 14 election in Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi is not leaving any stone unturned in his bid to
return to Government House.