Sentences with phrase «row over»

The decision to shift a man once seen as Corbyn's protégé, Clive Lewis, out of his shadow defence brief just days after he said he would not try to change Labour's position on Trident suggests the row over Labour's support for nuclear weapons will re-open next year.

As the row over Culture Secretary Maria Miller's parliamentary expenses continues, a former aide has added his criticisms.

Matt Forde, now a comedian, reckoned Ed Miliband was «not a strong enough leader to stand up to the unions» in the fallout from the row over Unite's influence in the Falkirk party.

The row over David Cameron's ditching of a high - profile female candidate flared up again last night amid claims that a senior Tory official described her pregnancy as a «disability».

The Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, has said he would support changes to the way MPs» expenses are overseen, following the row over Culture Secretary Maria Miller's claims.

The Tory leader said the move was part of the government's «pattern of deception» in the recent row over future spending on public services.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he does not doubt Andy Burnham's «personal integrity» following a row over allegations his opposite number was involved in a hospital «cover up» when he was in office.

Mr Johnson's comments came amid the ongoing row over the treatment of the Windrush generation, who have faced questions over their immigration status despite living in the UK for decades.

Mocking Brown's self - asserted «moral compass», Cameron accused the prime minister of borrowing slogans «directly from the far right BNP» with his pledge of «British jobs for British workers» and allowing No 10 staff to smear MPs — a reference to the row over the Damian McBride affair.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has spoken to ITV Wales Political Editor Adrian Masters about the row over who chooses the Welsh and Scottish members of Labour's National Executive Committee.

In her last tweet explaining the row over Labour NHS policymaking, Alexander said: «One other thing: that was not the first time I was undermined but will save that for another day.»

The former Energy Minister was moved to Liz Truss's old job - getting a seat at the Cabinet table for the first time - despite quitting her leadership bid within days amid a major row over comments she made about motherhood.

The MP for Falkirk, Eric Joyce, has accused Unite union officials of acting arrogantly and irresponsibly in the row over the selection of a Labour candidate in the seat.

Having notched up another record as the only member of the shadow cabinet and cabinet from 1997, Strathclyde broke through to the front rank when he was the beneficiary of a major internal Tory row over Lords reform in 1998.

Dozens of Labour MPs, anxious about the electoral damage inflicted by the row over the Tory smears, want Mr Draper banished to the political wilderness.

Clegg's intervention comes in the wake of a furious row over plans to expand the capital's flight capacity after the chair of the Commons environment committee, Tim Yeo, challenged the prime minister on Tuesdayto perform a U-turn and start plans for a third runway at Heathrow, asking him whether he would be a «man or a mouse» about the decision.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage insists he has no problem with women breastfeeding «wherever they want» amid a row over comments he made about the issue.

The claims have poured fuel on a contest that had already reached an unexpected fever pitch, and the row over malicious and extreme joiners shows no sign of abating.

He had just launched a thinly - veiled attack on Mrs Leadsom, the Commons leader, in a row over parliamentary procedure.

Miliband told the Guardian this week that the row over Progress was a fight the party did not need.

Civil servants will stage a 24 - hour strike on Budget day today, in a row over pay, pensions and working conditions.

«Hostilities within the Labour Party reached new heights yesterday as the party's biggest union donor claimed that it had been subjected to a «Kafkaesque» trial in a row over candidate selection.

«The allegation came amid a row over claims Unite broke party rules to try to get its nominee picked as Labour's candidate in Falkirk, Scotland.

Thousands of civil servants will stage strikes over the next three days as part on an ongoing campaign of industrial action in a row over pay, pensions and conditions.

The prime minister has apologised and pledged to pay compensation in an attempt to end the row over the injustices meted out to children of Windrush - era migrants who had been unable to produce the documents demanded by the Home Office to establish their right to remain.

Civil servants have planned a second walkout in a row over pay, following their Budget day strike.

The row over releasing studies, detailing the impact of Brexit in 58 sectors which cover the great majority of the UK economy, has been going on for a while.

Labour conference got off to a lively start as two senior MPs become embroiled in a row over the party's stance on freedom of movement.

Boris Johnson has waded into the increasingly bitter row over Gibraltar, with a harshly - worded intervention demanding David Cameron «prise Spanish hands off the throat of our colony».

It follows the row over David Cameron telling a female Labour frontbencher to «calm down dear» - a phrase which has now entered everyday usage in Westminster as a result.

London Mayor Ken Livingstone today insisted the London 2012 Olympics bid had been strengthened over the past week despite the row over his allegedly anti-Semitic remarks to a newspaper reporter.

The Liberal Democrat leader was attacked for his disparaging assessment of the media as «self - appointed detectives» yesterday, as the row over harassment allegations against Rennard continued.

It may seem strange to outsiders, but issues like this, on which the right and the left of the Liberal Democrat party are united, have greater potential to destabilise the current leadership than any row over the economy or welfare.

The prime minister has waded into a row over Hilary mantel's criticism of Kate Middleton, by telling the Man Booker winner she was «out of order».

The row over expenses was «horrible» and put «immense pressure» on Jacqui Smith's family, the former home secretary has admitted.

Today's announcement will only serve to keep the public row over foreign prisoners running and running - something the Home Office has already admitted is making its life very difficult.

Today's announcement is one of the first high - profile interventions by the newly - formed ACMD, after its former chair Professor David Nutt quit following a row over the reclassification of cannabis.

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei - Mensah has assured of his commitment to address the row over the appointment of the Regional Security Coordinator, George Adjei.

At a joint event, Cameron and Nick Clegg sought to play down the impact of last week's row over Lords reform.

Jeremy Corbyn has come under fire in a fresh row over Israel after he appeared to compare the Israeli state to jihadi terrorists.

Discussing the row over Lord Ashcroft's non-dom status, Tim Montgomerie conceded that «I would not be honest with you, Jon, if I said this has been a good week for the Conservatives.»

And there's a sense that the Shadow Chancellor is not having the impact he might, nor making all the right calls, including during the ongoing row over benefits.

Others, such as Caroline Spelman at Environment, who never recovered from the row over forest privatisation, may be less fortunate.

Liam Fox has attacked the media for its coverage of the row over his working relationship with Adam Werritty.

Maria Miller said she hoped she could have kept her ministerial post, but she felt she had to leave because the row over her expenses claim had detracted attention from the «government's achievements».

Mrs Miller's decision to quit follows a row over he expenses.

A group of Labour politicians have written an open letter to Jeremy Corbyn, urging him to suspend the former disputes panel chairwoman from the party's ruling body amid an ongoing row over anti-Semitism in the party.

Maria Miller resigned as culture secretary on Wednesday morning, saying that the row over her expenses had become «a distraction» to government.

Later, in his speech, Mandelson resurrected the 1997 Labour manifesto commitment to be «wise spenders, not big spenders» in an effort to seize the initiative in the row over public expenditure.

The row over Lord Ashcroft's tax status has reached twitter, with political heavyweights John Prescott and Eric Pickles slugging it out on the micro blogging website.