Sentences with phrase «secretary over a scandal»

The revelation comes as Jeremy Corbyn said ministers were «warned» in 2014 of the impact of the policy, while Emily Thornberry yesterday called on Amber Rudd to resign as Home Secretary over the scandal.

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The comments from Cruz and Lee suggest MacManus will likely face a nasty confirmation battle that will touch on the role he played as Clinton's top aide in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attack, as well as during the scandal over her use of a private email account while serving as secretary of State.

The ouster of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, who has been mired in scandal over his charging taxpayers for luxury travel expenses and the infighting among his senior aides, had been widely expected and was made official at 5:31 p.m. by presidential tweet.

Martin Johnstone, Secretary of the Kirk's Church and Society Council, said: «Over recent years we have consistently spoken out against the growing scandal of funeral poverty.

The Liberal Democrat most under threat from the shadow of scandal this year was energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, who faces a police investigation over newspaper allegations that he tried to dodge speeding points on his licence.

Issues of asylum and immigration have been an issue of controversy in recent weeks, with the home secretary's decision to split the UK Border Agency after a scandal over lax passport checks emerged.

Philip, I sense a serious scandal over [transport secretary] Chris Grayling's decision last week to bail out Stagecoach / Virgin on East Coast.

«But this from Caroline Nokes comes just after Amber Rudd lost her job for giving inaccurate information in what she knew [about the Windrush scandal], and after the permanent secretary was forced to defend one of his senior officials over accusations of lying to parliament alongside Amber Rudd.»

This penchant for supporting his loyalists to circumvent laid - down procedures in the party has resulted in several scandals, including the infamous secret account at Ecobank which held over GHC 5 million party funds without the knowledge of the suspended General Secretary and National Chairman.

(CNN)- The day before Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned in May, nearly 25 senators signed a letter calling for him to step down amid a widening scandal over delayed medical care for vets.

As the first secretary of state fights for his political life over an ongoing porn scandal, former heritage secretary David Mellor has emphatically refused to help his embattled fellow Tory.

As the Westminster sex scandal deepens, the first secretary is now being investigated by the Cabinet Office over claims that he made inappropriate advances to a younger Conservative female activist.

Labour's Emily Thornberry has urged the Home Secretary to step down over the Windrush migration scandal.

Burnham, who was forced on to the defensive earlier this year over his actions as health secretary relating to the Mid-Staffordshire scandal, is viewed as the most at - risk figure from the final year of the New Labour government.

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Diane Abbott has said Amber Rudd should «consider her position» after the Home Secretary criticised officials in her own department over the Windrush scandal.

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham denied putting pressure on the health watchdog to play down concerns over a scandal - hit hospital trust where mothers and babies died.

A Labour stunt vote over the scandal looked doomed to failure tonight as new Home Secretary Sajid Javid accused the Opposition of going on a «fishing expedition».

Grimes also sought to distance herself from the President over the Veterans Affairs scandal, calling last month for embattled VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign over the controversy that's rocked his agency and again placed the spotlight of scrutiny on the Obama administration.

Read the exchange of letters between Amber Rudd and Theresa May as the Home Secretary quit over the Windrush scandal.

Theresa May writes to Amber Rudd accepting the resignation of the Home Secretary over the Windrush scandal by PoliticsHome.com on Scribd

Later, the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, addressed a Windrush rally in Brixton, south London, telling them that the home secretary, Amber Rudd, and May, should not be apologising over the scandal.

The admission, which prompted audible gasps in the chamber, was immediately seized on by Ms Abbott, with the Labour Shadow Home Secretary accusing Ms Rudd of presiding over «another day, another scandal».

In 2007, he took over temporarily for Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence Small, who resigned amidst scandal.

McInnes delves into scandals related to Peter Toigo and the Expo Lands; the missteps of Minister of Tourism and provincial secretary, Bill Reid («The Blue Box Scandal»), and Hughes» two rounds with Vander Zalm — the first over Fantasy Gardens and the second involving Hughes» defamation suit to rectify Vander Zalm's defamatory comments about Hughes in Vander Zalm's self - published autobiography.

Expert pens an open letter offering career coaching to the former Culture Secretary Maria Miller who resigned after the scandal over her expenses