Sentences with phrase «senior cabinet source»

A senior Cabinet source said: «For quite different reasons, Boris and Michael are going to campaign for Remain.

Appearing on Peston on Sunday, Morgan revealed that she had been contacted by an exasperated senior cabinet source who was mounting a concerted effort keep Philip Hammond in 11 Downing Street.

Not exact matches

The new cabinet, scheduled to be unveiled at 11 a.m. Monday at Rideau Hall, will also include «new faces and younger members, along with experienced hands,» one senior Conservative source said, with more female cabinet ministers in particular.

A senior Liberal Democrat cabinet source said: «There had been a perception that... Clegg realised that this was dribbling into the sand, and he would abandon it.

Senior Lib Dem cabinet sources said Clegg had made a series of painstaking compromises in the bill to win over middle - ground Tory MPs and create maximum consensus.

Senior ministers summoned to this afternoon's emergency cabinet will be asked to «consider the next steps», according to a Downing Street source.

Up to half a dozen members of the cabinet believe Britain should leave the EU if David Cameron fails to deliver a major reform of Britain's membership terms, according to senior Tory sources.

Senior party sources suggested that, although Cable backed the policy first proposed under Farron of a second referendum on Brexit, he wanted to lean heavily on his credibility as a former cabinet minister to give the party more gravitas.

A senior source told The Sunday Telegraph that Mr Purnell, who claimed he had acted alone, had in fact been expecting Cabinet colleagues to follow his lead and that Mr Hutton, who said he resigned for family reasons, had been «shamed» into resigning by Mr Purnell.

A senior source within the Parliamentary Labour Party has signalled discussions have started on whether to introduce elections for the Shadow Cabinet.

David Cameron has told every Conservative member of the Cabinet to campaign in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by - election, a very senior Tory source told me tonight.

Out of desperation I called a senior Labour source about whether we can expect the new - look shadow cabinet tonight.

Under the supposed extraction deal — allegedly sketched out last Wednesday by Corbyn's director of policy, Andrew Fisher — Corbyn would have stood down as leader in return for staying in the shadow cabinet, senior Labour sources claimed.

Earlier last month the Daily Telegraph, before the election announcement, claimed that «senior government sources» reported that cabinet ministers were piling on the pressure on Theresa May to strip Liz Truss of her role as Lord Chancellor.