Sentences with phrase «serving labour minister»

A serving Labour minister with a future stands up and says managerialism and triangulation are bad, New Labour is basically over, that Labour needs to be a movement again — gives tentative respect to the Iraq war marches, and says more public service reform and tax credits won't solve the challenges of a liveable decent society.

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He served 11 years as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Bankers Association and prior to that he spent 25 years in the federal public service and was Deputy Minister of Labour, Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada.

He joined the board after serving six years as an elected MLA and cabinet minister for the government of British Columbia, where his various responsibilities included three cabinet posts encompassing economic development, labour and small business.

Women are now serving as Minister of Justice, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Minister of Trade, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Labour, and even Chief of Staff.

She had served as work and pensions secretary during the final years of the New Labour government; after that she has been shadow minister for women and equalities, shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary.

Under Blair in the Lords he served as a junior MAFF minister for two years and his Westminster Diary Volumes 1 and 2 show not only his old Labour sympathies but his love of the arts and the turf.

He has sharpened his act at Prime Minister's Questions — where his performances serve as a barometer of morale in the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Andrew Adonis, a Europhile Labour peer who previously served as transport minister, was appointed chair of a cross-party National Infrastructure Commission in 2015.

The post of NUS president has traditionally served as a good stepping stone for Labour cabinet ministers.

When asked to choose the greatest British Prime Minister, Miliband answered with Labour's post-war Prime Minister and longest - serving Leader, Clement Attlee.

Former Labour MP Brian Wilson, who served as energy minister under Tony Blair, said Miliband needed to «look in the mirror» and ask himself if he was the right man for the job.

He has served as a private secretary to ministers in both the coalition government and the previous Labour administration.

He's had a rapid rise to the Shadow Cabinet since becoming an MP just two years ago and will be surrounded by former cabinet and junior ministers on the Labour benches as well as long - serving backbenchers.

He was soon accepted into Prime Minister Asquith's war cabinet, becoming the first Labour Party member to serve in government.

Peter served as a Deputy Minister in the Labour - Lib Dem Partnership Government.

Tony Blair went on to become the first Labour Prime Minister to serve a consecutive full term in office.

The Honourable Minister of Labour, Senator Chris Ngige has serve a note of warning to labour unions in the country to stop threatening the Federal Government with warning stLabour, Senator Chris Ngige has serve a note of warning to labour unions in the country to stop threatening the Federal Government with warning stlabour unions in the country to stop threatening the Federal Government with warning strikes.

The Labour grandee, who served as Olympics minister between 2005 - 2010, also dismissed calls for the leadership race to be halted amid the recent surge in party membership after the general election.

The former Cabinet minister - who served under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - said Labour «is not dead and it can recover».

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS [1](3 January 1883 — 8 October 1967) was a British statesman of the Labour Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.

A statement signed by Samuel Olowookere, Deputy Director, Press, Ministry of Labour and Employment stated that a former Minister of Lands and Housing, Ama Pepple, is to serve as Chairman of the Tripartite National

Having served as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Shadow Wales and Defence teams, he was appointed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as a Shadow Wales Minister in October 2016 and a Shadow Defence Minister in July 2017.

Other members include the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who is to serve as Deputy Chairman, Chief Richard Egbule, (Chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission) will serve as Secretary.

Labour's Jack Straw, who served as both home secretary and justice secretary and attempted his own reforms of the Lords when in government, urged the prime minister to consider calling a pre-legislative referendum to avoid a «trainwreck» to Commons business in light of the fact that the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were «divided on this issue».

The long - serving Labour MP also disagreed with comments by former home secretary Charles Clarke that Mr Blair had lost his sense of purpose and direction, insisting she had seen very clear direction from the prime minister.

Last week it was confirmed that most ministers who served in the cabinet in the run - up to the general election had been asked by Scotland Yard by letter to provide written details of what they knew about secret loans to the Labour party.

His decision to remain an MP while also serving as first minister has provoked controversy since the SNP's election win, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats calling on him to stand down from Westminster.

When Labour re-entered government in 1964, Bacon became a Minister of State at the Home Office, remaining until 1967, and served under Frank Soskice and Roy Jenkins during a period when liberalising reforms were introduced.

When Labour came to power in 1997 Reid served as Minister of State for Defence.

No serving Cabinet minister lost their seat at the election; Tony Blair aside, the Milibands and Ed Balls are the best Labour has.

Graham Stringer, who served as a Cabinet Office minister in the early years of Tony Blair's government, told the BBC: «Ed doesn't have an immediate appeal to the electorate — then the Labour party has to work harder on getting his policies across.»

The committee has a former Head of Service and Minister of Housing, Ama Pepple, as chairperson, while the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, will serve as deputy chairman.

As well as leading the Lords for the first year of Tony Blair's time as Prime Minister, he had been British Ambassador to the United Nations during the 1974 - 79 Labour government and also served as a European Commissioner.

Making the up - and - coming Brexiteer lawyer, Dominic Raab, the new Housing Minister, stirring controversy by promoting Esther McVey to secretary of state in a department she already controversially served in, DWP, where she was near the top of the Labour hit list.

The move sparked fresh among Labour MPs, including Mr Jones who held the defence brief for seven years, and served as a minister under Gordon Brown.

The Conservative Party and Labour Party have been the two biggest political parties, and have supplied every Prime Minister, since 1922 (with the exception of Ramsay MacDonald, who served as Prime Minister from 1931 to 1935 as a member of the National Labour Organisation).

Sir Kenneth Robinson (19 March 1911 — 16 February 1996) was a British Labour politician who served as Minister of Health in Harold Wilson's first government, from 1964 to 1968, when the position was merged into the new title of Secretary of State for Social Services.

«Twenty years after Tony Blair walked into No 10 as Prime Minister, the longest - serving Labour PM in history has announced his return to front - line politics by «getting his hands dirty».»

David Cameron sought to capitalise on the Labour in - fighting at Prime Minister's questions by goading the moderate frontbenchers - including Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn - who have opted to continue to serve on Mr Corbyn's frontbench.

She served as a junior minister in the Labour - Liberal Democrat coalition Scottish Executive from 2004 until the coalition's defeat by the Scottish National Party (SNP) in 2007.

The first Labour party prime minister in the Queen's reign, Wilson served two terms in office: 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976.

He was a member of Cabinet for all 10 years, serving as Minister in 5 Cabinet posts: 4 years as Attorney General, as well as Labour, Training Colleges and Universities, Aboriginal Affairs, and Energy.