Sentences with phrase «serving cabinet ministers»

He said: «We have seen Tory backbenchers last week defying the prime minister to vote against the Queen's Speech; former Tory chancellors openly calling for Britain to leave the European Union; serving Cabinet ministers joining the chorus at the weekend, saying they would vote for Britain to leave the EU now; and the embarrassing spectacle and truly ludicrous sight of a British prime minister in Washington negotiating an EU - US trade deal, while back home members of his own Cabinet say they would vote to exclude Britain from its benefits.»

Though the rain came after just 11 overs, Danny Alexander managed to become the first serving cabinet minister to take a wicket at «Headquarters» in at least 70 years.

The scale of the hacking of a serving Cabinet minister's telephone was uncovered by detectives who had been looking into the tapping of Prince Harry's mobile phone.

CHRIS Grayling has become the first serving Cabinet minister to publicly signal he will vote to leave the EU.

Will any serving cabinet minister criticise these incompetent, disgusting, despicable, charlatan ministers?

This is beyond question the single most aggressive public act by a serving cabinet minister against his leader since Michael Heseltine walked out of the Thatcher cabinet over Westland in 1986.

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

Not exact matches

Israel's most senior water official — the water commissioner, who oversees the Israel Water Authority — serves a five - year term after appointment by a cabinet minister.

He then served in François Hollande's cabinet as economy minister.

(He would later serve in Parliament as a Liberal cabinet minister and become Canada's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.)

In the Jean Chrétien cabinet he served as minister of Finance and Industry and as deputy PM.

Mr. Atwal is the Sikh extremist who served prison time in Canada for attempting to murder a visiting Indian cabinet minister on Vancouver Island in 1986.

He'd grown exhausted after serving Harper as a senior cabinet minister, trusted political strategist and tireless conduit to myriad ethnic communities.

Clark has served as party leader since 2013 and became the party's first elected MLA in 2015 when he unseated Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Gordon Dirks in Calgary - Elbow.

Upon his election he immediately joined cabinet and served as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, becoming a high profile member of Ms. Redford's cabinet.

Immediately before entering elected politics, he served as executive assistant to cabinet minister Hugh Horner (father of current PC leadership candidate Doug Horner), who he later replaced as MLA for Barrhead in a closely fought 1979 by - election.

When asked about the expected $ 1,000,000 severance he could collect for having served as an MLA and cabinet minister since 1979, Speaker Kowalski told the media not to worry, because «I'll never collect it,» «I'll die in office.»

He also served as Chief of Staff to Mr. Prentice when he was a cabinet minister in Ottawa.

Hinman was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1959 and is the grandson of E.W. Hinman, who served as a Cabinet minister in the provincial government of Earnest Manning during the 1950s.

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.

He has a long career in government and has served as deputy secretary to the cabinet at the Privy Council Office, associate deputy minister and then acting deputy minister at Public Safety Canada, associate assistant deputy minister of energy policy and assistant deputy minister of international trade and finance.

Minister for Faith and Communities Baroness Warsi told Premier's News Hour she thinks the women appointed to cabinet have earned their new positions, she said: «Liz Truss, who've I've known for many years Nicky Morgan, Esther McVey; phenomenally talented women who quite rightly should be in cabinet, and it was right that they've built up their experience over the last few years since being elected and now they're going to serve at the top table.»

The former Cabinet minister has served the seat since 1992 and was one of Tony Blair's closest supporters.

Arthur Wellesley - 1st Duke of Wellington1841 - 1846Renowned for his post as Commander of the Allied Army and for defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, Wellington was Prime Minister of Great Britain twice and later served simultaneously as Minister without Portfolio and Leader of the House of Lords in Robert Peel's second cabinet.

because he did not do anything when he was serving as MP and a Cabinet minister, but President Mahama has done unprecedented work for Ghanaians... Mahama can go to Abuakwa in the Eastern Region to shout e dey be k?k?

He served as the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office before being promoted to become chief secretary of the Treasury in Gordon Brown's government.

The fact is that the doctrine of collective cabinet responsibility means that unless one is a mindless automaton who agrees with every aspect of govt policy (and to be fair, increasing numbers of ministers are) then you are compelled to be a hypocrite if you serve in any UK government.

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

Top politicians from major political parties paid glowing tribute to the former Minister of Tourism and Diasporan Relations, who served in the cabinet of the erstwhile administration of President John Agyekum Kufuor.

He became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North in 2005, being re-elected in 2010, 2015, and 2017, and served in the Cabinet from 2007 - 10 under Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Nine - tenths of the M.P.'s who first won seats in the House of Commons in 1918 or thereafter, and who held some ministerial office in the years from 1918 to 1955, began their progress towards posts in a ministry or a Cabinet by serving as parliamentary secretaries or as junior ministers... Recruitment to the front bench clearly begins with these two offices.

Meanwhile, Communication Director of the NPP, Nana Akomea, has sent signals he can't serve as deputy minister after he has served under ex-president Kufuor as a Cabinet Mminister after he has served under ex-president Kufuor as a Cabinet MinisterMinister.

His revelation comes after President Akufo - Addo credited the erstwhile Kufour government where he served as a cabinet Minister, with securing funding for the project.

Lords serving as cabinet ministers and the credibility of the lobbying profession fill our postbags this month

The Cabinet Manual specifies that alternative as follows: Upon resignation of the incumbent, «the Sovereign will invite the person who appears most likely to be able to command the confidence of the House to serve as Prime Minister and to form a government» (§ 2.8).

The magnificent Ken Clarke has been an MP since 1970, and served as a Cabinet Minister under Thatcher, Major and Cameron.

Tony Benn - 85The former cabinet minister served as an RAF pilot in South Africa during the Second World War.

Mrs. Tambajang, who was a former United Nations Development Program (UNDP) gender / development expert, also served as a cabinet minister in the government of Yahya Jammeh.

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 backbeCabinet 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 backbecabinet 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.

It was meant as a send - up — in essence, deconstructing the argument that Baroness Warsi should remain in cabinet as she is the first female Muslim to serve as a minister (and not a non-white, male Conservative).

Mr Anyidoho noted that during the NPP administration, President Kufuor had a strong team from the Eastern region in his government such as current NPP Flagbearer Nana Akufo Addo who was a Cabinet Minister, Hackman Owusu Agyemang, Felix Owusu Agyepong, Osafo Marfo who was also served as Finance Minister, Yaw Barimah and the likes never thought of establishing a University in their home region and wondered why President Mahama wont be praised for taking the bold initiative of establishing a University in the region.

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

Former Cabinet minister Tessa Jowell, who served in Government under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, told BBC News that while she was «sure» Ed Miliband was aware of the activities of the then - prime minister's special adviser, it would not damage his position now.

Surprisingly good considering it is written by a current serving conservative cabinet minister.

The ex-wife of former Cabinet minister Chris Huhne's has served around a quarter of an eight - month sentence for taking speeding points for him.

As for Kendall, she is said to have strong support from cabinet ministers who served under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

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.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain this morning, Philip Hammond gently reminded his colleague: «We all serve at the prime minister's pleasure and we all owe the prime minister our allegiance and our loyalty within the cabinet.»

Kenneth Clarke, who had served in every Conservative government since Edward Heath made him an Assistant Whip in 1972, retired as Lord Chancellor at the age of 72 after two years, becoming an advisory Minister without portfolio with the right to attend cabinet, the National Security Council, and the important cabinet economic sub-committee.