Sentences with phrase «shadow business secretary says»

Former shadow business secretary says she is not a Blairite, Brownite or Corbynista but a «strong Labour woman»

But the shadow business secretary said how long to sustain the measure should be a purely economic decision and not a moral one.

Asked about the messages on Sky News, the shadow business secretary said: «Of course there are racists in Ukip - that is unfortunate and that is something they need to address.

The shadow business secretary said he would not engage in political point scoring about Liberal Democrat U-turns.

The shadow business secretary said that it was a vote against the political establishment and austerity, and that coming second in the poll was «really good» for Labour.

Not exact matches

It shows why he should have listened to business leaders, headteachers and experts in the first place and not come up with a plan on the back of an envelope,» said shadow education secretary Stephen Twigg.

The shadow secretary of state for business, energy & industrial strategy - a title he says took him weeks to remember - also has a back story.

Labour also seized on the u-turn with shadow business secretary Clive Lewis saying: «The prime minister announced she is ditching her flagship policy to put workers on company boards - just one month after committing to it.

Shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer, shadow economic secretary to the Treasury Jonathan Reynolds and shadow work and pensions secretary Debbie Abrahams are all seen as «sensible» politicians who are willing to listen to what businesses and campaigners have to say.

The modernisation of the economy is a «national mission» that demands co-operation between business and government, the shadow business secretary will say today.

His comments were criticised by shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna, who said he lives in a «parallel universe».

Miliband, together with Ed Balls, shadow chancellor, and Chuka Umunna, shadow business secretary, say that this describes Labour's strategy exactly.

Shadowing the newly appointed and ruthlessly free - market business secretary, Nicholas Ridley, in 1989, he asked: «Did he say to the prime minister, «Give me the department and I will finish the job», or did he say, «Give me the job and I will finish the department»?»

In an interview with the Daily Mirror, former shadow business secretary Ms Eagle said: «The Labour party needs to be saved.

Former shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said: «After eight years of Tory misrule, most people thoroughly tired of austerity, a disastrous Brexit negotiation, the Windrush outrage and four cabinet resignations in six months, we should be well ahead and we are not.

While the Conservatives have put more focus on budget cuts, shadow business secretary Ken Clarke said earlier this month that a Conservative government would not rule out raising taxes.

Last week, the shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, said he had been discussing with European counterparts how to limit immigration from EU countries to people with good skills and firm job offers.

«Watering down people's rights at work by doubling the service requirement to claim for unfair dismissal from one to two years is not a substitute for a credible plan for growth,» shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said.

John Denham MP, shadow business secretary, said in response to the publication of the review of women in business:

Cameron might use it to make a point on the EU, although his new shadow business secretary Ken Clarke may have a thing or two to say about that.

Labour's link with the trade unions is «absolutely where it should be» says the shadow business secretary.

Angela Eagle, the shadow business secretary, used a point of order to say Osborne should come to the Commons to make a statement.

The shadow chancellor Ed Balls said he could work in coalition with the Lib Dems if they were led by the business secretary Vince Cable

Speaking at an emergency debate on the issue, shadow business secretary John Denham said Mr Willetts had executed «the most humiliating and fastest U-turn in the history of this government».

«David Cameron has serious questions to answer about why his government sold off Royal Mail on the cheap,» shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said.

The former shadow business secretary, Labour MP Chuka Umunna, said: «It is absolutely vital, as the party of work and social justice, that we have a clear and unequivocal policy to keep the UK in the single market and the customs union.

Umunna, a former shadow business secretary, said there had been a growing recognition that the groups needed to coordinate as it becomes more realistic to push for the public to get a say on the outcome of the Brexit process.

Ken Clarke, the shadow business secretary, said the proposals were «too late, pretty small beer» and «revealed a government that was not responding to events that were deteriorating by the week».

The shadow business secretary is said to have the backing of Tony Blair and apparently names the Tory Michael Heseltine as a political hero.

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna and shadow care minister Liz Kendall have already said they will stand.

But the shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna said: «As the Public Accounts Committee has highlighted recently, there are real concerns over the way HMRC has reached settlements with some large firms, as well as the accountability and transparency of its decision - making.

Angela Eagle, the shadow business secretary, said: «I don't think anyone in their right mind would want to get into a situation where it would be used.

A Labour government will make it a criminal offence to use low - skilled European workers to undercut local workers and businesses, and change the rules so that more foreign national criminals are considered for deportation, the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.

Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has said the «threat» of Britain leaving the European Union is «already actively damaging and diminishing Britain's clout in the world».

Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said the Government was selling off the Royal Mail to make amends for George Osborne's «failed plan»:

Pat McFadden MP, the shadow business secretary, said the Experian research into the differing effect of spending cuts across English regions showed that the government's policies would «hit the poorest areas hardest.»

Away from the Commons, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has said Labour will oppose Conservative plans to make it harder for workers to strike.

Brown quotes Kenneth Clarke, the shadow business secretary, as saying that calls for a referendum on the Lisbon treaty were «crackpot» and «daft».

BBC political correspondent Iain Watson said Mr Burnham, the shadow health secretary, and Mr Umunna, the shadow business secretary, were believed to be taking soundings before declaring their bids to become leader.

Angela Rayner, Labour's shadow education secretary, said the changes had been «chaotic» and that half of businesses «don't even know that this new grading system is coming in».