Sentences with phrase «shadow cabinet as»

After the 1997 election, he became a whip and subsequently served as a spokesman for home affairs and then health before joining the shadow cabinet as work and pensions spokesman.

He entered the shadow cabinet as chief secretary to the Treasury and has kept the shadow chancellor job given to him by Michael Howard in May 2005.

Attack on all fronts, using as many members of the shadow cabinet as possible and give David Cameron a rest.

Former Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Clive Lewis has taken on a new role within the shadow cabinet as Shadow Business Secretary.

Sources close to Mr Corbyn told the Mirror they expect at least half a dozen - including arch-Blairite Lord Falconer - to return to the shadow cabinet as the leader tries to make peace with his party.

Corbyn also said he was «reaching out» to disaffected MPs who previously walked out of his shadow cabinet as he called for party unity.

Not exact matches

«Labour and the shadow cabinet have been seen as a London and metropolitan party, but that's not where Labour's history is,» she says.

Many current shadow cabinet members would be unable to stomach serving as junior partners in the great Corbynite project.

David Cameron is taking the shadow cabinet to Scotland today, as the Conservatives unofficially kick - off their campaign for May's Scottish elections.

«My concern steadily grew over what I was hearing from colleagues, such as Heidi, Thangam and Lilian, and what I was seeing at shadow cabinet meetings, where Jeremy tended to read from a prepared script, didn't respond to our questions, and didn't convey any sense of strategic direction or leadership.»

He confirmed that he would stand down as MP for Leigh, but indicated that he would not immediately resign from Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet.

Instead the strategic choice open to the rebels now, given that they are not going to form a separate party, is to co-operate as much as possible with the Corbyn leadership for the next year, including becoming part of the new shadow cabinet.

It's now clear what happens when a shadow Cabinet minister publicly expresses their difference of opinion with the Labour leader: They either get sacked or they get told to shut up, as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has been.

Despite only getting elected last year Sheppard has become one of the most recognisable SNP faces in SW1, his role as shadow cabinet minister giving him license to roam across the broadcast studios.

There were no double - acts with members of the shadow cabinet such as Ed Balls, Harriet Harman, or Yvette Cooper — who many see at the Labour leader in waiting.

Labour's shadow cabinet agreed on Monday that MPs would be given a free vote, despite Corbyn's public opposition to strikes, to avert a threatened rebellion by pro-bombing members such as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.

And let me pay particular tribute to those parliamentary colleagues who stepped forward in the summer to fill the gaps in the shadow cabinet and ensure that Labour could function as an effective opposition in parliament.

And not to single them both out as I think the shadow cabinet has in general been treading water in terms of its media strategy.

But after rolling mass resignations from the shadow cabinet, which have continued into Tuesday with Pat Glass resigning as shadow education secretary just two days after being appointed, Milband said it was time for Labour to unite around an alternative candidate.

The former economist served as an adviser to Nigel Lawson and John Major when they were both chancellors and served in Michael Howard's shadow cabinet.

As a senior shadow cabinet minister put it to me, we have show that Britain is still capable of (and needs!)

The co-ordinated string of resignations from the shadow cabinet that followed the Brexit vote was designed to pressure Corbyn to resign as leader of the party.

[3] Turley resigned in June 2016 as part of a mass shadow cabinet resignation in protest at Corbyn's leadership.

In September 2015, the newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn appointed Turley as shadow civil society minister in his first shadow cabinet.

He also claimed that Smith had recently said he was «very happy» in the shadow cabinet - moments before he resigned as shadow work and pensions secretary.

«It's supposed to be our answer to the fundamental question — what do you do as a party of the Left when there's no money left», said one shadow cabinet member.

But as last week showed, instead of providing the central plank of Labour's policy offer, it's this agenda that is now creating a major fissure within the shadow cabinet.

This is said to have resulted in policy director Andrew Fisher drawing up a plan under which Corbyn would have stood down as leader in return for staying in the shadow cabinet.

As Jeremy Corbyn looks set to be remain in place as Labour leader, moderate MPs are keeping themselves busy outside of his shadow cabineAs Jeremy Corbyn looks set to be remain in place as Labour leader, moderate MPs are keeping themselves busy outside of his shadow cabineas Labour leader, moderate MPs are keeping themselves busy outside of his shadow cabinet.

Jeremy Corbyn has promoted a number of his closest allies to top shadow cabinet jobs as he vows to...

Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman said she would offer a «responsible opposition» as ex-Cabinet members began their work in the shadow Cabinet:

Meanwhile, as evidenced by all that speculation about a looming shadow cabinet reshuffle, Jeremy Corbyn is clearly digging in.

Trickett, whose recent article in the New Statesman certainly marks him out as the most left - wing member of the shadow cabinet, will certainly improve the advice Ed gets to hear.

Trade unions in Scotland have called for Jim Murphy to step down as leader of Scottish Labour as Neil Findlay who stood against Murphy for the leadership last year with the backing of the Left and almost all trade unions announced his resignation from the shadow cabinet at Holyrood where he held the fair work, skills and training brief.

This may be problematic as it appears that the shadow cabinet is becoming increasingly separated from the wider Parliamentary Labour Party, which might lead to disaster in the future.

Chris Leslie, the former shadow chancellor who is backing the Soubry amendments, said there was a good chance the government would be defeated as he was «reasonably confident that the shadow cabinet and rest of the parliamentary Labour party» supported staying in the customs union.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said that the shadow chancellor Ed Balls» pledge to axe winter fuel payments for wealthier pensioners shows he is «making it up as he goes along»:

Chuka Umunna, meanwhile, has been one of the most prominent members of the shadow cabinet, thanks to his interesting back story as the son of an immigrant and his supposed star quality.

Seen as a rising star, she was until recently shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change in Corbyn's shadow cabinet.

The Daily Telegraph reports that at least two thirds of the shadow cabinet would be left unfilled, with as few as 30 MPs willing to work for the Labour leadership frontrunner.

Ainsworth was notable as the only member of the shadow cabinet to have voted against the war in Iraq.

The shadow cabinet are keen to re-position themselves as the «responsible opposition» following the departure of Ed Miliband.

The best news is that Jon Trickett has been appointed as Shadow Minister at the Cabinet Office, attending shadow cabinet (but not vCabinet Office, attending shadow cabinet (but not vcabinet (but not voting).

He was, as Danny writes, the first shadow cabinet minister to back David Cameron's leadership bid.

De Piero, who was shadow minister for women and equalities in Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet but quit as a shadow junior minister before the leadership challenge to Corbyn last summer, has a new role as shadow justice minister.

Jon Lansman, the leader of Momentum, spoke out as party sources said that up to ten shadow cabinet members are set to quit today.

Tories drop immediate cuts, offer Cable Cabinet Treasury position, suggest three - year programme The shadow business secretary, Ken Clarke, today dropped clear hints as to the shape of a Conservative - Liberal Democrat deal to lead the government.

Jeremy Corbyn has appointed an array of new MPs to frontbench Labour jobs as well as handing junior roles to recognisable names such as former shadow cabinet minister Gloria De Piero and Tracy Brabin, who replaced the murdered MP Jo Cox.

Another former Conservative cabinet minister and ex-MP, David Mellor, was even more scathing, describing the Tories under Cameron as «this pale sad shadow of what the Tory party used to be» and warning that it was «ripping itself apart now because of the sense that David Cameron is a prisoner of Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems».

[17] In a March 2016 speech, Corbyn advocated the decriminalisation of the sex industry «without any discussion or consultation with his shadow cabinet, with me as his shadow minister for women and equalities, with women in the PLP or, to the best of my knowledge, with anyone in the wider Labour Party».