Sentences with phrase «shadow cabinet have»

Labour's shadow cabinet have to decide whether to adopt the recommendations.»

Nine previous members of the 32 - strong shadow cabinet have not made it to the new cabinet.

Corbyn's allies say Dugher spent too much time attacking Labour leadership but many in shadow cabinet have defended him

Members of Labour's shadow cabinet have praised Barking and Dagenham Council for a scheme which involves naming new roads after service men and women killed in action.

Labour has descended into crisis as several high - profile members of the shadow cabinet have quit in the past few hours.

Mr Cameron also rejected the argument too many members of his shadow Cabinet have jobs outside politics, making it appear that they are not ready to form a government.

None of the shadow cabinet have broken ranks or done anything to put forward an alternative vision for the party.

«The Parliamentary party and shadow cabinet have fully endorsed the position set out by Nick Clegg.

«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.

Talking to Politics.co.uk last week, Cash said the Tories» attempt to blame Labour was unfair because David Cameron's then - shadow Cabinet had failed to back his campaign to explicitly state the charter of fundamental rights would not apply to UK law at the time.

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.

The Welsh Conservatives were, apparently, prepared to consider this proposal, and David Cameron, the Conservative leader at Westminster, was prepared to allow them to do so, but the shadow cabinet would not hear of it.»

The new - look shadow cabinet has held an awkward first meeting in which Jeremy Corbyn was overheard...

The frontrunner has previously made clear that his policy proposals are only suggestions that would have to be agreed by colleagues, but this is his clearest indication yet that the role of MPs and the shadow cabinet would be diminished.

Frontrunner in party's leadership contest gives clearest indication yet that role of MPs and shadow cabinet would be diminished

By 9.30 pm on Sunday a further 11 members of the shadow cabinet had left their posts.

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.

If it is a winner - take - all election for each individual post, then the shadow cabinet would be grossly unrepresentative.

«The problem is half the shadow cabinet has been sent off for re-education.

The percentage of women in the shadow cabinet has risen to over 40 % now Ed's finally confirmed his reshuffle.

The new - look shadow cabinet has held an awkward first meeting in which Jeremy Corbyn was overheard expressing concerns about letting the TV cameras film the event.

Lord Falconer, a surprise appointment to this shadow cabinet having been a key member of the Blair government and a former flatmate of the ex-Prime Minister, quit as Shadow Justice Secretary to take the number of vacant roles in Mr Corbyn's team to 10.

Ken Clarke's recent return to the shadow cabinet has embarrassed the Conservative leadership after a report surfaced in which he called the party's stance on Europe «a bit silly».

A few opposition frontbenchers were expected to vote against the bill, but Labour sources told politics.co.uk all the shadow Cabinet would vote in favour.

Mr Miliband said roughly half his shadow Cabinet would be female if he won the election and described himself as a feminist.

The foreign secretary hit out at Conservative calls for a referendum, saying eight members of the Tory shadow Cabinet had blocked a public vote in the Maastricht treaty.

Allowing MPs to elect the shadow cabinet has huge support among the Parliamentary Labour Party, and the idea will be debated at their weekly meeting when the Commons returns on Monday.

During the hour - long press conference the Tory leader announced that from December all member of the shadow cabinet would give up their second jobs, and he published a list of shadow cabinet outside interests as of 1 July.

So the move of Diane Abbott up to the home secretary brief and promotion of Emily Thornberry to shadow foreign (incidentally, the first time a Labour shadow cabinet has seen an even gender split in the «great offices of state» as well as the elevation of a black woman to such a position) ensures that at the very top there's a unanimity of opinion.

Their valiant attempt to involve themselves in the selection of the shadow cabinet has, predictably, been paid only lip - service by the leadership.

The Labour leader's reshuffle of his shadow Cabinet has so far taken nearly two days, enough time to watch Shakespeare's play 24 times.

A split within the shadow cabinet has emerged over the issue of immigration after Jeremy Corbyn used his keynote speech to the Labour party conference to suggest there was no need for further controls on the movement of people.

If we enter an election campaign with most of the shadow cabinet having been in position for years our result will be much better.

* 10 am: A member of the shadow cabinet has emailed me to cast doubt on the accuracy of the NotW table - pointing out that - at least in his case - the change largely reflects boundary changes.

A senior member of the shadow cabinet has told ConservativeHome that the Damian Green affair had important lessons for the next steps of Tory strategy.

Lord Prescott said the shadow cabinet had «massively failed» to get its message across under his leadership.

Not exact matches

VICTORIA — New Democrat leader John Horgan has promoted Vancouver - Mount Pleasant MLA Melanie Mark within the official opposition shadow cabinet.

Exhibition space has sold out and corporate chiefs are expected to flock to the business forum at party conference, where they can mix with «prominent business leaders and senior shadow cabinet members».

After quitting the shadow cabinet, she said: «I have examined my conscience and I have made this personal decision.

Add in a sprinkling of Twitter celebrity John Prescott hammering his shadow Cabinet, a barely - conceal hatred from most of the media and recurring jokes about his centrist nose, and Ed had reasons to be fearful.

Labour sources said that Winterton was sacked at the start of a meeting to discuss a deal that would allow the party's MPs to elect some shadow cabinet posts.

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

Under the current Labour system, the National Policy Forum receives delegates from constituency party associations and has a debate with the shadow Cabinet and affiliates about policy positions.

It was made worse by the fact that that someone was a senior shadow cabinet minister who I have quite a large crush on.

And the lure of shadow cabinet elections - which Corbyn has promised to re-introduce - could well prove irresistible to a number of junior ministers and wannabe ministers.

After Corbyn said he had been disappointed with Smith's recent resignation from the shadow cabinet, Smith had a withering response.

Kerry McCarthy has become the latest MP to speak out about her time in the shadow cabinet, saying that Jeremy Corbyn often failed to answer her questions and indicating that his office tended to ignore everything she did.

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.

Smith also told his rival he would not take a shadow cabinet post under his leadership because it would be «futile» with nobody listening to Labour.

Yes, he has an interesting biography but he was only elected in 2010, has never held even a shadow cabinet post and has no big following in the party or union backing.