Sentences with phrase «shadow cabinet minister said»

The shadow cabinet minister said Damian Bride's claims about Charles Clarke and John Reid were a «post script on the past» and Labour had «learned from those lessons of the past».

If the whip is now in favour of leaving Nato, of a completely new policy on Trident... I just can not see how many people will be prepared to accept that responsibility,» one shadow cabinet minister said.

Not exact matches

«Clearly Cameron is standing up for the wrong people,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said.

«In throwing out a Tory who has repeatedly failed to stand up for his constituency, South Suffolk are have not only shown the way for the rest of the country but they have delivered a blow to David Cameron's own credibility after he personally intervened to support Tim Yeo's in his deselection battle,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Ashworth said.

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»:

«It's a damning indictment of this government that, half way through this parliament, a former Conservative Cabinet minister is still calling for a plan for growth,» shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves said.

«Our new shadow ministers will bolster the excellent work of Labour's shadow cabinet and departmental teams,» he said.

«We couldn't pre-empt the outcome of the court case,» says a shadow cabinet minister and close ally of Miliband.

«This is a flagrant attempt to breach the rules of parliament,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said.

«Increasingly, secretive groups, which don't have to declare where all their cash comes from, are channelling cash to key seats,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Ashworth said.

Jon Ashworth, Labour's shadow Cabinet Office minister, said: «Ukip would have us believe they stand for working people but the truth is very different — they're even more right wing than the Tories.

«It may just be my imagination» one shadow cabinet minister confided to me «but I was speaking at a fringe meeting and I had the impression there was a guy at the back whose job it was to keep an eye on what I was saying.

But then Philip revealed: «I never heard Theresa say she wanted to be prime minister until she was well established in the shadow cabinet.»

The Labour party is acknowledging that it will be outspent by the Conservatives by a margin of three to one in next year's general election but believes it will be able to «out - body» the Tories on the ground with a new generation of grassroots activists, shadow cabinet minister Gloria De Piero has said.

One MP said the effort was hopeless and the former shadow cabinet ministers should realise they are making matters worse by setting themselves up to look like Blairite plotters.

«It's already on Twitter,» said one shadow cabinet minister.

Francis Maude, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, warned that the «years of plenty» in the public sector were over and said that the Tories would bring in outsiders to oversee the work of government departments and ensure they were delivering on their business plans.

Labour must pick its next leader from the emerging generation of MPs and long - term shadow cabinet favourites for the job should stand aside, a former cabinet minister has said.

The political fallout from last week's Syria vote has continued with a Cabinet minister saying the results would be a matter for Ed Miliband's conscience and the shadow foreign secretary admitting he was not comfortable with the position Labour now finds itself in.

Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has written to the shadow Cabinet Office minister to say «there has been no contact from officials» with former No 10 policy adviser Patrick Rock since his arrest over allegations linked to child abuse images.

But supporters of Mr Smith say the campaign group Save Labour have encouraged thousands to sign up and vote for the former shadow Cabinet Minister.

Labour members who make «disgusting» anti-Semitic remarks should be expelled and the party should adopt a «zero tolerance» approach to the problem, a shadow cabinet minister has said.

Labour needs to set out clear ideas over the coming months in order to persuade voters who are not yet convinced by the party, a shadow cabinet minister has said.

Shadow cabinet ministers including the deputy Labour leader, Tom Watson, and the shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham, defended Dugher, saying he was a strong campaigner who was vital for winning back working class Labour support in the north of England.

Last night Jon Trickett, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, said there were serious questions to be asked about the appointment.

Jon Trickett, the shadow cabinet office minister, said the Electoral Commission needed to have all the resources and power available to complete its inquiry into spending by Vote Leave, and referenced the roles of Johnson and Michael Gove in its campaign.