Sentences with phrase «shadow cabinet with»

William Hague and David Davis continue to trade places as the most rated member of the shadow cabinet with William Hague finishing top this month.

In his eighty - second year, Paul Flynn has finally taken his place in the shadow cabinet with not one but two jobs.

The document underlines unrest within the shadow cabinet with a number of frontbench MPs listed in the fourth «core negative group» including Lucy Powell at education and Maria Eagle, who was moved from her role in defence to culture.

He was endured mass resignations from his shadow cabinet with a leadership election now on the horizon.

Bob Ainsworth (1952 - present)- Defence SecretaryThe only member of the current cabinet or shadow cabinet with any facial hair, Ainsworth has plumped for the neatly trimmed moustache.

Not exact matches

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».

The shadow minister for the cabinet office, with responsibility for the Conservatives» approach to IT, talks to Total Politics about how his party intends to use cloud

The new Labour leader will take over with just under a month before the coalition's spending review is announced on 20 October, and a matter of days after announcing the new shadow cabinet.

With no - one able to predict the election result, the Westminster rumour mill is dominated by discussion of shadow Cabinet appointments.

A New Statesman interview with Harriet Harman yesterday revealed the interim labour leader was angling for a seat on the shadow Cabinet once a new head was chosen.

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.

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

One Blairite shadow cabinet source mocked comparisons with a «Clause 4 Moment» but recognised, «The reforms themselves are good.

Corbyn was appearing with the entire shadow cabinet, members of Labour's ruling body and trade union chiefs at an event in central London on Tuesday,

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.

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.

David Cameron made the trip three times, along with more than a dozen of his shadow cabinet, all making the inevitable point that the West Country was vital to their hopes of a majority.

Until Labour come to terms with their legacy and unveil a convincing set of new policies Ed Miliband and the shadow cabinet are always going to struggle when attacking the Conservatives.

The so - called shadow cabinet rebels cocked up - and the contrast with the Blair / Brown era is marked.

The sudden appearance of cabinet and shadow cabinet members seeking to ingratiate themselves with the «Northern powerhouses» of Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds has been a sight to behold.

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.

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 anthem row has been particularly damaging for Corbyn in his first week, with several shadow cabinet members and Labour mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan moved to publicly criticise him.

In Monday's shadow cabinet meeting, MPs agreed that Corbyn would open Labour's argument in Wednesday's Commons debate by opposing airstrikes while shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn will close the debate with an argument in favour of the government's motion.

And the Scottish manifesto launch lacked the scale of events in Wales, where the shadow cabinet joined with Welsh assembly members to champion the party ahead of May's vote.

Since his speech in favour of air strikes on Syria I am struck by the number of Hilary Benn's colleagues, those who have worked with him in cabinets or shadow cabinets, who tell me he has changed since the summer, finding his political voice or public definition in opposition to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

«Over the next 24 hours, I will reshape my shadow cabinet and announce a new leadership team to take forward Labour's campaign for a fairer Britain - and to get the best deal with Europe for our people.»

With Labour backing Lords reform in its manifesto, the shadow cabinet agreed on Tuesday to support the bill when it receives its two - day second reading in the Commons, likely at the beginning of July.

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.

Policy will be made by Labour members and not the leader, shadow cabinet, or parliamentary party, Jeremy Corbyn has said in a debate with his three leadership rivals organised by the Guardian.

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.

Today Mr Clegg attempted to draw a line under his rivalry with Mr Huhne, insisting he could go back to being «colleagues» with the environment spokesman, who is now waiting to hear what position he will take in Mr Clegg's «shadow» Cabinet.

«What weighs with him is the polling which shows what the Tories are doing on immigration is popular and it certainly weighs on other members of the shadow Cabinet.

If you want more reason for dealing with the political elite's career structure in the Labour party, just look at who represents Yorkshire in Labour's shadow cabinet.

Senior MPs told the Guardian Corbyn and his team were already holding «interviews» with potential recruits to the shadow cabinet, though there have been disputes about the «terms and conditions», including whether Corbyn's allies can vet new shadow ministers» political advisers.

Why do some shadow cabinet members think now's the time for Labour MPs to engage in a war with the membership

But, while in agreement with Labour's governing body, the National Executive Committee, that Corbyn should be on the ballot paper in the leadership contest, Smith nevertheless decided to resign and oppose his leader when a meeting between Corbyn and the so - called soft left of the shadow cabinet, including shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy, led to rancour.

Prime Minister David Cameron made ministerial changes, while Labour leader Ed Miliband reshuffled his shadow cabinet, with Caerphilly MP Wayne David becoming his PPS.

With its acceptance of Tory spending plans, adoption of the language of division, i.e. «scourgers», «shirkers» etc. and Jim Murphy's plans for «humanitarian» war in Africa (delivered in a speech to the right - wing Henry Jackson Society), the current Labour shadow cabinet is all but indistinguishable from the Tories.

According to the Daily Telegraph, MPs are mulling over a «semi-split» to create an «alternative Labour» with its own shadow cabinet to vie for the role of official opposition.

His popularity with Labour members was at its height and he regularly topped shadow cabinet elections.

[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».

But there is no argument consistent with party policy for doing what some shadow cabinet members appear to wish.

With a new leader and a freshly elected shadow cabinet, it would be natural to draw a line under past actions and concentrate all our attentions on future policy.

The Bristol MP, who stepped down from Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet amid the mass resignations that followed the Brexit referendum, said she felt compelled to come forward after Etemadzadeh was criticised for her account of a recent encounter with Hopkins.

A shadow cabinet member told me, «I've got issues with Ed.

Ed Miliband has dramatically reshaped his shadow cabinet ready for the general election, demoting Blairites and installing women in key posts, however the Labour leader was quickly accused of appeasing the unions with the moves.

We need our shadow cabinet to let it be known that they will cancel the Manchester & London schemes with no compensation.

He does so by ingeniously entwining Ted Heath as an MP and party whip in the 1960s with the chief of staff and his colleague in the offi ce of a member of today's shadow cabinet.