Sentences with phrase «shadow chancellor»

At a conference event this week the new shadow chancellor said the party needed to become a «resistance movement».

The leader of the opposition and his new shadow chancellor gave a magnificent display of unity this lunchtime.

Another night a majority declares they would stick with the current shadow chancellor.

Last year the then - shadow chancellor delivered one of the most memorable and important speeches of the conference with his oft - repeated pledge that «we're all in this together».

Yes agreed shadow chancellor is far more important than deputy so candidates should tell us who they want.

Although the collapse at the hands of the SNP in Scotland was widely expected, the party failed to win some of its key target seats in England and also endured defeats for key figures such as shadow chancellor Ed Balls.

Simon Wren - Lewis — one of shadow chancellor John McDonnell's high - powered economic advisory team — argued that Corbyn needed to base his leadership on those areas where his brand of politics has a degree of popularity and consensus — notably on anti-austerity, support for public services and lessening inequality — and he needed to show both popular flair while conducting a charm offensive on his parliamentary colleagues.

As shadow chancellor Ed Balls has warned, the government's failed plan risks leaving a permanent dent in our nation's prosperity.

«It is time Gordon Brown faced the music for the damage he's done to British pensions,» said shadow chancellor George Osborne.

Morley and Outwood - Andrea Jenkyns overturned former shadow chancellor Ed Balls» majority of 1,101 to win by 422 votes

He told the Sunday Telegraph today the prospect of shadow chancellor George Osborne holding a Budget in a few weeks» time «sends shivers down my spine».

Simon Fletcher is thought to have walked out after clashing with shadow chancellor John McDonnell in recent months.

The author is a former news editor of the left - wing magazine Tribune and he sits on the national committee of the Labour Representation Committee, which is chaired by shadow chancellor John McDonnell.

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.

John McDonnell, who two years earlier had been dramatically deposed as shadow chancellor in what came to be known as Corbyn's night of the long knives, takes education while Diane Abbott gets local government.

When Kinnock allowed him to stand in for shadow chancellor John Smith after his first heart attack, he dazzled Labour MPs with his demolition of the Tories at the despatch box.

Vodafone has hit back at shadow chancellor John McDonnell after he suggested that the company is avoiding tax.

But why they were trying to keep it secret has been questioned by shadow chancellor Chris Leslie, who also demanded to know what George Osborne knew about the work.

He had recently been appointed shadow chancellor when Britain crashed out.

This followed warnings from shadow chancellor Ed Balls at last month's party conference that there would be «no blank cheque» for the # 42 billion project if costs escalated.

Ms Cooper is married to former Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls, and the couple have three children.

It rumbled on into this week after shadow chancellor John McDonnell told this website «the editor of the [Daily Politics] obviously decided to do maximum damage to Jeremy's standing».

Labour leader Ed Miliband issues a statement as he reshuffles his shadow Cabinet, following the resignation of shadow chancellor Alan Johnson:

On her account, she rang the office of LRC chair John McDonnell, now shadow chancellor, several times, but did not get a response.

While the idea of putting Labour's next leader on probation and reviewing their performance after three years is a completely insane, destabilising suggestion, applying it to the next shadow chancellor makes more sense.

The former shadow chancellor attacked critics of Ed Miliband as the «delusional left», saying they would keep Labour out of power for a decade.

Balls signed up to the Darling plan when the former was appointed shadow chancellor in January.

Oldham byelection win lifts Labour leader's confidence, while shadow chancellor McDonnell says MPs should «follow new politics»

«Whoever wins should put that job [shadow chancellor] at the heart of what they stand for and how to take on the coalition,» Balls said, in a recent interview.

She sounds like a woman in line to become shadow chancellor if Smith defies the polls and beats Corbyn to the top job.

The speech sought to consolidate a shift in the economic debate in which shadow chancellor Ed Balls has accepted years of flatlining growth are now at an end.

So it was disappointing to see shadow chancellor John McDonnell attend and give a speech to the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) later on during the same day.

His announcement follows claims by Conservative shadow chancellor George Osborne that leaked Treasury documents reveal an unexplained # 14.8 bn hike in expected receipts in 2001/12 that could require a 3p tax rise.

Winterton thought she was attending a meeting about shadow chancellor elections when she was removed from office to be replaced by Brown, Gordon Brown's former enforcer.

The modern hard left still cares about economics and class — as the appointment of John McDonnell as shadow chancellor shows.

The former shadow chancellor put his dancing shoes to one side to discuss a paper which he has co-authored in his capacity as a senior fellow at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

«He added that the Tories must «pray» Ed Balls remains shadow chancellor until the election: «Appointing him as George's opposite number was the Miliband gift that will keep giving.»

The former shadow chancellor gave an impromptu dancing lesson after his interview on the Today programme.

Speaking to ITV's Peston on Sunday, the former shadow chancellor confirmed he was not looking at an imminent return and he ruled out standing in the upcoming Manchester Gorton by - election.

But the former shadow chancellor added that Clinton needed to go negative with her campaigning in the last few days.

I asked Balls whether Miliband had personally promised him that he would remain shadow chancellor until 2015.

«I think there's a lot of disagreement between Ken Clarke [shadow business secretary] and George Osborne [shadow chancellor] about the line that should be taken.

John McDonnell is Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington and has been shadow chancellor since September 2015.

Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable has criticised high - risk «casino banking» and called for a ten per cent levy on bank profits this year to tackle the national deficit.

After all, during the election campaign, the then shadow chancellor insisted he had «no plans» to raise this regressive tax.

However, his strident views on which direction the party needs to go on the economy will be seen as a pitch for the very important shadow chancellor position alongside the new leader.

Watson blamed hard left shadow chancellor John McDonnell for not allowing Mr Corbyn to step down.

But that was how Denis Healy described his friend and political opponent Geoffrey Howe, the then Tory shadow chancellor, in a 1978 Commons exchange.

He and Osborne were bitter enemies during the financial crisis of 2008, when the then Conservative shadow chancellor argued strongly against many of the measures taken by Labour to tackle the collapsing economy, including the part - nationalisation of the failing banking sector.