Sentences with phrase «shadow chancellor gave»

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

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

The new year saw the shadow chancellor give an interview to the New Statesman in which he made clear he wanted to palsy it up with Clegg.

Not exact matches

«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 shadow chancellor has given his clearest indication yet that he does not want to be the next Labour leader.

His remarks come a day after Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, argued that George Osborne's autumn statement had given Labour the chance to become the party of the centre ground, resisting extremist and ideological plans to reduce spending on public services to the level of the 1930s.

They are a presence at Dugdale's Edinburgh speech, too, setting up a stall outside the community centre and handing out leaflets decorated with a photograph of a benign - looking Corbyn standing alongside shadow chancellor John McDonnell, who is giving a clenched - fist salute.

He argues that if Balls is to vote for the fiscal rules set out in Osborne's new code on fiscal stability, the shadow chancellor will have to give details of the big tax increases he will have to impose to get the current account into balance.

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.

Speaking ahead of Wednesday's autumn statement, the shadow chancellor called on Osborne to give up his «political pride and vanity» in favour of jobs, business investment and the «life chances of young people».

Speaking earlier on the programme, the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said Hammond had some wrong economic priorities given the uncertain economic climate.

Today's speech by the shadow chancellor - akin to a shadow Budget - gives us a good idea.

The shadow chancellor suggested his party could support a revised plan to cut tax credits if «real protection» is given to low - income families.

This will mean media exposure for a wide range of ministers (not just the shadow chancellor) and giving his shadow ministers more command over the parliamentary floor.

Conservative shadow chancellor George Osborne said: «Given the gloomy economic news and the rising cost of living, millions of homeowners who are struggling thanks to Brown's economic incompetence will welcome this news.

In a line David Cameron would probably sympathise with, Kenny said Balls would «give an aspirin a headache» and prepared to unveil a dossier of «Balls - ups» during the shadow chancellor's time in the Treasury.

The revelation that Cameron spends a couple of hours with his missus over the weekend has precipitated a bout of appalled derision from the press and shadow chancellor Ed Balls who, while acknowledging that politicians should be given time off to go to the toilet semi-occasionally, snuck a crafty one through the net by following it up with «But I often feel he's not on top of the issues.»

Former shadow chancellor Chris Leslie has already been drawing up possible amendments and said Mrs May must not be given «carte blanche for a hard Brexit plan».

In 2011, Murnaghan asked then shadow chancellor Alan Johnson to give the current rate of employers» national insurance contributions, something the new minister was unable to answer.

All the more so, if his wife was the shadow chancellor, a role it would have been difficult for Cooper to turn down, especially given her own ambitions to lead if Labour is defeated next year.

The shadow chancellor said the coalition government had given the «richest people in the country a huge tax cut» by scrapping the 50p top rate - something he said «can not be right».

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.

Chris Leslie, the new shadow chancellor, says it has been a «very bruising week» but that Labour now needs to give people a «sense of trust».