Sentences with phrase «shadow chief whip»

Conor McGinn and Holly Lynch step down as friends of MPs say they were both close to former shadow chief whip

According to HuffPost UK, the shadow health minister will now be hauled in to face the shadow chief whip and Labour Lords leader Baroness Smith for a «discussion» on the matter.

Lord Hunt was hauled in front of the shadow chief whip Lord McAvoy and Labour Lords leader Baroness Smith for a discussion on the matter this morning.

While I'm sure the family of the new shadow chief whip Nick Brown are very pleased for him, it's not clear anyone else outside of a five mile radius of SW1 could care less.

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It's probably more a case of a desire to be led from the front, for him to deploy against the Government the ruthlessness he showed by denying Ed Balls the shadow Chancellor's post and ousting Nick Brown as Labour's chief whip.

Profiles of the new shadow home secretary, attorney general, chief whip, shadow Brexit secretary and other key figures

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.

The shadow agriculture minister Jim Paice and Conservative deputy chief whip Andrew Robathan also spoke at the event.

Greg Hands, part of Osborne's shadow Treasury team in opposition and his PPS in government, has been made deputy chief whip.

In the event, the PLP voted to retain elections for all shadow cabinet members and to elect the Chief Whip separately (a post previously appointed from amongst elected shadow cabinet members).

«Jeremy's team have held extensive talks with the chief whip and PLP chair about shadow cabinet elections, and are ready to continue those discussions with the new chief whip,» the spokesman said.

Caroline Flint could be promoted to another domestic policy brief to allow the entry of Luciana Berger and perhaps Gregg McClymont could join as shadow Scotland secretary with Margaret Curran becoming the new chief whip — as she did a similar job in the Scottish Parliament.

The full extent of a potential Tory rebellion is starting to become a little clearer, with figures such as Andrew Mitchell, former chief whip, Damian Green, former Home Office minister, and David Davies, former shadow home secretary, potentially joining confirmed rebels such as former attorney general Dominic Grieve and former justice secretary Ken Clarke.

She dismisses concerns about the lack of shadow cabinet elections and the sacking of chief whip Rosie Winterton, who has been replaced by Nick Brown.

AND: Baroness Smith and Lord Bassam (Lords shadow leader and chief whip) have stopped attending shadow cabinet meetings.

They included 11 out of 28 Commons members of the shadow cabinet, six junior shadow ministers and three whips including the deputy chief whip, Alan Campbell.

The Labour party is to be thrown into fresh chaos as several of its whips, in charge of party discipline and voting, are set to walk out of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow team in response to the surprise sacking of the party's chief whip.

Debating some of the key issues with local people are three cabinet - ranking politicians from the major parties: - Labour chief whip Geoff Hoon - Michael Gove, shadow secretary of state for children, schools and families, and - Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable.