Sentences with phrase «shadow home secretary alanb»

In her conference speech, the shadow home secretary confirmed that Labour would drop the Conservatives» failed net migration target and would abolish elected police and crime commissioners.

... The pledge to help forces increase the diversity of their officers will be made by the shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, in a speech tomorrow.»

Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, claimed thousands of pounds to renovate a London flat 17 miles from his family home.

He continued in the prominent job of shadow home secretary and waged war against Labour's plans for 42 - day detention without charge and ID cards.

It comes at the end of a week where the recently appointed shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, made his first speech in that role.

Yvette Cooper, the former shadow home secretary, said Labour must not be «paralysed from debating immigration reform either — or our tin ear to the concerns of the country will stop others listening to our case for helping refugees», while former shadow work and pensions secretary Rachel Reeves caused controversy on Tuesday by suggesting the UK could «explode» if concerns about immigration were ignored.

He does not seem to remember those dangers when it comes to his responsibility as shadow Home Secretary.

A Labour government will make it a criminal offence to use low - skilled European workers to undercut local workers and businesses, and change the rules so that more foreign national criminals are considered for deportation, the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.

Chris Grayling, the new shadow home secretary, has made manly noises about wanting «fewer rights, more wrongs».

The plans were criticised as little more than a stunt by David Davis, the shadow home secretary.

Turning away from the Lords debate for a moment, Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, has issued this statement about the home affairs committee hearing earlier.

Morgan insisted he was not, and accused the shadow home secretary of failing to give «a straight factual answer to this fundamental question».

Former shadow home secretary Mr Davis came second to Mr Cameron in the Tory leadership election in 2005.

The Labour leader kept his seat when Mr Javid made his challenge but shadow home secretary Diane Abbott intervened to insist Labour opposed the abuse.

Appointed shadow home secretary, Prior urged Heath to submit himself to early re-election as leader, but he demurred and the delay until February 1975, following the more decisive second Labour election victory in October 1974, proved fatal and sealed Thatcher's triumph.

Andy Burnham, the shadow home secretary (at least, we think he's still shadow home secretary), has also put out a statement about Michael Dugher.

The Labour leader (right today) kept his seat when Mr Javid made his challenge but shadow home secretary Diane Abbott (centre) intervened to insist Labour opposed the abuse

Andy Burnham is definitely not being moved from his post as shadow home secretary, my colleague Frances Perraudin tells me.

Andy Burnham, the shadow home secretary, had earlier said there was a «very real prospect» of Britain crashing out of the EU because the remain camp was failing to reach beyond Hampstead to traditional Labour voters in its northern heartlands such as Hull.

It comes after a survey revealed Labour's shadow home secretary Ms Abbott receives one third of all the abuse sent to British politicians.

The shadow home secretary called for Yarl's Wood in Bedford and Brook House near Gatwick Airport to be shut down.

Yesterday the shadow home secretary expressed his support for homophobic B&B owners.

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.

In the Commons debate on Windrush, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, opening the debate, said many people felt «all roads lead back to the Prime Minister».

A delegation of shadow cabinet ministers, led by the shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham, also failed to secure a meeting with Corbyn last Thursday to try to negotiate a resolution.

Labour sources have suggested the possibility that the shadow home secretary, Andy Burnham, could swap positions with Benn, leaving both of them more likely to agree with the leadership on their respective briefs.

But when presenter Piers Morgan pressed her for more detail, the shadow home secretary said only that she was working on a policy which would make the handling of migration «fairer and more efficient».

But the plan was foiled when shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper tabled a Labour amendment supporting the extension of civil partnerships as long as a consultation on the plans took place immediately rather than in five years.

In a toe - curling interview, the shadow home secretary dodged as she was pressed to spell out whether she would take action to expel those with no right to be in Britain.

This was echoed by the former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, who emphasised on Friday that immigration is «not what this campaign is about — Brexit will not make a difference».

Chris Huhne, the shadow home secretary, admitted key party members had been kept out of the loop.

She replied she would prefer to be alone, hardly a resounding show of support for the shadow home secretary.

He worked with future shadow home secretary David Davis on the team briefing John Major for Prime Minister's Questions, and also hooked up with George Osborne, who would go on to be his chancellor and closest political ally.

Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, had let slip that he's closer to those that find gay people distasteful than he is to us gays.

The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, received 59, the shadow minister for care, Liz Kendall, 41 and Corbyn, 36.

David Davis, the Tory MP and formed shadow home secretary, called last week for a return to grammar schools to «rescue the next generation of the under - privileged».

3.50 pm: Alan Johnson, the shadow home secretary, responded angrily to May's statement.

The shadow home secretary and wife of shadow chancellor Ed Balls is a formidable politician.

The shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, said owners of B&B accommodation should have the right to turn away gay couples.

Alan Johnson, the shadow home secretary, suggested she was putting the public at risk.

Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the Opposition, believes it is essential, with his close ally, the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, claiming it would be «outrageous» not to consult Parliament first.

Members of the Windrush generation, their families and supporters have been joined by the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, at a rally outside Downing Street.

Europe spokesman 2005 - 2006, Liberal Democrat shadow home secretary since 2006.

In a sign that he has tightened his control over the party, Abbott, a friend of Corbyn whose constituency neighbours his own, was promoted from being shadow health secretary to shadow home secretary.

• Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, has partly blamed Theresa May for the disappearance of a terrrorist suspect.

Winterton's sacking, and the elevation of Diane Abbott, a key Corbyn ally, to shadow home secretary, provoked anger among moderate MPs in what some described as a «revenge reshuffle».

They claimed the shadow home secretary was best placed to beat Corbyn due to polling data which suggests she is increasingly being selected as second preference and attracting more support in London.

He gives Brown credit for the «tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime» slogan that defined Blair as shadow home secretary.

He is likely to be replaced as shadow home secretary by his wife, the shadow foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper.

Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, described Cameron's plans to promote women as a «last - minute worry about voters».