Sentences with phrase «shadow home secretary when»

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Allegations of complicity by British security forces in the torture of Mr Mohamed came to light yesterday when they were presented to MPs by former shadow home secretary David Davis.

Things threatened to turn sour this weekend, however, when the media were briefed that Mr Cameron was considering demoting the shadow home secretary to a lesser post on the front bench.

The shadow Home Secretary ran into a similar storm of criticism last summer when he compared life in British inner cities to the popular American TV series The Wire, set in Baltimore, where the crime rate is far higher than anywhere in Britain.

They were shadow home secretary Chris Grayling and shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers - both, intriguingly, were not given Cabinet posts when the Coalition eventually formed.

The Clegg initiative by coincidence comes the day after Labour fully joined the debate for the first time when Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, called for a thorough overhaul of the way in which UK intelligence agencies are held to account.

«When the government describes someone as being under close supervision the public has a right to believe that its safety will be protected - this is clearly not true,» said shadow home secretary David Davis.

The intervention is the first major statement from the former shadow home secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalithome secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalitHome Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalition.

The first big dividing lines of the Labour leadership contest opened up on Thursday when Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, refused to accept that Labour had spent too much prior to the 2007 banking crisis, making the economy more vulnerable when the crash came.

• Supporters of Liz Kendall tried to arrange for her and then shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper to stand aside to give shadow health secretary Andy Burnham a clear run when it became apparent support for Corbyn was surging

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.

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».

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

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.

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

One of the first came amid the MPs» expenses scandal when it emerged in 2009 that Grayling, then shadow home secretary, had used parliamentary money to pay for and refurbish a central London flat even though his constituency home was little more than 15 miles from parliament.

She has agreed to stop claiming the second home allowance Nick Herbert The shadow environment secretary claimed back # 10,000 of the # 14,700 stamp duty when he bought a home with his partner in his constituency.

Patrick Hennessey, the newspaper's political editor, has blogged this: «The true depth of the anger felt by senior Tories at the decision by David Davis to resign his parliamentary seat and fight a by - election is revealed publicly for the first time in The Sunday Telegraph tomorrow when a leading Conservative breaks cover and directly criticises the former shadow home secretary.»