Sentences with phrase «shadow international development secretary»

After the 2010 general election she became shadow international development secretary.

That was the challenge faced last night by shadow international development secretary Kate Osamor after she was accurately quoted by The House magazine saying that «intervention must take place» if the UN concludes the Syrian government was behind the suspected chemical weapons attack which killed dozens of civilians last week.

Labour website LabourList said its readers ranked Ms Cooper as the most popular of Mr Miliband's team, with shadow chancellor Ed Balls, shadow education secretary Andy Burnham, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander and shadow international development secretary Harriet Harman all well - liked.

«We must also recognise that today's developing countries are tomorrow's trading partners for Britain,» Labour's shadow international development secretary Ivan Lewis said.

After a fortnight spent trying to help Rwandan teachers speak English with a group of enthusiastic Conservative volunteers, Andrew Mitchell, the then shadow international development secretary, was on the phone.

In her address, Labour's shadow international development secretary slammed Ukip's approach to the refugee crisis.

«Today's report makes clear that DfID needs urgently to improve its performance in conflict zones like Iraq and Afghanistan,» said shadow international development secretary Andrew Mitchell.

Speaking to the Huffington Post, the Birmingham Yardley MP added that others had told her «they had always wanted to say that» to Abbott, who was recently made shadow international development secretary (and is reported to have had a brief romantic relationship with Corbyn in the 1970s).

Murphy, currently shadow international development secretary at Westminster, told the Guardian he also wanted the Scottish party to be given far more operational and political autonomy from the UK party — signalling he expects Miliband to allow him far freer rein to set policy.

Of the junior posts, those promoted include Nicholas Soames as defence secretary, John Bercow as shadow international development secretary and Alan Duncan as shadow constitutional affairs secretary.

According to PoliticsHome, shadow international development secretary Kate Osamor may have plagiarised Barack Obama in her acceptance speech after being re-elected last year.

11:56 - Allison McGovern, shadow international development secretary, looks out of her depth, I'm afraid, although she is somewhat saved by comparison with Lynne Feathstrone, answering her questions for the government.

«Welcome trial traffic filtering scheme for cleaner greener Hackney,» announced Ms Abbott, Labour's shadow international development secretary and MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, on Twitter.

The shadow international development secretary announced her intention to join the race for the Labour leadership, via an article in the Daily Mail.

That would be shadow international development secretary.

To the north in Hackney North and Stoke Newington sits Corbyn's close ally and most vocal supporter on the airwaves, the shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott.

But the shadow international development secretary swapped out Mr Obama's references to America for Edmonton - her constituency in north London.

While the most loyal includes the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, the shadow energy minister, Clive Lewis, the shadow minister for women, Cat Smith, and the shadow international development secretary, Diane Abbott.

The shadow international development secretary told BBC News he is confident he can turn around the party's fortunes in Scotland and hold the party's current Westminster seats.

Jim Murphy, the shadow international development secretary, has confirmed he will leave Westminster for the Scottish parliament if he wins the contest to become Scottish Labour leader.

The shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle, led the charge as she described Corbyn's comments as unhelpful — prompting a rebuke in turn from Diane Abbott, the shadow international development secretary.

But McCluskey and Diane Abbott, the shadow international development secretary, accused the Conservatives of a smear campaign against Labour before the local, mayoral and assembly elections.

Abbott, the shadow international development secretary and a staunch supporter of Corbyn, said some of her colleagues had been planning to launch a coup for months, whatever the result in the EU referendum.