Sentences with phrase «shadow minister over»

Just because he hasn't had a rocket high media profile doesn't mean he wasn't being a highly effective minister and shadow minister over the course of the last 20 years.

MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, where 75 % voted to remain in the EU, quits as shadow minister over Corbyn three - line whip

Not exact matches

The chief finance minister for the euro zone intends to keep going in his current role until the new year, despite a Dutch election in March that cast a major shadow over his presidency.

But, when a Christian who is in a position of authority as a minister, priest, bishop, or what have you, abuses that authority, it does cast a shadow over anyone with the label, when the issue is not the faith itself, but the position of authority and it's abuse.

«It's just not good enough that over half of patients are having to wait three months or more,» shadow health minister Luciana Berger said.

«It is fantastic news that after over two years of unnecessary delays caused by the Conservative - led government 4G is finally on its way to the UK,» said Helen Goodman, shadow media minister.

Gardiner has been a supporter of China in his shadow portfolios, in particular surrounding the development of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, opposing inner - party disputes over criticism of Chinese involvement in the project, despite military and intelligence figures warning ministers that such involvement posed a threat to national security.

The concern about the neglect of the English issue was echoed by Jamie Reed, the shadow health minister who wrote in Progress magazine: «It is in the peripheral areas outside of our major conurbations all over England where the next Labour government must concentrate its efforts.»

With the shadow of the Scottish independence referendum hanging over parliament, this was never going to be an ordinary prime minister's questions.

At the same time as Labour prepares to attack the party head - on, Ed Miliband and his shadow ministers have been referring disparagingly to a «Westminster elite» that must get back in touch with public concerns over the last week.

One shadow minister compared the state of the debate to «two bald men fighting over a comb».

The party has been broadly united in public since the general election, though shaken over the weekend by Corbyn's sacking of shadow ministers who defied the party whip to vote in favour of an amendment to the Queen's speech brought by Chuka Umunna, committing to keeping the UK in the single market after Brexit.

This culminated in a bitter row over Falkirk, when the right wing — Blairite shadow ministers, a majority of the PLP and the New Labour pressure group Progress — cried «foul «over UNITE's success in building support for yet another working class trade unionist candidate.

Meanwhile former shadow Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty MP pledged to raise the matter with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), and the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, stating: «These further revelations about the shadowy ERG and their influence over the government in pushing an ultra hard Brexit agenda, in conflict with official government policy, are deeply concerning.

This muted the week's prime minister's questions, casting a real shadow over the session.

And shrewdly, Cooper, who is also shadow equalities minister, sharply shot the fox of those with fingers poised over the «hypocrite» button, by admitting early on in her speech our politicians» need to put their own house in diverse order as well as advising the private sector, and rest of the public sector.

There is much speculation that Jeremy Corbyn is going to assert his political authority over his troublesome shadow ministers by removing those who are disloyal.

«The Tories have raked in over # 1 million from private dinners with David Cameron and senior ministers in the last quarter,» shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said.

«Then he goes over the heads of his shadow ministers and his own whips» office to write a letter saying he's against bombing.

Mr Green, the shadow immigration minister was arrested following the questioning of a civil servant, Christopher Galley, over leaks emanating from the Home Office.

Claim: The shadow work and pensions minister - who owns 24 houses - claimed over # 100,000 in allowances, the Daily Telegraph said.

«Modern slavery is on the increase but under Theresa May's watch, the police and Border Force have been cut and her government cut local authorities by over 40 %,» Sarah Champion, the shadow minister for preventing abuse, said.

Brown says government ministers were not warned in advance of decision to arrest shadow immigration minister over leaked documents

Francis Maude, the shadow Cabinet Office minister, warned that the «years of plenty» in the public sector were over and said that the Tories would bring in outsiders to oversee the work of government departments and ensure they were delivering on their business plans.

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.

Her lead role on the health portfolio will be taken over by Lord Hunt, a former minister in several departments under the previous Labour government, now shadow deputy leader of the upper house and Labour's spokesman on Lords reform.

Labour's shadow cabinet office minister has written to the country's top civil servant asking «a number of important questions» over the arrest of the Prime Minister's former deputy policy adviser over allegations linked to child abuseminister has written to the country's top civil servant asking «a number of important questions» over the arrest of the Prime Minister's former deputy policy adviser over allegations linked to child abuseMinister's former deputy policy adviser over allegations linked to child abuse images.

Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood has written to the shadow Cabinet Office minister to say «there has been no contact from officials» with former No 10 policy adviser Patrick Rock since his arrest over allegations linked to child abuse images.

Clive Lewis, 45, who was shadow defence minister, took on a new role as shadow business secretary following tensions with Corbyn's office over Trident.

They include Chi Onwurah, the former minister for culture and the digital economy, who wrote that it was «statistically interesting to say the least» that Labour's leader had made life difficult for two of the very few minority ethnic female MPs; and Pat Glass, who resigned as shadow education secretary in June two days after being appointed, in protest over Corbyn's leadership.

The former shadow cabinet ministers have reached a «common understanding» about the best way to take on Mr Corbyn, who won a landslide victory last year, after wrangles over who should stand against him.

Fresh confusion over the party's stance on the EEA was sparked yesterday when two shadow ministers said Labour had not taken a Norway - style Brexit «off the table».

Labour needs to set out clear ideas over the coming months in order to persuade voters who are not yet convinced by the party, a shadow cabinet minister has said.

Some MPs have spoken of their frustration at the handling of the affair by the leadership, in a further sign of disquiet over Miliband just three weeks after 20 shadow ministers were said to be ready to oust their leader if former home secretary Alan Johnson was willing to step in.

The former shadow minister criticised Jeremy Corbyn for «ambiguity» over the EU referendum and said the party needed a leader that «reaches out to voters».

The shadow foreign minister quit over the Labour Leader's shake - up of his top team - just an hour after colleague Jonathan Reynolds

Over at the New Statesman, the enterprising Harry Lambert has calculated that frontbench speeches were on average just 1,200 words long, with rumours of a word count to corral any windy shadow ministers.

More shadow ministers are rumoured to be preparing to quit as the furore over the reshuffle rages on for a third day.

Mr Dugher said he had spoken out over Christmas because he was «frustrated and angry» about briefings from Corbyn aides that shadow ministers such as foreign spokesman Hilary Benn could be sacked.

However, Starmer's decision to hail the early vote as a victory could mean shadow cabinet ministers who are conflicted over Brexit, such as Clive Lewis and Diane Abbott, may feel more comfortable with voting in favour of the bill on Wednesday, as they will be able to argue that the party helped shape the process.

But one of the shadow ministers who resigned earlier this week, Kevan Jones, hit out at the leadership over the «shambles» of the reshuffle.

Greg Barker The shadow climate change minister is said to have made # 320,000 in little over two years by buying and selling a property bought with the help of parliamentary expenses.

Ed Miliband has been «pushed by commentators who want to insist he is a puppet of the unions» over his response to the Falkirk allegations, the shadow public health minister has said.

And the shadow housing minister, John Healey, said: «The Tories have talked of little else but HIPs over the past few years, and this announcement merely highlights the limits of their ambition and concern - pleasing estate agents rather than supporting first time buyers.

Angela Burns, Conservative shadow education minister, said it was alarming how many schools had raised concerns over the results.

But Labour's shadow minister for schools, Nic Dakin, said the findings were evidence that the government had «completely failed to put in place the appropriate checks over academy chain funding decisions.