Sentences with phrase «shadow minister roles»

He has also held the post of minister for political and constitutional reform and shadow minister roles for defence and disabled people.

Hunt will be chuffed to have been boosted from his shadow minister role to heading the brief — for which everyone from Vernon Coaker to Liz Kendall to Rachel Reeves had been tipped — a chance to prove he's not just a broadcast personality who does some politics on the side...

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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 he remains shadow London minister and it is in this capacity that Khan is taking a central role in campaigning across Labour's 12 target seats in the city.

Khan, who as shadow minister for London, will have a role in setting the process to select the next mayor, has refused to announce his own intentions until after the general election.

The recent unhappy arrest of a Conservative shadow minister, the searching of his parliamentary office by anti-terrorist police and the seizure of his IT equipment and files, compounds a number of recent episodes of unhappiness about collusion between the police and the Home Secretary, and about the role of the Speaker and the Serjeant at Arms.

Despite only getting elected last year Sheppard has become one of the most recognisable SNP faces in SW1, his role as shadow cabinet minister giving him license to roam across the broadcast studios.

Following Ed Miliband's election as leader, she returned to her role as Deputy Leader, shadowing Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister and with the title of Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

She is the first MP of Bangladeshi origin and served as shadow international development minister before taking up her current role — shadow education minister.

De Piero, who was shadow minister for women and equalities in Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet but quit as a shadow junior minister before the leadership challenge to Corbyn last summer, has a new role as shadow justice minister.

Jeremy Corbyn has appointed an array of new MPs to frontbench Labour jobs as well as handing junior roles to recognisable names such as former shadow cabinet minister Gloria De Piero and Tracy Brabin, who replaced the murdered MP Jo Cox.

Gloria De Piero, the shadow women's minister, tweeted: «Vince Cable confirms Lord Rennard role in Lib Dem general election campaign.

And late at night in the Grand Hotel, shadow business minister (and leading member of parliamentary rock group MP4) Kevin Brennan treated onlookers to a late night piano sing - along — a role previously performed at Labour conferences by Ben Bradshaw.

The Liverpool Wavertree MP was one of a number of shadow ministers to quit their frontbench roles last year in protest at Corbyn's continued leadership of the party.

Lewis recently surprised many by ruling himself out of a place in the top team, and has instead accepted a more junior role as shadow energy minister.

Lord Falconer, a surprise appointment to this shadow cabinet having been a key member of the Blair government and a former flatmate of the ex-Prime Minister, quit as Shadow Justice Secretary to take the number of vacant roles in Mr Corbyn's team to 10.

The shadow Health minister gave an interview to The House magazine last week in which she said there was a role for the private sector in the NHS and that «what matters is what works».

Unfortunately for Mr Crick's argument, the role of the shadow cabinet is to present credible opposition to the ConDem ministers» policies, not to state what went on 14 years ago.

To be successful in that role, a shadow minister needs to understand the portfolio (s) he is shadowing.

Maria Eagle has been pushed out to the shadow DEFRA role replaced by Mary Creagh who becomes shadow transport minister

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.

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.

Former shadow cabinet minister Heidi Alexander has announced she will stand down as an MP to take up the role of London's deputy mayor for transport.

Two thirds of Labour's front bench roles would be left unfilled if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership because MPs will refuse to back his policies, shadow cabinet ministers have warned.

I paid for this material using my parliamentary staff allowance to help fulfil my role as a shadow minister.

You kindly offered a most interesting shadow minister of state role, but having served on the Opposition front bench for nearly ten years, mostly in the Shadow Cabinet, I would prefer to return to the back benches.

Labour sources said she would be replaced by Emily Thornberry, who is being promoted from her role as a shadow work and pensions minister.

She served as shadow secretary of state for international development and more latterly as shadow secretary for local and devolved government, a role that David Cameron recast as shadowing the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Mr Brennan, who submitted the question in his former role as shadow schools minister, said: «It is a totally bizarre situation.

Until the election Barker combined his role as MP and shadow climate change minister with a # 60,000 - a-year job advising Pegasus Capital, a US - based private equity firm that backs a number of green technology firms.

Jon Trickett, the shadow cabinet office minister, said the Electoral Commission needed to have all the resources and power available to complete its inquiry into spending by Vote Leave, and referenced the roles of Johnson and Michael Gove in its campaign.