Sentences with phrase «shadow ministers said»

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's policy on Brexit has been thrown into fresh confusion after two shadow ministers said a Norway - style trading partnership is not «off the...

The shadow minister says Labour must start talking honestly about immigration in the EU debate

Their support comes as the Mirror today also backs Mr Miliband, 45, as the best candidate to take Labour forward -LSB-...] In their letter, the shadow ministers say Mr Miliband is the only person who can succeed Gordon Brown and return Labour to power.

Contrary to what the shadow Minister said, the coalition has made a great start on addressing this issue by lowering corporation tax, scrapping the jobs tax and waiving national insurance for new small businesses setting up in Yorkshire.

One shadow minister said: «I feel very sorry for Joanne.

But shadow ministers say the Letwin and Hilton approach is difficult to sell on the doorstep.

One shadow minister said: «It will be as tough as you can imagine.

«Oliver Letwin had this great «big society» idea, though it might have been an idea to share it with the rest of us,» one normally loyal shadow minister said.

A shadow minister said: «Jeremy and Jon Trickett took half an hour to talk about our election strategy.

One former shadow minister said it was difficult to believe Arbuthnot had not informed Hague about Ashcroft's tax status.

Another shadow minister said: «There will be a moment, but you've got to do it when the time is right.

«He [Miliband] will be desperate to stay — if he has got one more vote than Gordon [Brown] did in 2010 or anything he can claim as progress,» one shadow minister said.»

One shadow minister said: «Loads of us told Jeremy's office that immigration should be included in the leaflet, but they didn't want to know.

Not exact matches

I said we would pray according to Psalm 23, as ministers often do with those about to go into the valley of the shadow of death.

Labour shadow minister Gloria de Piero said: «No one should use deeply offensive language like this,» while Helen Grant, the government's sports and equalities minister, described the remarks as «completely unacceptable and very disappointing.»

«High quality information technology could be benefiting patients and their families - but because of the structure of this centrally imposed programme hospitals already hard pressed by government deficits are suffering further, and patient care is suffering unnecessarily,» said shadow health minister, Stephen O'Brien.

In response to the interview, Chris Lesley, the shadow treasury minister, said:» «This is desperate stuff from George Osborne — lashing out in a frenzied way that demeans the office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

«Our environment is deteriorating when it should be improving,» Labour shadow environment minister Barry Gardiner said today.

«This powerful intervention from doctors and health professionals underlines the compelling case for protecting children from smoking in cars,» Labour shadow public health minister Luciana Berger said.

«David Cameron has cut support for children and families by # 15bn since he came to office,» shadow childcare minister Lucy Powell said.

«We've had a couple of Hell Yes's on the doorstep,» says the Tooting MP and shadow justice minister.

Bob Neill, shadow local government minister, said: «Council tax has gone through the roof under Gordon Brown, thanks to a combination of unfunded burdens imposed from Whitehall and fiddling of the local finance settlement.

«Just as many RAF personnel will be thinking about returning home having performed heroics in Libya, ministers are drawing up their P45s,» shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said.

What is racist however is to say that «we have a problem with Pakistani men raping white girls», as Labour's Sarah Champion did before resigning as shadow equalities minister.

«It's classic smoke and mirrors from the Home Office,» shadow crime and security minister Diana Johnson said.

«After her big idea to cram more toddlers into the same nurseries had to be dropped, Liz Truss has had to resort to stealing Labour ideas from 2005,» shadow children's minister Sharon Hodgson said.

shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant said.

Labour's shadow minister without portfolio Jon Ashworth said: «We had warm words from the Prime Minister yesterday on the need for her Government to stand up for more than just a privileminister without portfolio Jon Ashworth said: «We had warm words from the Prime Minister yesterday on the need for her Government to stand up for more than just a privileMinister yesterday on the need for her Government to stand up for more than just a privileged few.

«Clearly Cameron is standing up for the wrong people,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett said.

«It is simply not good enough that forty years after the Equal Pay Act women still don't earn equal pay for equal work, and despite doing better at school and university more women end up in lower skilled and lower paid jobs than men,» Labour's shadow minister for women and equalities, Gloria De Piero said.

«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.

Labour's shadow minister for women and equalities said in response to yesterday's labour market statistics:

«If the government was serious about tackling tax avoidance, they'd rethink their plan to cut a further 10,000 HMRC staff, which risk being a false economy,» shadow Treasury minister Catherine McKinnell 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.

«It is a matter of real concern that the number of people on Universal Credit being sanctioned is increasing,» shadow employment minister Margaret Greenwood said.

«Early indicators suggest that hundreds of thousands of people have gone missing from the electoral register,» shadow constitutional affairs minister Stephen Twigg said.

He clashed with the shadow education secretary, Stephen Twigg, who reminded the education minister about his comments in 2008, criticising ministers that had an ««it weren't me miss» attitude», and said that it was time to change this.

«He [Baldwin] might be a Blairite and a friend of Alastair Campbell,» says a shadow minister on the left of the party, «but he knows how to take the fight to the Tories.»

The Treasury minister Sajid Javid upped the stakes, quoting back at Labour the shadow work secretary Liam Byrne's conference speech two years ago, when he said: «Let's face the tough truth — that many people on the doorstep at the last election felt that too often we were for shirkers, not workers.»

However, last night shadow home secretary David Davis said that if reports that others knew about the problem were true, «the position of two ministers would be untenable».

However, shadow immigration minister Damian Green said the number of people arriving in Britain was «huge» and questioned whether the government had any real plans to deal with so many extra people.

«In throwing out a Tory who has repeatedly failed to stand up for his constituency, South Suffolk are have not only shown the way for the rest of the country but they have delivered a blow to David Cameron's own credibility after he personally intervened to support Tim Yeo's in his deselection battle,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Ashworth said.

Sadiq Khan MP, shadow justice secretary, said: «The energy and time this government is spending on arguments about the Human Rights Act shows how completely out of touch it is with the British people who are not interested in cat fights between ministers but how the safety of their communities will be protected after cuts in police budgets which go too far and too fast.»

Labour also seized on the u-turn with shadow business secretary Clive Lewis saying: «The prime minister announced she is ditching her flagship policy to put workers on company boards - just one month after committing to it.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said that the shadow chancellor Ed Balls» pledge to axe winter fuel payments for wealthier pensioners shows he is «making it up as he goes along»:

A new homeland security shadow minister has not been appointed after 50 days despite Mr Cameron pledging strong leadership in response to terrorism, Mr Reid said.

Observers hope it will seal a long and arduous peace process between republicans and unionists,» Vernon Coaker, Labour's shadow minister for Northern Ireland said.

If the whip is now in favour of leaving Nato, of a completely new policy on Trident... I just can not see how many people will be prepared to accept that responsibility,» one shadow cabinet minister said.

«It's a damning indictment of this government that, half way through this parliament, a former Conservative Cabinet minister is still calling for a plan for growth,» shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Rachel Reeves said.