Sentences with phrase «shadow secretary»

The position of shadow secretary of state for self importance has been mentioned although there are many other candidates for this post.

Since 2010 she has been shadow secretary for environment, food and rural affairs, transport, and more recently international development.

Since the 2010 election, he has been shadow secretary for both health and education.

«Dear Jeremy, It has been a privilege to serve as shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under your leadership.

Before 1997, Tony Blair ostensibly promoted Robin Cook from shadow secretary for state for trade and industry to shadow foreign secretary in a bid to sideline him from shaping economic policy.

Kerry McCarthy, the Labour MP for Bristol East, has been appointed shadow secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by Jeremy Corbyn.

Lib Dem shadow chief secretary 2005 - 2006, Lib Dem shadow secretary of state for the Environment 2006 - 2007, Lib Dem shadow home secretary 2007 - 2010.

Need for clarification Oliver Heald MP, a former shadow secretary of state for constitutional aff airs, has stated that there is a case for a law which clarifi es the rights of those who have lived together for a long period of time, or for those who have children, but two years — the length of time proposed by the Law Commission — seems a ludicrously short period of time for anyone to acquire these rights.

Her star rose quickly and she became shadow Secretary of State for Education in June 1999, when the Conservative Party was the party of opposition.

Seen as a rising star, she was until recently shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change in Corbyn's shadow cabinet.

Rachel Reeves, a former Labour shadow secretary for work and pensions, has produced a short note for Progress which has been hailed in the right wing media, and by the Labour right, as «an alternative Budget».

Eric Pickles, communities shadow secretary, said: «I fear that the Trojan Horse of the Lee Valley authority could be used as cover for yet another stealth rise in council tax by Labour.

Work and Pensions shadow secretary Rachel Reeves went as far as to say she has had conversations with German, French and Irish officials who seemed to be supportive of Labour's migration plans, forgetting that the governments in Tallinn or Warsaw may have a very different view on the matter.

Labour criticised the proposal, with shadow secretary Diane Abbott saying it would not have any impact.

How Ed Miliband reacts when the calls start coming into his office from aggrieved shadow secretaries and stories start appearing in the newspapers will be critical.

As reported by Tes, shadow secretary Angela Rayner has said that the failure of average wages to keep up with inflation has made the crisis in teacher recruitment and retention worse.

The news comes as critics such as shadow secretary Lucy Powell have branded Morgan's U-turn over academisation a «chaotic mess».

Nick Herbert, the Conservative shadow secretary of state for justice, questioned how accountability would be preserved in the event of the removal of the requirement of the consent of the attorney general in respect of a wide range of prosecutions.

He won the seat at the 2001 general election and, after a short stint as shadow secretary for education, was party leader within four years, beating David Davis, Liam Fox and Kenneth Clarke to the top job.

Sadiq Khan was a former radical human rights lawyer and doing a good job as shadow secretary for justice when he also became shadow minister for London, and responsible for running the general election campaign in London.

A key lieutenant of David Davis in his leadership bid, Mitchell was appointed shadow secretary of state for international development after the election (more information at They work for you)

Liberal Democrat Education spokesman 2006 - 2007, Universities spokesman after the split in the departments following Gordon Brown becoming Prime Minister and Lib Dem shadow secretary of state on business since Nick Clegg became leader in December 2007.

Margaret Greenwood will act as shadow secretary of state for work and pensions during this period.»

Adam Smith, chief of staff to shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport Jeremy Hunt, agrees that the political selling point is going to hit problems with privacy and security.

He wrote: «This from the shadow secretary of state for Wales?

Six weeks later, after being asked every week to do so by Maria Eagle when she met him at shadow cabinet meetings (I wasn't a member of the shadow cabinet, only the shadow secretaries of state sit in that meeting), Jeremy finally phoned me.

Under Ed Miliband he was shadow secretary for education and shadow secretary of state for health.

The peccadilloes of the ruling classes have long been of fascination and as shadow secretary for media culture and sport, Chris Bryant, has written, sex scandals of all sorts — including adultery, homosexuality (when illegal) and murder — have gone hand - in - hand with political power for centuries.

[325] The SNP has also criticised Rachel Reeves, Labour's shadow secretary of state for work and pensions, for saying [326] a future UK Labour government would be even tougher on benefits than the Cameron ministry.

The shadow secretary of state for business, energy & industrial strategy - a title he says took him weeks to remember - also has a back story.

The shadow Secretary of State for Wales Peter Hain called on the legal authorities to conduct a «full and proper public investigation» and then claimed the police investigation had been «tardy».

After a short stint as shadow Secretary for Work and Pensions, May took up her more permanent position as Home Secretary after the Conservative Party came to power as the lead partner in the 2010 - 2015 coalition government.

When then leader William Hague departed, his successor Iain Duncan Smith appointed May as shadow Secretary of State for transport.

«When the previous Government consulted on this matter, the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr Grieve), who was then the shadow Secretary of State for Justice and is now the Attorney - General, described the prospect of giving prisoners the vote as «ludicrous».

Ed is running in the Labour leadership contest, and is shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change.

Culture Department I was shadow secretary of state for a few years.

Mr Herbert, previously the shadow secretary for justice, fills the void left by Mr Ainsworth's departure with expectation on him to start debate and put forward the Conservative plans.

Chris Grayling has moved from his position of shadow secretary of work and pensions to become the new shadow home secretary.

The latter pretends to further public office and is Red Ed's shadow secretary of state for justice.

Became a shadow spokesman on Trade and Industry in 1985, shadow chief secretary in 1987, shadow secretary of state for trade and industry in 1989 and shadow chancellor in 1992.

However, the Tory leader's colleague, shadow secretary of state for children, schools and families Michael Gove, tacitly suggested there might be room for negotiation between with the Lib Dems, on education at least.

I have to say, I never expected to be shadow secretary of state for anything.»

«Since fees were introduced, the evidence has shown that although there has been widening participation, students from some backgrounds are not attending the best universities, as I said to the shadow Secretary of State.

Owen Smith MP, shadow secretary of state for Wales, said that Labour was ahead in the polls and working flat out in the marginals.

Following my appointment as shadow secretary of state I have been contacted by many grassroots Labour members across the country who passionately believe as we do that Labour should continue to vigorously fight for the rights of those living in poverty across the world.»

Ms Hoey was responding to criticism from her Labour Party colleague, Owen Smith, the shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland.

[11] In July 2012, after two years as an MP, he was promoted to the Shadow Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs as Parliamentary Private Secretary to shadow Secretary of State Mary Creagh [12] Following a reshuffle in October 2013, Evans joined Labour's Shadow Treasury Team as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Chris Leslie.

John Healey is the shadow secretary of state for health and the Labour MP for Wentworth and Dearne — next time Jim Murphy takes the hot seat

Labour's shadow secretary of state for housing, John Healey MP, said: «The Prime Minister should be embarrassed to be fronting up these feeble measures first announced a year ago.

Cheryl Gillian, shadow secretary of state for Wales, said prisons in England and Wales are overcrowded, while rehabilitation has been compromised by funding cutbacks.