Sentences with phrase «shadow the government as»

Doing nothing might lead to suggestions he doesn't have control of his parliamentary party (perish the thought), on the other he's barely got enough MPs willing to shadow the government as it is.

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Local governments were identified as a major risk to China's financial stability, partly due to their lending from the «shadow banking» sector and debt accumulated over the past years to upgrade infrastructure across the country.

The turnaround is in part due to policy initiatives such as debt - for - equity swaps that helped the largest banks deal with rising debt loads, and a widespread crackdown by the government on shadow banking that has given them an edge over smaller peers.

For instance, he throws out the old canard about women conspiring to form a «shadow government» behind the scenes in order to function as illicit leaders in the congregation.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

So the idea that the government has to use this piece of legislation to recommend increasing penalties on unions for secondary boycotts by — as the shadow Assistant Treasurer reminds me — 800 times the current penalty does smack of some excessiveness on behalf of even this government.

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.»

She had served as work and pensions secretary during the final years of the New Labour government; after that she has been shadow minister for women and equalities, shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary.

As shadow chancellor Ed Balls has warned, the government's failed plan risks leaving a permanent dent in our nation's prosperity.

Anyone who spends any time with Corbyn's shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, would discern a hunger to wield power in government as he once did on the much smaller stage of the Greater London Council.

After Andy Burnham spent a year swinging wildly at Michael Gove but with only occasional contact, Stephen Twigg's arrival as shadow education secretary brought a much more conciliatory approach, at least to the government.

Yet shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan pointed out that there is a «black hole» in the department, and that today's National Audit Office report revealed there was a # 130m loss of savings, since the Tory - led government took over 28 months ago, as a result of sentencing reforms not going ahead.

Reichberg raised $ 35,000 for the Campaign for One New York, which was shut down in March shortly after a good government group accused the mayor of using it as a «shadow government» to conceal who had influence in his administration.

The shadow education secretary said private educators should be sharing their expertise to help state school pupils get into top universities, and should set up joint school programmes such as combined extra-curricular activities, if they wanted to keep receiving government subsidies in future.

Chris Leslie, the former shadow chancellor who is backing the Soubry amendments, said there was a good chance the government would be defeated as he was «reasonably confident that the shadow cabinet and rest of the parliamentary Labour party» supported staying in the customs union.

As shadow foreign secretary, I have been as clear in my support for the government when it does something we agree with as I am in highlighting that which we opposAs shadow foreign secretary, I have been as clear in my support for the government when it does something we agree with as I am in highlighting that which we opposas clear in my support for the government when it does something we agree with as I am in highlighting that which we opposas I am in highlighting that which we oppose.

«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».

The chancellor's stance was criticised by shadow chancellor Ed Balls, who described Ms Lagarde's comments as «hardly a ringing endorsement» of the government's policy.

It's probably more a case of a desire to be led from the front, for him to deploy against the Government the ruthlessness he showed by denying Ed Balls the shadow Chancellor's post and ousting Nick Brown as Labour's chief whip.

If Labour really wants to be seen as the government - in - waiting, the shadow chancellor should be able to answer questions about the party's economic plans

The firm gave $ 10,000 to de Blasio's Campaign for One New York — a now - shuttered nonprofit that ethics advocates decried as a «shadow government» — and two of his clients soon did the same.

Pointing out that the shadow chancellor had last week denounced government projections on efficiency savings as «complete fiction», he added: «You are now using these fictional savings to finance your tax cut.

«I don't think the public see the Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn at the moment as being a credible party of Government,» said Mr Murray, the shadow Scottish secretary.

Tories drop immediate cuts, offer Cable Cabinet Treasury position, suggest three - year programme The shadow business secretary, Ken Clarke, today dropped clear hints as to the shape of a Conservative - Liberal Democrat deal to lead the government.

Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary and minister for women and equality, intervened as the archbishop of Wales complained that the government had put his church in an «enormously difficult position», which threatened to «severely curtail» its freedom to act according to its conscience.

In «Secrecy World,» Bernstein explores this shadow economy and how it evolved, drawing on millions of leaked documents from the files of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca — a trove now known as the Panama Papers — as well as other journalistic and government investigations.

Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has described the government's trade union reform plans as» the latest in a long line of attempts to stifle reasonable democratic scrutiny, protest and challenge».

Cleaning Up Albany Corruption as Slowly as Possible By Morgan Pehme Only in Albany is legislation targeted at making government more transparent drafted in the shadows.

Hilary Benn, shadow communities and local government secretary, told the Ipsos MORI event at the Labour party conference last year that the coalition has made it difficult for Labour to be heard as the media focussed on coalition differences rather than what Labour's view is.

In February, Lerner asked the Campaign Finance Board and the Conflicts of Interest Board to investigate de Blasio's use of nonprofits such as the Campaign for One New York because it «has spawned a shadow government that raises serious questions about who has influence and access to the policymaking process.»

«People earning as much as # 60,000 a year are not «rich» and would not face tax increases under a Labour government, a shadow treasury minister has said.

Labour is planning to use «moral pressure» as its main weapon to force the government to reveal more about its plan for Brexit, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said.

Ivan Lewis, Labour's shadow culture, media and sport secretary, welcomed the government's announcement as a «step forward».

«The said Yahaya Bello, who can not claim the overall winning votes in the election, is therefore a shadow - chasing passerby on an excursion in Kogi state government house, as the so - called swearing - in ceremony, having no bearing from the votes at election, is at best an APC function.

Tory shadow local government secretary Eric Pickles said: «Bin taxes are so expensive to introduce that taxes on families will have to rise as result.

Labour's shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy told MPs he was deeply concerned that service personnel returning from Afghanistan would find themselves welcomed as heroes by the public - but sacked by the government.

Mr Fallon's call on the government «to improve the population count as a matter of urgency» was echoed by shadow immigration minister Damian Green.

He shadows Michael Gove, a man described by Blair biographer John Rentoul as the most Blairite minister in government, but Falconer is not impressed with Gove's «empty rhetoric,» on prison reform.

«I'm not going to make the normal political speech either as shadow home secretary or as Labour leadership candidate - attacking the Government and setting out an alternative Labour response.

Another group of people who operate as a semi-sovereign society in the shadow of national governments of the European Romani people (a.k.a. Gypsies).

The news comes as the shadow chancellor attempted to paint the government as financially irresponsible, accusing Labour of «bankrupting Britain» after figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed the country had narrowly avoided a recession for now.

Lewis - who quit the shadow cabinet last month rather than vote in favour of the government's Brexit bill - said it was «flattering» to be «touted as a future leader».

Labour was hit by the resignation of one of its top shadow cabinet talents as the government's Brexit bill was passed overwhelmingly by MPs.

«One of my jobs as shadow immigration minister is to expose the main failings of government immigration policy.

It comes as the government looks at ways to reduce the prison population, and shadow home affairs minister Edward Garnier warned that this drive must not lead to more lenient sentences.

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.

If Corbyn wins, he'll struggle to find enough MPs to serve as his shadow ministers, which isn't the position of a party on the verge of government.

Sometimes described as collectively constituting a «shadow government,» public authorities are essentially arms of government free from debt limits and other provisions that circumscribe the activities of local and state governments.

It is a unique privilege to serve on our Party's frontbench, both in Opposition and in Government, and I thank you for appointing me last September as shadow secretary of state for housing and planning.

As a Tory peer sprints to take Labour's conference stage, and the shadow chancellor backs the need for the path of austerity, is the opposition party trying to build bridges with the government?