Sentences with phrase «shadow transport secretary»

After the 2010 general election she became shadow transport secretary.

The «spadework», as shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle says, was done by Andrew Adonis.

«My main concern is about whether it is appropriate for all three London airports to be in the hands of the same company with all of the implications that has for future levels of service and investment,» said shadow transport secretary Chris Grayling.

This has prompted shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers to accuse the Government of «dithering» in the following statement, which she has just issued:

But, instead, both now have shadow cabinet briefs — Angela as shadow chief secretary to the treasury, Maria as shadow transport secretary — the first sisters to sit around a Labour cabinet table to gether.

Now, the former shadow transport secretary claims she was told to «f *** off» by her own local party members in Nottingham after explaining why she was backing Owen Smith to be Labour leader.

Less so when the Labour leader school and shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald then posed with children on a bus...

«With thousands of Britons stuck in airports overseas, it is hugely worrying that there is no end in sight for the flight ban,» said shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers.

Labour's shadow transport secretary Michael Dugher told a conference in London that the Top Gear presenter held views which belonged to «the Stone Age.»

Yesterday the Office of Rail Regulator watchdog ruled that Network Rail was in breach of its licence because of «poor performance and high levels of delays», prompting shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle to call for its corporate governance structure to be reformed.

«As someone who used to have his Christmases ruined dealing with political journalists, I know how difficult it is attempting to manage the media during the holidays, so I also have a little sympathy with Jeremy Corbyn's press handlers,» said Dugher, who served as shadow transport secretary in the last parliament.

«Drink driving is still claiming far too many lives,» Lib Dem shadow transport secretary, Norman Baker said.

Also on Monday, former shadow transport secretary Lilian Greenwood revealed she resigned her post because she was fed up with Corbyn's «incompetent» leadership.

After a joke about sleeping with entrepreneurs - his wife Samantha, specifically, he moves on to name - check the high - speed rail network proposed by shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers on Monday before slipping in his priorities for both the NHS and the «broken society».

Among those stoking the backlash was then shadow transport secretary Chris Grayling.

«Labour supports HS2 because we must address the capacity problems that mean thousands of commuters face cramped, miserable journeys into Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London,» Mary Creagh, Labour shadow transport secretary, said.

We featured a video of shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers talking about the plans on the site last night, but here is a brief summary of the eight key planks of what she is saying the Conservatives would do with regard to the railways:

New shadow Transport Secretary MICHAEL DUGHER MP speaks to Daily Mirror Political Editor Jason Beattie

An abridged version of the speech the former shadow Transport secretary gave to her constituency party members.

Theresa Villiers, the Conservative shadow transport secretary, said: «This is welcome news and will come as huge relief for many, but we must not forget the hundreds of thousands stranded abroad.

Back in June shadow transport secretary, Maria Eagle, welcomed the Rebuilding Rail report by Transport for Quality of Life as a consideration in the policy review.

Former London mayor Ken Livingstone and shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald agreed.

«Supporting cycling is important, so this is a move in the right direction,» said shadow transport secretary Chris Grayling.

On the parliamentary side, the Burnham campaign chair is shadow transport secretary Michael Dugher.

In a reversal of scenes from last year, when the Conservatives attacked Labour for being unprepared for the extreme weather conditions, shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle attacked her government counterpart, Philip Hammond for not organising a better government response to the snow.

Michael Dugher installed as shadow transport secretary is reasonably loyal too.

Conservatives also said they were optimistic about unseating Nottingham MPs Lilian Greenwood, a former shadow transport secretary, and Coaker, the former schools minister.

They were shadow home secretary Chris Grayling and shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers - both, intriguingly, were not given Cabinet posts when the Coalition eventually formed.

Labour's shadow transport secretary, Andy McDonald, accused the government of «taking people for a ride.»

However, shadow transport secretary Chris Grayling accused ministers of deliberately using the fare system to force people off the trains - despite claims to want to get people out of their cars and on to public transport.

«Many commuters have faced a nasty new year shock as they discover fares have gone up by as much as 9.2 %,» shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said.

Andy McDonald, shadow transport secretary, criticises Conservatives after analysis finds only three out of 29 rail franchises will be running services

The shadow transport secretary plans launched a charm offensive against Britain's motorists by pledging to block applications for new speed cameras.

«This incentivises an early exit from the franchise as premium payments rise and the recent history of the company heightens concerns that this is a very real possibility, not least when the penalty for terminating the franchise is a fraction of these amounts,» shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle wrote in a letter to Greening yesterday.

However, the Conservatives are sceptical and shadow transport secretary Chris Grayling told the BBC that although he would back Sir Rod's plans in principle, tolls on all roads were neither desirable «or realistically achievable in the near future».

The shadow transport secretary and vice-chair of the Labour party, Michael Dugher, told a meeting in Westminster that his party would face an electoral wipeout if Corbyn becomes leader on Saturday.

Since then, shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle has said that the idea is «off the agenda» on account of Miliband's past opposition.

Speaking on the BBC's Daily Politics show immediately after PMQs, the shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald had a different take.

Claim: The Daily Telegraph reported that the shadow transport secretary claimed nearly # 16,000 in stamp duty and fees for a south London flat, despite having another house in London only 14 miles from Westminster.

This morning, commuters got a «nasty new year shock», at least according to shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle, as they faced inflation - busting increases in ticket fares for the tenth year in a row - a 4.2 per cent average price increase this year.

The shadow transport secretary told the official mag for MPs and peers that the Top Gear presenter was «basically an idiot».

«These fare rises squeezing commuters are the direct consequence of the Tory - led government's decision to cut too far and too fast, and travellers are having to pay more to plug the gap in the transport budget,» shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle said.

With the network beset with problems at the same time as inflation - busting fare rises come into force, shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said passengers were on the «end of a real double whammy».

Reacting to the report, shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers said: «This shocking indictment on road safety will make painful reading for ministers.

The shadow transport secretary Chris Grayling said he had heard «ever - increasing rumours» from the Treasury that Mr Brown sees road pricing as an important source of revenue.

Andy McDonald, the shadow transport secretary, said Grayling was «in complete denial about his shortcomings and those of his department».

Fares are too confusing and there should be a cap on rises with a «new deal for passengers», the shadow transport secretary told the Labour conference.

Michael Dugher, the shadow transport secretary and Burnham supporter, told the Guardian: «History will not be kind to those who appear to cling on out of pride when the situation really is quite hopeless.»