Sentences with phrase «special advisers took»

Even more scrapping with special advisers took place over my exclusive on Tory councils attacking communities secretary Eric Pickles.

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Former national security adviser Michael Flynn confirmed Friday that he is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller, after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI about two conversations he had with the Russian ambassador in the weeks before President Trump took office.

Fourthly, Open Europe, under its new director Henry Newman, a special adviser in a number of departments in the last government, takes a forensic approach to the major challenges facing Britain during the Brexit negotiation process.

But he has earned Cameron's gratitude by taking a hefty pay cut to enter No 10 on a special adviser's salary of # 140,000 a year, having helped with the negotiations that created the Coalition Government.

Unveiling the revised special advisers» code alongside a refreshed model contract for Spads, Cabinet Office minister Lord Bridges said the change «takes into account» the recommendations of Pacac.

At least two people approached about taking up a special adviser role pulled out...

Icahn, who was named an unpaid special adviser on regulations in December, has argued that Trump is under no obligation to take his advice.

Moments earlier the former special adviser to George Osborne had taken to the stage to sing: «Happy birthday Matt Hancock, happy birthday to you.»

Cameron was a special adviser to Lord Lamont during his time in the Treasury, including on Black Wednesday in 1992 when the Tory government had to take the pound out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

The home secretary's special adviser is not taking calls — even from Home Office staff, I understand.

The triumphant result is that the drinks colossus Diageo, as an example, could go on meeting junior ministers and special advisers to argue against, say, minimum pricing for alcohol, while Alcohol Concern (annual income, less than # 1m) would have to jump through a chilling series of hoops in order to take part in any kind of campaigning, with the risk of criminal charges if it were found in breach of a law that the Electoral Commission says is so opaque it can not confidently predict how it will police it.

Mr Hunt's special adviser, Adam Smith, already lost his job over the emails, but Mr Cameron said the culture secretary should have a chance to offer testimony to the Leveson inquiry before any other action is taken.

In 1997, Alexander, then a practising lawyer in Scotland, took leave of absence to share the Treasury office in which Miliband was working as a special adviser; in 1999 they were both responsible for the Scottish Parliament election campaign that overturned the Scottish National Party's poll lead.

Katie Perrior, who was appointed to the role as Mrs May took power last July, leaves a team that includes May's influential former special advisers Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy.

The emails he exchanged with special advisers to Jeremy Hunt and Vince Cable — the two coalition ministers with responsibility for the BSkyB bid — reveal a friendly man with the persistence of a charity mugger who will not take no for an answer.

The journey from the wilderness may take a generation — and won't happen at all if the party can't agree a destination, says former special adviser Julian Astle

In his report, James Hamilton says he took evidence from Leighton Andrews, the former cabinet minister who made allegations that some ministers were undermined by a Welsh Government special adviser.

Mr Reynolds said on Twitter Ms Abbott was a «total sell - out» while pointing out he had not, as Ms Abbott claimed, taken the path of politics student to special adviser to MP.

It is at this stage unclear if Timothy, who has previously worked as chief of staff and special adviser to May, will take up a permanent post at Number 10 once she replaces Cameron.

The major message I took from the book is that despite all the supposed complexity of the financial markets and all those advisers using the «special» language which simply makes them appear smart without actually being so, investing is simple.

In its decision in the 2009 HudBay proceedings, the Ontario Securities Commission noted that an adviser's success - based compensation may adversely affect the ability of a board to rely on financial advice: «a fairness opinion prepared by a financial adviser who is being paid a signing fee or a success fee does not assist directors comprising a special committee of independent directors in demonstrating the due care they have taken in complying with their fiduciary duties in approving a transaction.»