Sentences with phrase «time as a special adviser»

As I remember from my own time as a special adviser, this breathing space gives front - benchers the chance to catch up on new thinking and the issues which are likely to feature high on the agenda in the coming months.

Even the government of the day can not involve the civil service formally in manifesto preparation for the next parliament, as I remember from my time as a special adviser prior to the 2010 general election.

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Uber said Pishevar had an agreement in 2013 with former Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick to serve as a special adviser but that Pishevar hasn't had a role at the company for some time.

For the first time there is clear evidence that the prime minister, as opposed to a junior cabinet minister or special adviser, directly manipulated the quasi-judicial process considering News Corporation's bid for BSkyB, in favour of the Murdochs.

«When the Sunday Times falsely accused Michael Foot of being a Soviet «agent of influence» he sued, won, and bought a new kitchen,» said Paul Richards, who served as a special adviser to Hazel Blears and Patricia Hewitt.

But the most effusive praise came from former Labour special adviser Paul Richards, who declared: «I think Grayling's time at CCHQ will be seen as a golden age, free from gaffes or blunders.»

Ruwan Kodikara was a Lib Dem special adviser in Number 10 towards the end of Clegg's time as deputy prime minister.

The report also criticises both the informal «sofa» style of government pioneered by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's reliance on special advisers, rather than impartial civil servants, during his time as chancellor.

Conybeare, whose last day as special adviser to the governor is Friday, said it was «time for me to focus on my future both professionally and personally» now that construction is reaching the halfway point.

More recently he was a special adviser to Nicky Morgan during her time as education secretary and is said to have been a Remain voter.

At the same time, POLITICO's Jack Blanchard reports that Bradley has brought in Romilly Dennys as a special adviser with a focus on policy.

«I think we've learned that politics trumps reform every time,» said Barbara Bartoletti, the longtime legislative director for the League of Women Voters who was appointed as a «special adviser» to the committee.